BlueSky Support Groups
BlueSky offers the unique opportunity for our students to access support while earning academic credit!
We offer a variety of support groups that students are able to be a part of in place of one of their 6 courses. Upon successful completion of the small group requirements, students will earn .5 elective credit towards graduation. Each small group is facilitated by a licensed school social worker and will enable students to acquire skills in different life areas.
Addictions Recovery Group
Adolescents Attacking Anxiety
Get It Done
Healing and Dealing
Independent Living
Mind Over Mood
Who Am I?
Social Awareness (not offered 2010-11)
The Real You
Tools For Success
Addictions Recovery Group
Dave Berg
dberg@blueskyschool.org
The social worker and students will explore issues of Addiction and Co-Dependency in various stages of dependency, recovery, and relapse prevention planning. The focus of the group is to explore this from a young student's perspective and the way it impacts their lives and families. Its primary goal is to meet the various needs of members including those concerned about or struggling with Addiction, or someone close to them who is an addict. Through group process, members will learn what addiction is, how to promote change, prevent relapse, and how to access the community support resources they needs.
1. Are you or someone close to you struggling with an addiction, or wondering if they have an addiction to a chemical or process?
a. Addiction=Loss of control or ability to stop that affects their lives in the areas of work, school, relationships, and recreation.
b. Chemical = alcohol, drugs, food, etc.
c. Process = the internet, online gaming, shopping, cutting, gambling, etc?
2. Are you pre-occupied and/or worried about yourself or someone close to you in their use, abuse, of a chemical or process (see above)?
3. Are you unsure if you are #1 or #2 but believe you might be, or have a problem?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Addictions Recovery Group might be the right fit for you! Please email Dave Berg at DBerg@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Addictions Recovery.
Adolescents Attacking Anxiety
Lynn Riebe
lriebe@blueskyschool.org
This small group support group designed for students who struggle with anxiety on a daily basis, are looking for coping skills to help them deal with it, and are willing to talk about it.
1. Do you struggle with anxiety on a daily basis?
2. Are you serious about learning ways to manage or cope with your anxiety?
3. Are you able to talk about your anxiety?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Adolescents Attacking Anxiety might be the group for you! Please email Lynn Riebe at LRiebe@bluskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Adolescents Attacking Anxiety.
Get It Done
Dave Berg
dberg@blueskyschool.org
Get it Done is a support group that allows group members to explore and master the psychology, skills, and barriers common to goal achievement, self-motivation, and personal success planning from a young adult perspective. Group members will learn to demonstrate their understanding and enhance their lives by creating a life plan to facilitate change, personal growth, and goal achievement.
1. Are you struggling with repeated failure to meet your goals, inability to change, lack of motivation, or wondering about your purpose in life?
2. Are you pre-occupied and/or worried about never meeting your goals, succeeding in life, and a life of monotony?
3. Are you unsure if you are #1 or #2 but believe you might be, or have a problem in 1 or more of these areas?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Get It Done might be the right group for you! Please email Dave Berg at DBerg@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Get It Done.
Healing and Dealing
Casie Hammel
chammel@blueskyschool.org
Healing and Dealing is a support group for teenagers who have experiences a loss in their life. The group will work through the different stages of grief, share their stories with one another, and be a place of support.
1. Have you experienced a loss in your life?
2. Has this loss caused you to have struggles in your daily living?
3. Are you willing to talk with your peers about this loss and the struggles this has created for you?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Healing and Dealing may be the support group for you! Please email Cassie Hammel at CHammel@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Healing and Dealing.
Independent Living
Angie Rackstraw
arackstraw@blueskyschool.org
Independent Living is a support group that focuses on teaching teenagers life skills to live on their own. Topics discussed include filling out a job application, balancing a checkbook, creating and following a budget and caring for a home.
1. Do you struggle knowing how to fill out a job application?
2. Do you want to know how to live in the real world on your own?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Independent Living might be the group for you! Please email Angie Rackstraw at ARackstraw@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Independent Living.
Mind Over Mood
Carolyn Disch
cdisch@blueskyschool.org
Angie Rackstraw
arackstraw@blueskyschool.org
(two sections)
Mind Over Mood is a support group to help you learn new skills to make changes in your moods, behaviors and relationships. The skills are designed to help you handle stress better, improve your self-esteem, improve relationships, and become less fearful and more confident.
1. Do you struggle with feeling down, depressed, having negative thoughts about life sometimes or have trouble relaxing?
2. Are you interested in exploring new ways to change your moods and/or negative thoughts?
3. Are you comfortable having live and/or threaded discussions within a group?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Mind Over Mood might be the right group for you! Please email Carolyn Disch at CDisch@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Mind Over Mood.
Who Am I?
Carolyn Disch
cdisch@blueskyschool.org
Who Am I is a small group that will explore many different topics, including your personal values, family, relationships/friendships, culture, ethnicity, gender identity, violence and harassment, spirituality/religion, assumptions/stereotypes, societal beliefs, community, and personal goals/dreams.
1. The group asks you to share your thoughts and opinions with others in the group. Are you comfortable doing this while maintaining a level of respect for everyone in the group?
2. Are you willing to participate in live discussions?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Who Am I might be the right group for you! Please email Carolyn Disch at CDisch@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Who Am I.
Social Awareness
Angie Rackstraw
arackstraw@blueskyschool.org
Not offered 2010-2011. Social Awareness is a small group that is growth-oriented. Students will become more aware of themselves and how they fit into today's society. Topics include interpersonal relations, values, problem solving, communication, and ways of thinking and feeling. By the end of the group, students will be more aware of what their thoughts and feelings are about different forms of discrimination, what society's approach to discrimination is, and what they can do to actively participate in tolerance.
This small group will consist of 10-12 students and will be an open group, meaning that students can join at any time during the length of the group. The group will run approximately 18 weeks with weekly virtual requirements. Permission for a parent or guardian will be required in order for participants under the age of 18.
The Real You
Casie Hammel
chammel@blueskyschool.org
The Real You is a support group designed for young woman making their way through life! The group will explore topics such as self-confidence, self-esteem, building and maintaining healthy relationships, addressing body image needs and concerns and ultimately helping students become self-aware so they can make healthy choices and decisions.
1. Are you a young woman who wishes to learn more about who are you?
2. Are you willing to participate in threaded discussions and virtual activities with your peers?
If you answered YES to the above questions, The Real You might be the right group for you! Please email Cassie Hammel at CHammel@blueskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in The Real You.
Tools For Success
Lynn Riebe
lriebe@blueskyschool.org
Tools for Success is a support group for students that focuses on increasing students' success by encouraging more responsible behavior. The goal is to create greater personal achievement. Topics covered include problem solving, procrastination and self acceptance.
1. Do you desire to be a more responsible person?
2. Do you want to learn about positive and negative consequences of your actions?
If you answered YES to the above questions, Tools for Success might be the group for you! Please email Lynn Riebe at LRiebe@bluskyschool.org if you are interested in participating in Tools for Success.
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