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Social
Empowerment Groups
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skill-building groups are a valuable pathway to help young
people build the practical coping and social skills they
need in a safe setting where they benefit from both professional facilitation and
giving and receiving
encouragement and support from their peers. FSC offers
a broad array of social skills groups centered on key issues
and concerns among young people today. Each group
targets a particular developmental phase in young people and
an issue with which many of them struggle. Each
group combines mutual support combined with
skill-building learning and practice through the guidance of
a FSC professional. FSC offers the following social
empowerment groups:
All groups are held in the
Bethesda office. For further information regarding these
groups, please contact the FSC office.
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Elementary
School Bullying
Too often, elementary school
children experience bullying from one or more peers, or
engage in bullying themselves. Bullying takes many forms,
well beyond intimidation, threats of violence, or actual
physical violence. Bullying can include teasing, harassment,
social exclusion, gossip, and other kinds of interactions.
Bullying is harmful to the bystander as well as to both the
bully and the victim. The elementary school bullying group
will educate young people about this issue, as well as, help
them develop communication and problem-solving skills for
preventing and coping with this issue. These groups will be
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Middle
School Social Skills
The transition from
elementary to middle school can be quite difficult for many
people. Dealing with the stresses of middle school can be
tough on some young people. This group is designed to tackle
issues like communication with peers, family, and teachers;
pressures and stresses of school; problem-solving and
decision making; and physical and environmental changes.
These groups are offered in three formats: Girls, Boys, and
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High
School Social Skills
High school brings many
stressors and pressures that differ significantly from those
in middle school. Talking openly with peers about these
issues can be extremely difficult unless there is a special
place set up to do just that. This group will focus on
issues such as communication with peers and family members;
the stresses of school; bolstering self-esteem and self
confidence; social stressors of being a teenager;
relationships and dating; and the meaning of identity.
Several formats are available. These include Girls, Boys,
Co-ed, Combined 9th and 10th grades, Combined 11th and 12th
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Adolescent
First Offense/Early Intervention Program
This is
designed for students who have had an experience with
alcohol or drug use that has created a problem in their life
(family, school, law, etc.) Students will attend this
program as a consequence for their alcohol/drug use (three
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ADHD
Support Groups For Students
Having Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder presents unique challenges
for young people. It often interferes with positive family communication, as well as success in peer relationships and
school progress. Support groups can help young people facing
these challenges to learn and reinforce skills, receive and
give encouragement and practical ideas with others in the
same situation, and by being in a safe supportive
environment with a trained professional facilitator,
overcome some of their deep feelings of being alone in their
struggles.
Topics include:
- Organization and Executive
Functioning: organizing homework and class work
assignments, prioritizing, and time management
- Coping at School: focusing
during classes, communication with peers, communication
with teachers
- Coping at Home:
problem-solving, family communications, chores.
- Coping in the Community:
learning social, volunteer, and work skills
- Problem-solving and
decision-making
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ADHD
Support Groups for Parents
Parents are also
strongly affected when their son or daughter has ADHD. ADHD
affects the whole family. The support group will enable
parents to share experiences and learn skills from one
another and the FSC professional who facilitates the group.
Topics include:
- Family communications and
mutual support
- Learning skills and coping
strategies for parenting the young person with ADHD
- Communicating with health
care professionals and school staff
- Problem-solving and
decision-making
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