Dr. Nina Brown received her doctorate in Counselor Education from the College of William and Mary. She is a professor of counseling at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and has published numerous books on the topic of groups, including Teaching Group Dynamics,Expressive Processes in Group Counseling, GroupCounseling for Elementary and Middle School Children,Psychoeducation Groups Accelerated Development. She also published The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern

"Brown utilized her experiences with classroom groups and teaching group counseling as the focus of the book...Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, and professionals." -- G.E. Pawlas University of Central Florida

• CHAPTER 1 Why Classroom Groups? CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Preparation CHAPTER 3 Organizing and Guilding CHAPTER 4 Developing Student Expertise CHAPTER 5 The Group Performance Curve CHAPTER 6 Conflict:Inevitable and Manageable CHAPTER 7 Problem Behaviors and Interventions CHAPTER 8 Group Level Problems and Solutions CHAPTER 9 Relating Characteristics and Communication Skills CHAPTER 10 Group Leadership CHAPTER 11 Group Activities and Exercises CHAPTER 12 Electronically Linked Groups Bibliography Index