Group Processes & Techniques: Working With The Elderly

Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach

Working With The Elderly: Group Processes

and Techniques:



Author: Charles Hayes:


Special Features Include:


Phases For Conducting A Needs Assessment:

Curriculum Design Supplement:

Curriculum Design Plan:

Lesson Plans:

Test:

Instructional Goals:

Instructional Objectives:

Instructional Activities:

Instructional Evaluation Techniques:

Standard Vocabulary:

A Limited Glimpse:



Topics Include:

@ History and overview Of Group Work With The

Elderly:

* Introduction:

1. Review of The Literature:

2. General Group Processes:

3. Principles of Group Work With the Elderly:

4. Common Groups and Group Methods:

5. Summary:

@ Group Workers and Training:

* Introduction:

1. Population Growth and Health Needs:

2. Necessary Disciplines In Mental Health Care:

3. Training requirement For Mental Health Workers:

4. The Group Leader:

5. Summary:

@ Contracts For Group Work:

1. Verbal and Written Contracts:

2. Group Member Selection:

3. Group Work Expense and Payments:

4. Group Objectives and Anxiety:

5. Confidentiality:

6. Prejudging The Member:

7. Summary:


@ Group Membership:

1. Setting For Group Meetings:

2. Group Member Selection:

3. Suggestions for the New Leader:

4. Summary:

@ Problems In Leadership and Maintenance:

1. Entree Into an Agency:

2. Multiple Problems of the Elderly:

3. Group Concerns:

4. Suggestions For New Leaders:


@ Responisbilities Of The Preceptor:

1. Differences In Elderly and Other Age Groups:

2. Tasks Of The Preceptor:

3. Suggested Formats for Teaching Group Work:

4. Summary:

@ Principles Of Group Therapy Derived From Linden:

1. Principles of Group Psychotherapy:

2. Dual Leadership:

3. Summary:


@ Principles From Yalom:

1. The Maintenance Of Stable Groups:

2. Subgrouping:

3. Crisis in Group Life:

4. Tasks of the Group Psychotherapist:

5. Two Roles of the Group Leader:

6. Social Reinforcement:

7. Curative Factors:

8. Summary:


@ Fundamental Interpersonal orientation in

Group work with the Elderly:

1. Interpersonal Problems In Groups:

2. Interpersonal Needs In Groups:

3. Summary:

@ A Theoretical Approcah To The Use Of

Reminiscence:

1. The Development Of Wisdom:

2. Cognitive Factors Important To Reminiscence:

3. Theories Concerning Reminiscence:

4. Studies Exploring The Use Of Reminiscence:

5. Summary:


@ The Eclectic Approach To Group Work:

1. Overview Of The Literature:

2. Individual assessment Of Group Members:

3. Phases In The Group Process:

4. Summary:


@ Group Work With The Mentally Impaired Elderly:

1. Cautions For New Group Leaders:

Group A: Behavioral Problems and Membership

Selection:

Group B. Individualization Within A Group:

Group C. Nonverbal Communication:

2. Summary:


@ Reality Orientation: A Therapeutic Group

Activity for Elderly Persons:

1. Development Of The reality Orientation Program:

2. Guidelines For Establishing RO Programs:

3. Other Treatment Programs:

4. Summary:


@ Remotivation Therapy Groups:

1. History and Goals Of Remotivation Therapy:

2. Review Of The Research Literature:

3. Hot To Conduct Remotivation Therapy:

4. An Example of Remotivation Therapy:

5. Evaluation and Referral:

6. Summary:


@ Establishing Reminiscing Groups:

1. Goals For Group Reminiscng:

2. Organization Of A Reminiscing Group:

3. Summary:


@ Music and Music Therapy Groups:

1. Therapeutic Uses Of Music:

2. Physical Effects Of Music:

3. Groups Appropriate For Music:

4. Musical Instruments:

5. Summary:


@ Using Music With Groups Of Geriatric Patients:

1. Using Music To Influence Behavior:

2. Listening Activities:

3. Participation Activities:

4. Reflections:

5. Summary:


@ Art Therapy: An Experimental Group:

1. The Beginning:

2. The Second Year:

3. Suggestions For Art Therapy Group Leaders:


@ The Administrator As Group Leader: A

Current Events Discussion Group:

1. Overview Of The Literature:

2. Staff Response to Implementing The Group:

3. Goals:

4. The Use Of Props:

5. Attendance:

6. Case Study From the Group:

7. Evolution Of The Group:

8. Summary:


@ The Family as a Group:

1. Review Of The Literature:

2. Realistic Goals In Family Counseling:

3. Counseling Techniques:

4. Families Define The Problems:

5. Define The Problem:

6. Determine The Problem:

7. Empathy and Judgement:

8. Mobilizing The Energy Of The Family:

9. Winding Up:

10. Summary:


@ Group Programs In Long-Term Facilities:

1. Evolution of Attitudes and Approaches:

2. An Illustration:

3. Summary:


@ Group Psychotherapy With The Elderly:

1. Review Of The Literature:

2. Common Problems With Group Psychotherapy:

3. Group Psychotherapy: A Personal Study:

4. Limitation of Group:

5. Psychotherapy:

6. Summary:


@ Perspectives On Group Work In Professional

Curricula:

1. Students as Group Workers:

2. Steps in Preparing Students For Group Work:

3. Educational Barriers To Providing Clinical Practice:

4. Summary:


@ Experiential Teaching For Group Workers:

1. Rationale:

2. Self-Grwth Of Students:

3. Group Interaction:

4. The Class As A Group: Process:

5. Ritfalls To Avoid:

6. Delayed Reactions:

7. Collating Materials:

8. Group Leadership:

9. The Method Of The Experiential Approach:

10. Lesson Plans:

11. Summary:

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WORKING WITH THE ELDERLY AFTER PASSING

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* Copyright 2007 Charles Hayes: