Hi, We are also looking for new ideas for adolescent in-patient groups. There are 2- 15 minute patient education groups per day and they are generally run by the HCT's For awhile we were using some packets designed for adolescents at-large which included all kinds of topics such as skills for independent living, manners and self-esteem topics. We ran through them pretty fast though. I am thinking if we can just designate each of the 7 days of the week as having a general kind of subject it would provide some structure yet give more flexibility to address educational needs as they come up, such as one day addressing personal care issues (laundry, hygine etc) another day maybe social skills, another day, topics in the news...this sort of thing. We also have journal-writing which the kids write in each evening right before bed-time which generally concern inner-personal issues which they can share with the group. janet