The Resident Athletic League
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1921/gpwk.v21i2.719Keywords:
<i>socialization</i>, <i>interpersonal effectiveness</i>, <i>groups</i>, <i>adolescents</i>, <i>residential treatment</i>Abstract
In this paper, I discuss the Resident Athletic League [RAL], a sports-based ‘interpersonal effectiveness’ group for adolescent males in residential treatment (Linehan, 1993b, p. 115). I introduce the groupwork theories that underlie the RAL. I explain how I implemented these theories through group planning and facilitation, and I explore two examples of residents’ group experience. In conclusion, I consider the emergent or synergistic quality of groups, suggesting a relationship between effective groupwork and House culture (Halperin, 2002; Forte, 2007).
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2012-12-20
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Boutin, T. J. M. (2012). The Resident Athletic League. Groupwork, 21(2), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1921/gpwk.v21i2.719
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