1. Psychoeducational Treatment
GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL

2. Psychoeducational Groups
Direct effects
Provides new information
Builds knowledge
Allows for practicing new skills
Can be used for psychological OR educational tasks (or both)
Indirect effects
Coping skills
Self-esteem
Friendship building

3. Locations for Psychoeducational Treatment
Individual
Teacher
Parent
Child
Family
Parents
Children.
Small group
Targeted students
New teacher group
Large group
Classroom
All of the teachers in a school

4. Furr’s Format for Designing a Psychoeducational Group
Stating the purpose
Establishing goals
Identifying objectives
Determining content
Choosing exercises
Conducting evaluation

5. Conducting a Psychoeducational Group
Furr’s Format:
Giving information
Practicing skills
Talking about the process
Akos’s considerations:
Developmental level of the participants
Multicultural issues
Climate of the setting
Mission of the program

6. Purposes of Psychoeducational Treatment
Preventions
When negative behaviors can be prevented because of a lack of knowledge or skills, teaching this knowledge and/or skills is effective.
When everyone (e.g., all teachers, all new teachers, all special ed. teachers) is asked to participate in an activity, the stigma is lessened for teachers and staff.
Interventions
When the antecedent of a behavior is a lack of knowledge or skills, teaching this knowledge and/or skills is effective.
Often school-based interventions are seen as lacking the stigma for the client or family than are private practice options.

7. What does it look like…
Scenario: An early adolescent developed schizophrenia. Her family is struggling.
Steps:
Identify the members of the group.
Identify the problems (e.g., suicide prevention, medication supervision, family stress, etc.)
Research the strategies for dealing with these problems
Develop an instructional strategy
Provide the instruction
Problem solve and plan with the family.
Follow up as needed.

8. Let me do it…
Scenario: A 7 year old has been diagnosed with ADHD. Her family is struggling.
Steps:
Identify the members of the group.
Identify the problems
Research the strategies for dealing with these problems
Develop an instructional strategy
Provide the instruction
Problem solve and plan with the family.
Follow up as needed.

9. In the real world…
Scenario: About 60% of the school teachers are having problems with bullying in their classrooms.
Steps:
Identify the members of the group.
Identify the problems
Research the strategies for dealing with these problems
Develop an instructional strategy
Provide the instruction
Problem solve and plan with the family.
Follow up as needed.