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This group counseling is intended to help high school students in grades 9 to 12 who have been victims of family abuse. It allows for children to express themselves freely and in a safe space.

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Upon attending the group counseling, students will achieve these ASCA behaviors and mindsets:

1. Long- and short-term academic, career, and social/emotional goals

2. Responsibility for self and actions

3. Ability to identify and overcome barriers

4. Develop effective coping skills

5. Develop personal safety skills.

(ASCA, n.d.)

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Before the start of the school year, I will create a lesson plan and discuss the reasoning behind the new group counseling with the teachers and the faculty during our meetings. This will allow others to input ideas that may help improve the group. Once the students have begun the school year, during orientation, where the school provides for the clubs, sports, and other groups to recruit students, I will have a booth designed to inform the students what the group counseling is all about. After the students who are interested in joining, a letter will be sent home to notify the parents of the type of group counseling that it consists of and the benefits that will come from having their child attend.

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Students will be informed during the beginning of the school year, when the school does an orientation for all the clubs sports, and groups that students can join during the year.

Students who are interested in joining the group counseling will take a preassessment test online that will take them approximately 30 minutes to complete. The test is the Domestic Violence Inventory Pre-Post test. It measures some factors that are affected by family abuse.

Students who score high on certain factors in the test will then have a letter given to them explaining what the group is about, who the intended audience is, what are the expectations, and the ground rules.

Upon that, they will be given a time and place where they will be screened individually and asked how interested they are in attending and what the goals that they want to see happen from the group counseling. The group will consist of ten participants.

Those who are not selected for group counseling will be given other resources that can assist them in other ways.

₍Assessment Summary, 2024),

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This form will be sent out with the students so that their parents can read over it and give permission for their child to attend the group counseling.

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ASCA. (n.d.). ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success. In ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success. https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/7428a787-a452-4abb-afec-d78ec77870cd/mindsets-behaviors.pdf

Assessment Summary. (2024). Professional Online Testing Solutions Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2024, from https://online-testing.com/AssessmentSummary?tid=DVIPPR

Basic Books. (1995). The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (Vol. 4th).

MSEd, K. C. (2023b, June 27). How to Lead: 6 Leadership Styles and Frameworks. Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/leadership-styles-2795312

86(R) SB 11 - Introduced version - Bill Text. (n.d.). https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00011I.htm

EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. (n.d.). https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.33.htm#33.000

ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies. (n.d.). ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies. In ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies. https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/a8d59c2c-51de-4ec3-a565-a3235f3b93c3/SC-Competencies.pdf

American Counseling Association. (2014). ACA Code of Ethics. https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=fde89426_9

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When establishing the first session of the group counseling, all students and staff that are participating must understand the ground rules. This will be given so that all participants are on the same page and there is no misunderstanding.

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Stage 1:

The participants will be informed of the purpose and intentions of the group. The objectives and goals will be stated for the group's knowledge. The participants will be informed that information that is said within the group will stay and remain confidential as long as no one speaks of it outside of the group. Ground rules will be established so that everyone will be on the same page. Participants will introduce themselves to the other group members to get to know each other.

Stage 2:

Participants will learn interpersonal skills through activities done within the group. They will address personal goals that they have begun to work towards or have achieved while being in group counseling. Allow for participants to relate to others and maybe provide different perspectives on a problem. They will learn the signs and symptoms that come from family violence. Understanding how to cope in stressful situations and use those skills in their everyday lives.

Stage 3:

Participants will learn about how to attain achievable short- and long-term goals. They will identify what those goals are for both their academic and personal lives. Closing, all participants will review over what was learned throughout the counseling sessions and how it has impacted them in their daily lives. A post-assessment will be conducted with the permission of both the parents and the student, to analyze the effects that the group counselng have on the students.

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In the beginning of the sessions:

Participant Leadership: give guidance as to what the objective of the session will be. Allow students to address any concerns and their thoughts.

During the middle of the sessions:

Delegating Leadership: once the students have been given the activity, allow for the students to analyze and partake in the activity with minimal guidance from the counselor. Allows for students to not feel pressed to think or feel one way over another way.

During the closing of the sessions:

Participant leadership: return to this leadership to bring back to the focus on the objective of the session and allow for the students to share their findings through their activities.

(MSEd, 2023b)

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Installation of Hope:

Learning the different skills will encourage students to find better alternatives to their issues or problems, both personally and professionally.

Development of socializing techniques:

Through group activities, students will learn behaviors and social skills.

Communication among the students will be encouraged and allow for all to express their feelings and ideas.

Universality:

Having peers who are going through similar situations allows for the students to not feel alone in their situations.

(Basic Books, 1995)

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Senate Bill 11:

Sec. 37.115.  THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS:

"(A) recognizing threatening behavior that may pose a threat to the community, school, or individual; and (B) reporting potential threats, including providing information regarding to whom potential threats should be reported." (86(R) SB 11 - Introduced Version - Bill Text, n.d.)

Sec. 33.004. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. (a) Each school shall obtain, and keep as part of the student's permanent record, written consent of the parent or legal guardian as required under Section 33.003. The consent form shall include specific information on the content of the program and the types of activities in which the student will be involved. (EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, n.d.)

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B-PF 1. Apply developmental, learning, counseling and education theories

"Use counseling theories and techniques in individual, small-group, classroom, and large-group settings to promote academic, career, and social/emotional development" (ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies, n.d.)

B.1.d.

"Explanation of Limitations At initiation and throughout the counseling process, counselors inform clients of the limitations of confidentiality and seek to identify situations in which confidentiality must be breached." (American Counseling Association, 2014)