Observations of a short-term, coed, bilingual group therapy for latency-age, Spanish-speaking immigrant children
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This paper explores a short-term group therapy for school-aged children. The groups cater to troubled immigrant children, and attempt to help the children in their adjustment to the biculturation process. In the investigation, the peer culture and individual processes nurtured within the groups are examined through observation and drawing evaluations. It was found that the drawings and comments to the drawings were valuable tools to elicit the children's feelings and reactions to the group. In the end, it was felt that the bilingual feature of the group and group format, itself, were helpful to the children, and that the coed and short-term aspects of the group were less helpful to the children.
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