Inner Peace Warriors by Yesenia Ramos

Group Description

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-07 19:48:26 UTC

My small group counseling name will be "Inner Peace Warriors" for a group that helps elementary students with anger/big emotions. This group of students will learn self-regulation/coping skills. They will gain knowledge about helpful vs unhelpful thoughts along with the connection that thoughts, feelings and actions have. My group will consist of 4-5 students specifically 4th graders and this group could be co-ed.

ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-07 20:00:17 UTC

Self-Confidence in ability to succeed; Create positive and supportive relationships; Demonstrate effective coping skills when faced with a problem.

Publicity!

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-14 15:48:36 UTC

Below I will have the audiences that would receive he small group information and I would disseminate the information to the.

Teachers- Only the teachers that would receive the information would be the ones that have the specific students in their class that would receive small groups, I would be emailing these teachers to inform them of who would be in the group and give them weekly updates.
Parents- Parents would receive a parent permission slip that would give them a choice of agreeing for their child to be part of this group or not. If they agree then I would be sending out weekly updates via email and this would also include information for parents about the topic discusses and ways they could help at home too.
Students- At the beginning students will receive a flyer stating they have be chosen to participate in our group and it would include all the details. At the end of each session, they would take home an informational flyer or homework assignment to work on before next session.
Admin- I would send out 1 email in the beginning with the small group information including which students and day/times. This is for my admin to know that I have started this group.

Pre-group interviews/screenings

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-14 16:30:49 UTC

Based on my needs assessments that I received back from my teachers, I would interview students individually and make sure that the group members align. This interview would look into the interest, willingness, and readiness to participate. This interview would be more like a conversation between the student and myself in a calm quiet environment. Of course, I would have specific questions ready to ask during these interviews to better help assess whether this student would be fit for the group. Teachers would also give me input on whether certain students do well together or not and a little more background on their personality in a classroom setting. I would use the "Tap-in" process by Rosemarie Smead to help guide me in my screening.

Informed Consent

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-14 16:50:34 UTC

Since SB12 went into effect, I will have make sure that the students who have been selected have already had consent forms filled out by parents that agree to counseling. From that point I would send a parental permission form to parents explaining the group and all details.

Ground Rules

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-14 17:11:29 UTC

Our group rules will consist of 4 that students would have to follow. I will have an extra blank sheet, and we would discuss if there were any additional rules/norms that they feel the group should follow. At the end the students will all sign the form agreeing to follows the rules. This will be reviewed each time we meet, in order to make sure students are being held accountable.

Group Dynamics

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-14 18:35:50 UTC

Stage 1: Group norms and rules will be established in our first session. We will talk about confidentiality and how there is no right or wrong answers, and everyone must try to keep what we talk about in our group to ourselves to ensure that everyone feels safe in our safe space. I would have everyone go around and introduce themselves and let them know that we would do a feelings check-in at the beginning of each session.

Stage 2: In order to have groups members work cohesively and productively is by making sure we go through group rules at the beginning of each session and making sure students know that these must be followed in order to get the most out of our sessions. Students will also do a feelings check-in and have space to talk about how their week has been going based on our topic that we have discussed previously. Students will have a personal journal that is given in the first session, they will write in there if the group has been going well or not going well.

Stage 3: In the second to last session, I will let students know that we have 1 final session left and talk about how we feel about our group ending soon. In our very last session, we will spend some time talking about how the group experience was for each person. I will also give out our post-assessment questionnaires. I will let students know that I will be following up with students individually to talk to them about the ending of the group. In our last session I will reiterate that our group conversations are confidential and are to be kept only in our safe space.

Leadership Styles

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-15 01:20:04 UTC

The leadership style I might use for this group is participative leadership. Not only is this considered the best leadership style but in this style members are encouraged to participate, and the leader is offering guidance which I feel is important in our group. Since these students struggle with anger or big emotions this leadership style is helpful in making them feel that they are an important part of the team.

Therapeutic Factors

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-15 01:40:03 UTC

My group is focused on students who are working on anger management and some factors from Yalom's curative factors that might affect the group are Instillation of hope which might lead students to think that the strategies taught might help them not be so angry. Another one is Universality which would help students realize they are not alone in feeling the way they do. Direct Advice might also be used in the group as students might share strategies they use to solve problems in situations.

Legal & Ethical #1

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-15 01:49:08 UTC

A.7. Group Work

School counselors:

c. Assess student needs to determine if participating in the group is appropriate for the student.

This supports counselors in part that we need to provide assessment/individual interviews pre group session to determine if members would all be appropriate to join a group together.

Legal & Ethical #2

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-15 02:01:36 UTC

A.7. Group Work

School counselors:

d. Inform parents/guardians of student participation in and the purpose of the small group.

As counselors it's our duty to inform parents when we are recommending a student to join our small group counseling sessions. We must communicate with them and make sure they are aware and give us permission for their student to participate in groups.

References

yramos6_1 — 2025-09-15 02:18:51 UTC

Asca ethical standards for school counselors. (n.d.). https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/44f30280-ffe8-4b41-9ad8-f15909c3d164/EthicalStandards.pdf

ASCA student standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for ... (n.d.-b). https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/7428a787-a452-4abb-afec-d78ec77870cd/Mindsets-Behaviors.pdf

Morganett, R. S. (1990). Skills for living: Group counseling activities for young adolescents. Chicago: Research
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Missouri Professional School Counselors and Counselor Educators. (2015). Professional school counselor small group counseling guide: A professional school counselor’s guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating school-based counseling groups.

Yalom ID. (1995). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (4th ed.). New York: Basic Books.

Kendra Cherry, Mse. (2023, June 27). 6 leadership styles and Frameworks. Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/leadership-styles-2795312