65th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 21

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

Workshop 19

Modern Group Process: An Antidote to Aggression and Attrition in Schools (Kindergarten - University)

Derived from work with Disaster Outreach Task Force and various grants in collaboration with AGPA

Chair:         

Toby Chuah Feinson, M.S.W., Ph.D., CGP, Director, GroupWORKS for Education, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

The massive dropout of new educators from teaching and the high dropout rate of their students point to a need to emotionally educate teachers to be classroom group leaders. Applications of modern group process to aggressive and challenging classroom interactions and a model for Resilient Educators Support and Training (REST) Groups will be experienced.
experiential-demonstration-Sharing of work experiences-didactic
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify overt and covert signs of transference and aggression in a class or individual students that accompany teaching and learning.
2. Identify overt and covert signs of aggression and countertransference in the teacher that accompany teaching and learning.
3. Demonstrate constructive responses to transference and aggression in a class or individual students.
4. Demonstrate constructive responses to aggression and countertransference in the teacher.
5. Appraise resistances to applying a REST Group model in their schools.
 

Course References:

1. Feinson, T. (2007) Ghosts in the Classroom: A Modern Group Approach to Consultation Groups in Schools. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Guilford Press, NY.
2. Furgeri, L. editor (2001) The Technique of Group Treatment: The Collected Papers of Louis R. Ormont, Ph.D. Psychosocial Press, NY.
3. hooks, b. (1994) Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge, London.