The Rowdy Reactors: Maintaining a Support Group for Teenagers With Diabetes
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Diabetes Educator
- Vol. 16 (1) , 39-43
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014572179001600110
Abstract
A successful support group for teenagers with type I diabetes requires more than informational lectures and discussions. Active learning by doing and the client's feeling of being in control are important. Attempts at gaining control require development of self-image, group solidarity, and the ability to communicate with nondiabetic peers and parents. Here is how one group did it.Keywords
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