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NEW IDEAS FOR MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS
IDEAS CREATED BY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
COUNSELORS
Does My School Need A Program Specifically For Girls?
If you’re addressing some of the following issues in your student body, this program may be right for your school:
• Helping girls learn to form and maintain positive friendships• Addressing negative girl groups that form at lunchtime or at recess• Changing the climate of a grade level with negative girl ringleaders• Bullying, cyber-bullying, or harassment• Addressing rumors and name-calling among female students• Counseling girls who have poor body images or low self-esteem• Teaching such leadership skills as public speaking or career exploration• Helping students respond positively to peer pressure
SKILL 2: DEFINING SELFGoal: Group members participate in discussion to learn aboutpositive character traits and determine their own personalstrengths. ICEBREAKERBegin with this icebreaker, which requires students to think about personal character traits:
Adjective Name Game: Divide students into groups ofapproximately 10 members. Each group sits in a circle.Each group member thinks of an adjective that describesher and begins with the same letter as her first name.One person says her adjective and name, and each subsequentperson says her adjective and name and thoseof all the group members who have gone before her.
SKILL 1: QUALITIES OF A LEADERGoal: Through group discussion, members will explore leadership qualities in order to determine the characteristics of a positive leader.
ICEBREAKER This icebreaker, requires students to work cooperatively:
The Human Knot: Form circles of 5–10 students. Each girl places her right arm into the circle and reaches across and holds another student’s hand. Then each student extends her left arm into the circle and holds a different student’s left hand. At this point, each student should be holding a hand of two different students. Explain that they have formed a human knot and must work together to untangle themselves without anyone letting go. Observe as students discuss how to solve the problem and give directions to one another as they work to untangle their knot. Ask students what they saw, heard, or felt that indicated that someone was demonstrating good leadership skills.
SKILL 1: ESTABLISHING GROUP NORMSGoal: Through group discussion, students and coordinators will review expectations and establish program norms and rules.
ICEBREAKERThis icebreaker, allows each student to share information about herself:
You Think You Know Me: Students sit in a circle. As a personal introduction, each student completes the following sentences:My name is ______________________________________ .You may know that I_______________________________.You probably didn’t know that I_____________________ .
Pre-Group Information
Keeping Yourself On Track
Define the Group’s Purpose
Emotional Competency
Beginnings—Giving the group a chance to know one another
Beginnings—Working together establishes a sense of unity
Middles—Group consensus is common and differences of opinion are more easily solved
Middles—Relationships between the leader and other group members are at their strongest
Endings: Closing the group on a positive note.
The 10-Session ProgramSection 1: Begin the Group/Ready, Set Go!Section 2: Understanding Anger
Anger Triggers & The Origin of AngerSection 3: Communicating Anger
Communication Skills & Working Through AngerSection 4: Expressing Anger/Resolving ConflictSection 6: Thinking About Anger
Toxic Thinking & Needs and WantsSection 7: Skills & Techniques For Coping With Anger
Transforming AngerSection 8: Closing the Group/The Grande Finale
Understanding AngerAnger Triggers The Origin of Anger
Communicating AngerCommunication Skills
Working Through Anger
Expressing AngerResolving Conflict
Thinking About AngerToxic Thinking Needs And Wants
Skills & Techniques For Coping With Anger
Transforming Anger
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