Students should answer the questions and teach each other. Counselors should help the students process their beliefs together, rather than attempt to impose their own set of values. When adolescents can talk and explore feelings, they may make better choices. The group should consist of no more than 10 students and have approximately the same number of males and females. Two trained counselors, preferably one male and one female, should facilitate the discussions.
Meetings are weekly, sometimes in same sex situations, sometimes as a coed group.
Each session is about 45 minutes. There are 20 activities, each designed to last one session. Except where noted, the discussions and activities described below occur in a single coed group. Establish the Logistics Establish the ground rules length, frequency, and appropriate subjects of sessions. Note that one person should speak at a time and individuals' names are not to be used, even when speaking about personal experience.