1. GROUP WORK WITH ADOLESCENTS

2. ISSUES ADDRESSED IN GROUP:
IDENTITY ISSUES
SEXUAL CONCERNS
PROBLEMS WITH PARENTS
PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL

3. TYPES OF GROUPS: PREGNANCY DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE TEENAGE PARENTS
POTENTIAL DROPOUTS
RUNAWAYS
DIVORCE
REMARRIAGE

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADER:
LIKE TEENAGERS
WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR WORLD
UNDERSTANDING THEIR STRUGGLES
GENUINESS
OBJECTIVITY

5. INVOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP
COURT/SCHOOL MANDATES
FACILITATION IS DIFFICULT
A NEED FOR CREATIVITY
INTERESTING AND RELEVANT TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES (ROLE PLAYS, MORAL DILEMMAS, SENTENCE COMPLETION)

6. INVOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP
DO NOT START THE GROUP WITH A FORMAL PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RULES.
EXPECT NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS
ALLOW TIME (FIRST COUPLE OF SESSIONS) FOR COMPLAINTS

7. OTHER SUGGESTIONS: ONE TO ONE AND A HALF HOUR SESSIONS
NO MORE THAN 8 MEMBERS
SAME GENDER WITH YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS/ MIXED GENDER WITH OLDER ADOLESCENTS

8. OTHER SUGGESTIONS AVOID AUTHORITY SYMBOLS USE CASUAL MANNER AND DRESS
BE YOURSELF
BE HONEST, OPEN, AND GENUINE
BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE EMPATHY
WORK HARD ON CREATING A SENSE OF TRUST
DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP CONFIDENTIALITY

9. OTHER SUGGESTIONS MANY ARE IN GROUP ARE THERE UNDER DURESS
TRY TO INVOLVE WHOLE FAMILY
BE AWARE OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE ISSUES
BE WELL VERSED IN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF ADOLESCENCE (IDENTITY ISSUES, SEXUALITY ISSUES, VOCATIONAL ISSUES, INDIVIDUATION ISSUES, ETC.