101 Support Group Activities for Teenagers Who Are Targets of Bullies: A Leader's Manual for Secondary Educators and Other Professionals

by Mathews, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781568388397
• ISBN10: 156838839X
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Hazelden

Summary

Activities help students who are bullied develop assertiveness skills and deal with destructive behaviors. Features "what you might expect" section for facilitators.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	1	(28)
Phase 1	29	(28)
Introductions	31	(1)
Group Expectations	32	(2)
Group Goals	34	(2)
Sharing My Name with Gusto	36	(1)
Feelings Check-in	37	(2)
Circle of Courage	39	(2)
A Truth and a Lie	41	(2)
The Big Wind Blows	43	(2)
Eye Tag	45	(1)
Perspectives	46	(2)
How Many Things Can You Use a Napkin For?	48	(2)
Continuum of Experiences	50	(3)
Group Knots	53	(2)
Catching the Dragon's Tail	55	(2)
Phase 2	57	(70)
Which Is a Priority?	59	(2)
Group Priorities	61	(2)
Feelings Tag	63	(3)
Feelings Volleyball	66	(2)
Secret Feelings	68	(2)
Face on a Cup	70	(1)
I've Got a Feeling	71	(1)
Feelings Charades	72	(2)
House of Cards	74	(2)
Feelings Face-off	76	(2)
Feelings Stories	78	(2)
Matching Feelings with Faces	80	(1)
Loss	81	(2)
Anger Collage	83	(2)
I Feel Good about Myself Because	85	(2)
Putting Myself Together	87	(2)
Self-esteem Hunt	89	(1)
Decisions, Choices, Who I Am, and Who I Am Not	90	(2)
Collage of My Life	92	(2)
What I Look Forward to When I Grow Up	94	(2)
What I Know about Myself	96	(2)
My Strengths	98	(2)
Masks of Who We Are Outside and Who We Are Inside	100	(1)
If You Had Three Wishes	101	(2)
Boys' Rules and Girls' Rules	103	(2)
Similarities and Things We Share	105	(2)
All Tangled Up	107	(2)
Animal Family Drawing	109	(1)
What the Perfect Family Looks Like	110	(2)
Important People to Me	112	(2)
Role Models and Who They Really Are	114	(2)
Collage of Characteristics I Aspire To	116	(2)
Guess Who My Role Model Is	118	(2)
Role Model Collage	120	(1)
Interviewing Someone with Peaceful Behavior Experience	121	(2)
Woogie Woogie	123	(2)
Music Lyrics and What They Say	125	(2)
Phase 3	127	(104)
Defining Violence, Abuse, and Bullying	129	(2)
Recognizing Signals	131	(3)
Draw the Anger Volcano	134	(2)
Mushroom Cloud Anger	136	(2)
I Thought I Knew What Anger Was	138	(2)
It Ain't Fair	140	(2)
Being Assertive	142	(4)
One's Up, One's Down	146	(2)
The Passive Game	148	(3)
Communicate Assertively	151	(2)
Saying My Feelings Directly	153	(2)
When I'm Angry	155	(2)
When Someone Is Angry at Me	157	(3)
What Is Respect Like?	160	(2)
Telling When Assertiveness Worked	162	(3)
Assertive Choices	165	(2)
Communication with Peers	167	(2)
Communication with Adults and Authorities	169	(2)
Obstacle Course of Assertiveness	171	(2)
Role-play Difficult Situations	173	(2)
Role-play Appropriate Communication	175	(2)
Being Heard by Others	177	(3)
Draw the First Problem Situation You Were In	180	(2)
Mind Talk	182	(2)
Tug-of-Choice	184	(2)
Safety Plans	186	(3)
Healthy Choices	189	(2)
Choice Web	191	(2)
Knowing My Power	193	(1)
Hard Times I've Experienced	194	(2)
Choosing to Respond or Share a Fact	196	(2)
Writing Group Stories	198	(2)
What Would I Tell a Friend in Trouble?	200	(2)
Pushing Hands	202	(3)
Barriers to Successful Behavior	205	(2)
Possible Endings to Impossible Situations	207	(3)
Sexual Bullying: I Say ``No,'' I Mean ``No''	210	(2)
Sexual Bullying: I Know a Duck When I See It	212	(2)
Journey of Peace	214	(2)
A Safe Place	216	(3)
Building a Community of Peace	219	(2)
Drawing a Peace City	221	(2)
Making a Map to Peace	223	(2)
Accessing Support	225	(2)
Support Web	227	(2)
Supportive Adults in My Life	229	(2)
Phase 4	231
What I Learned	233
Go-around Good-byes	234
Circle of Courage: Final Ceremony	236
Peace Tree	238