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Our name would be Husky Pow Wow. I chose this name as I work at the elementary level and our school mascot is a husky. Since we will be meeting on a weekly basis to discuss behavioral techniques and debrief, I felt that “pow wow” would be appropriate. Our group will be composed of students exhibiting disruptive behaviors in the classroom and need assistance in emotion regulation and impulse control. The age group that I will be focusing on is 4th and 5th graders. I am choosing to focus on this age group because, at this point in their academic careers, it is more abnormal for them to exhibit disruptive behaviors.

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Mindsets:

M 1: Belief in development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being

M 2: Sense of acceptance, respect, support and inclusion for self and others in the school environment

Behaviors

B-SMS 1: Responsibility for self and actions

B-SMS 2: Self-discipline and self-control

B-SMS 6: Ability to identify and overcome barriers

B-SMS 7: Effective coping skills

B-SMS 10: Ability to manage transitions and adapt to change

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I plan to send different things depending on the recipient.

For administration

For teachers, I feel like the best way to communicate with everyone is going to be through email. I will send an email to 4th and 5th Grade teachers.

"Do have students in your classroom who are showing disruptive behaviors? Is this impacting your classroom environment? Are they struggling socially?

I am going to be holding group support sessions for students demonstrating disruptive behaviors and will focus on building skills that will help them with impulsions, self-control, and coping strategies.

For parents, I would like to reach out through phone or email to the student's parents that teachers recommended. And I would ask them if they would be interested in having their child participant in group that they would be building on life skills that would help them in the classroom.

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Teacher’s Report Form (TRF), which will be sent as a Google form. This can be used as a pre-assessment for criteria to decide which student to place in the group and as a post-assessment to monitor progress.

In interviewing students a Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children (MAAS-C) will be used to assess how the students perceived themselves in the classroom and their self-concept. This screening process will be done individually. Using this would help to monitor how the student feels about themselves and their progress through sessions.

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Consent:

We will be obtaining consent from parents or guardians. We will have a virtual form and a paper form signed. For students we will meet with students before the first session to make sure they understand purpose and expectations of our group sessions

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Our school motto is in our campus pledge is to be safe and responsible, so to remind students of these commitments we make every day at school. Before the beginning of each session, we will review expectations and ground rules and how we respect and talk to one another. It will also be emphasized how important it is for students to be respected when each person is sharing. Confidentiality will be encouraged and be addressed at the beginning and end of each session with reminders of how important it is that we feel safe to share in our group. In group norms I will discuss my role to the group in which I will be listening to our group discussions as well as guiding everyone to practice the skills for our weekly lesson.

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I feel like the leadership style that I would want to use in this group is participative. I feel as though the leader needs to lead and guide students but at the same time allow for participation from group members. I believe this approach may work better because in the classroom this authoritarian approach is not very effective with children who display these behaviors and can lead to a power struggle.

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Universality- Students in our sessions will be attending for similar reasons and may have similar self-talk or views on themselves.

Altruism- Sessions will be structured so they can discuss methods that help them and use them to help others.

Development of socializing techniques- Students who display disruptive behaviors in my experience are students who need to work on self-regulation and social skills, will have a couple of lessons that help students recognize how their actions impact others.

Interpersonal learning- Since we will be focusing on interpersonal skills they will practice and use what they learn in lessons in the classrooms and can receive feedback from teachers and peers.

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• Stage 1- Storming/Norming Stage

I plan to build relationships and trust with group members through icebreakers so that we can get to know one another in a setting with little pressure to slowly build trust. We will also create a treatment agreement for our group for rules that we all need to respect and follow. We will address confidentiality in a way that discusses the consequences to our group if we are unable to build a trusting and safe group. In our treatment agreement, we will discuss the importance of letting each person have a say.

• Stage 2- Performing Stage

I plan to check on group members throughout each session. I will check to see how they are feeling coming in. I will check in in the middle of the session for a check for understanding and about progress in practicing this skill. Each session will end with reflecting and asking them how they feel closing out our session.

I would also like to check in on their progress in the classroom at the beginning, middle, and end. I want an initial check-in after the first session and then I will check on the student's process a couple of weeks after and at the end to see how lessons impacted their behavior at school.

During sessions, because we will be working on self-regulation skills, we will participate in role-playing and trust-building activities.

• Stage 3- Mourning Stage

At the final session, we will summarize the key skills and accomplishments we made throughout our time together. We will highlight individual and group achievements. I inform them that I will continue to follow up with them individually throughout the rest of the school year. I will encourage students to still communicate with one another to help each other work on their skills and progress.

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EDUCATION CODE, TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION, SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES, CHAPTER 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, SUBCHAPTER A. SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS

Sec. 33.005. COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS. (a) A school counselor shall work with the school faculty and staff, students, parents, and the community to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program that conforms to the most recent edition of the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs developed by the Texas Counseling Association.

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ACA Code of Ethics

A.2. Informed Consent in the Counseling Relationship

A.2.a. Informed Consent Clients have the freedom to choose whether to enter into or remain in a counseling relationship and need adequate information about the counseling process and the counselor. Counselors have an obligation to review in writing and verbally with clients the rights and responsibilities of both counselors and clients. Informed consent is an ongoing part of the counseling process, and counselors appropriately document discussions of informed consent throughout the counseling relationship.

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