1. By Laura Heil Chloe Lancaster Rachel Payne

2. 1993 – Center for Hispanic Arts 1997 – South Texas Institute for the Arts 1998 – Dedicated as the Antonio E. Garcia Arts Education Center 2004 – College of Education – OJJDP Grant: Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention

3.  94 % Hispanic  Average age: 14  65% male  At risk  Low SES  Court referred  Resistant to counseling (Lipsey & Cullen, 2003)  Benefits of counseling program (Lipsey & Cullen, 2003)

5.  Provides psycho-educational programs and psychotherapy to high-risk, court- mandated youth and their families  Helps students and families grow, relate, support one another, show respect, and succeed.

6.  Conflict Resolution ( 7 session group)  Life Enhancement & Academic Direction Program (LEAD) ◦ Family Connectivity ◦ Healthy Interactions ◦ Academic Success  Family Night Out  Family Counseling

7.  Developed by Dr. William Glasser, psychiatrist in 1965  needs: survival, love, power, freedom, and fun  Behavior is an attempt to satisfy our needs  Are you succeeding in meeting your needs?  If not, what could you do differently?  Self-responsibility: the only person you can control is yourself Source: Glasser, W. (1998). Choice theory: A new psychology of personal freedom. New York: Harper-Collins.

8.  Establish a relationship with the client by creating a need-satisfying environment  Move away from the past by asking, “What do you want?”  Focus on action: “What are you doing to get what you want?”  Encourage clients to analyze their behavior by asking, “Is what I am doing getting me closer to what I want?”  Assist clients in developing concrete, attainable plans to fulfill their needs in the future Source: Wubbolding, R. E. (2000). Reality therapy for the 21 st century. New York: Brunner- Routledge.

9.  W: What do you want?  D: What are you doing to get what you want?  E: Is what you are doing getting you what you want? Evaluate  P: What is your plan? Source: Wubbolding, R. E. (2000). Reality therapy for the 21 st century. New York: Brunner- Routledge.

10. What we decide is our choice, and the goal of reality therapy is to help clients figure out and put into practice better choices than those they have been making” ~Glasser, 1982

11. Typical 14 year old  Formal operational - abstract thinking Piaget (1969) - cause and effect  Identity versus role confusion - Developing a self image Erikson (1968) - Who am I ? Where am I going?

12. Implementing our model

13. Training site Practical approach Focus on the present Phenomenological approach Corey, 2000

14.  The foundation is a phenomenological relationship.  Leader becomes a guide along with the client  Facilitate insight  Hold up a mirror so that they can evaluate their choices.  The therapeutic relationship attempts to fulfill the client’s need for love and belonging. Glasser, 1998; Wubbolding, 1996c

15.  Quality world (Glasser, 1998)  Window into client world and potential world  Counselor become part of quality world  Integrated into client’s goal Goal  Establishes the client’s want

17.  Informed by reality therapy principals: Survival, Love (primary need), Power, Freedom, & Fun.  Goal: All behavior can be understood in relation to need fulfillment.  Focus on the process

19.  Opportunity to understand mind body  Externalizing activity – Helps kids cope with situations which feel overwhelming  Normalizes experiences  Normalizes differences  Creates meta-awareness  Put the brakes on

20.  Modeled on concept of total behavior: Feeling, Physiology, Thinking, Acting (Glasser, 1998)  Goal : Clients understand that they make choices based on their own volition

22.  Goal:  Identify client’s goal  Formulate a plan of action  Recognize their strengths and resources  Evaluate possible stumbling blocks Schroder, 2005

24.  Meaningfully connected theory to practice  Tailored interventions to meet client need, age, and developmental level.  Empowered our clients to consider the function of their behavior  Engaged clients in a self evaluation process to reduce incidences of negative behavior

25. Corey, G. (2000) Theory and practice of group counseling 5 th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Erikson, e. (1968). Identity, youth, and crisis. New York: Norton. Glaser, W. (1998). Choice Theory: A new psychology of personal freedom. New York: Harper Collins Lipsey, M. W., & Cullen, F. T. (2003). The effectiveness of correctional rehabilitation: A review of the literature. Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 3, 298-316. Piaget, J., & Inhelder, B. (1969). The psychology of the child. New York: Basic Books. Schroder, D. (2005) Little windows into art therapy. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Wubbolding, R. E. (1996c). Professional issues: The use of questions in reality therapy. Journal of Reality Therapy, 16 (1), 122-127.

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