A Brief Note On Facilitation And Self Assessment

As a social work facilitator, it is important to include a wide range of skills and strategies when facilitating a group. Emphasize on effective communication skills including using summarizing and active listening skills are important. Summarizing would include paraphrasing to what a member was saying and clarifying to make sure a social work facilitator understands (Pickett Institute Curriculum, 2002). Active listening helps let the members know that the facilitator is listening through making eye contact which shows that the facilitator cares about member’s thoughts and feelings (Pickett Institute Curriculum, 2002). Other important skills to help be an effective facilitator is problem solving and appropriate decision making to help strengthen

After completing the group task of preparing a presentation on, transferring individual facilitation skills into a group work setting I will critically reflect upon my own participation. I will evaluate my self-awareness while working in the group, as well as those around me. The way that I personally dealt with any issues that arose within the group and how that affected the group dynamics. I will also briefly discuss the roles in which each member of the group took and how role allocation affected, the group dynamics and the working relationships. Finally I will evaluate my work having discussed it with my fellow group members.

Coming into this class I was a bit wary about how this class would be run and what we would learn, especially once I found it was to be team led. In the past twelve weeks I have gained more insight on myself and how I react to situations in group settings, especially being in a class that is described as management and not psychology. Within this essay, I will describe my experiences with thoughts about my team as well as how we progressed. I will also describe how my class has progressed from the early stages and has transformed into a well-oiled high performing team. One of the tools I will use to show and describe the development of both my team and the class will be Wheelan’s four stages of development.

I would like to study biomedical science, because not only is it a very exciting ever changing area that is relevant on a daily basis to humans, I am very keen to be challenged and inspired and involved in the latest advances in medical research. With my love of science in mind, I decided to study for the Level 3 BTEC in Applied Science at college. Studying has helped me make a transformation from a youth to a young adult; I have taught myself to be disciplined which I feel can be reflected in the grades I have achieved.

The course, Developing the Professional, has assisted me immensely in developing cognitive, analytical, communication skills. Earlier self-assessment showed great contrast to present ideology. Progressive and sequential professional and personal assessment allowed for gradual deviation from cemented traits and practices. Previous academic pieces showed where I identified mostly with the “square” shape, my level of emotional intelligence ranked below mastery in areas of social awareness, self-management, and relationship management, and the need to master the respectable and ethical mind. The assigned group work tested the knowledge acquired from these assessments. Thereon, I was able to redefine personal ideals to adapt to the needs of a group

I had a conversation with the head classroom teacher for the student and she outlined the student I assessed, Hamilton Brown, and his diagnosis. He is in the 4th grade and is diagnosed with Developmental Disability, and is in a self-contained Special Education classroom at the Opportunity School program in Oswego, Illinois. Per the interview, I was able to select a few items I believed would have a better chance at being reinforcement items for this specific student. I performed an informal sit-down interview with the teacher and asked her, along with the student’s paraprofessional, about what items he preferred. The teacher told me ultimately, he enjoys eating snacks, preferably sweet ones. Additionally, his favorite

For one to establish a stress free life, one of the most important aspects one should pursue together is having a balanced healthy lifestyle. Paying attention to the level of changes in once life over a period of time requires a full attention and cooperation of the individual’s daily activity towards achieving this goal. As an individual , it is a priority to pay proper attention to my lifestyle by adopting a measuring scale that will help to determine my motivation ,emotion and the state of my stress level in my daily activity.

I believe if there is a need, there must be a way to fix it. I enjoy testing different thoughts e.g. reverse the working time at night in summer to benefit from cooler environment (evaluate the net benefit of working at nights). The process of creation is strict as follow: Whenever I feel there is any needs retrieved from my personal issues, I would try to figure out whether it can be generalized into public shared issues. If so, I will come up with one or several initial option(s) that could possibly solve issues and then evaluate it/them based on my knowledge.

A cornerstone for facilitators is to understand what happens to people in groups. To do this, we need to look both at what people set out to achieve, the task, as well as how they get along – the processes of group activity. People often behave quite differently in groups and teams from one-to-one settings. Some people become quiet, others turn into bullies or tormentors, some become jokers. For the facilitator who has to rely on others for getting the job done, this can be daunting. Why is it that a meeting feels electric one moment and awkward the next? Why do some people refuse to communicate while others do all the talking? It becomes easier to understand the process level if we take a practical example.

Moreover, this course assisted me in learning how to create a team charter in which it has showed me my strength and weakness. A Team Charter helps “team members recognize their complementary skills, their common purpose, common goals, and mutual accountability” (Byrd & Luthy, 2010, p. 14). It made me understand how to be prepared for any arising conflicts and how to manage it. ”Conflict management works best when the parties involved in a disagreement are equipped to managing it themselves” (Weiss & Hughes, 2005). I also learnt the importance of feedback and feed forward. "Feedforward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past" (Goldsmith, 2002). How it puts the employees in a check list in order to spot where they are wrong and perform better. “Effective feedback helps the coachee see the gap between intended performance and actual performance" (Payne, V. 2007). The requirements needed to excel and improve in their workforce. ”Employees can provide useful input on the effective of procedures

Teambuilding activities and workshops strive for greater cooperation, better communication, and less dysfunctional conflict. Managers are accountable for knowing if team-building activities are effective. They need to run the four level evaluation models: reaction (how did the participants feel), learning (did the experience increase knowledge), behavior (did participants on the job behavior improve), results (did participants achieve better measurable results) (Kinicki, 2013).

The purpose of this assignment is to critically reflect on strategies used to mentor a second year mental health student in a community mental health team. The essay will refer to interpersonal skills used to develop the mentor-mentee relationship, and the practical steps taken to facilitate learning; to make this more tangible the focus will primarily rest on the author’s approach to teaching the learner how to administer an antipsychotic depot injection. The discussion will encompass major theories that underpin learning, explore the relevance of learning styles, and draw on relevant literature.

Within the oil industry many individuals are unfamiliar with underlying business operations of the firm. Within the oil industry complications constantly arise due to the peculiar nature of the industry. Our training activity was designed to help develop critical thinking skills in all participants involved. The learning is also structured in a way to be dynamic and interactive. There is great emphasis placed on social and communication skills through the collaboration and exchange of ideas. This will undoubted be needed in the oil industry as communication is a necessity. To accomplish this, we group all participants in collaborative groups of 5 by counting off each member. We then arrange materials through graphical representation, numerically descriptions of each step, individual writing about the collective experience of the group. The activity provided hypothetical situation involving engineering, company ethics, management and critical thinking skills. Each group was provided a situation in which to evaluate. They then presented their findings in front of the group who then offered their own perspective for solving the situation. As facilitators, when then offered the company's perspective on how to solve many of the issues that was presented. The learning goals for this particular activity are broad in scope. They are structured to be engaging and relevant to the oil industry. Below are the sample topics

When this course started, I didn’t know what to expect. Quickly did I learn that it was more than just about a single individual and his or her ideas and behaviours. As the course progressed, I learned that it was very important to understand how small groups work. Reflecting upon my personal journey with my group, I have learnt that working in small groups requires commitment, synergy, communication, listening, conflict resolution and decision making and problem solving. This brings me upon my personal journey with my small group and how I have learned to work in such an environment.

The results of my self assessment were pretty accurate to what I know about myself. I have strong intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. I maintain strong relationships with others and think deeply about my life choices, goals, and ambitions. The only score that I thought would be higher was my musical score. I can play a musical instrument and I enjoy listening to music, but I don’t like to sing or play for others. Thinking back to my childhood, I was a linguistic learner. I followed directions well, if someone modeled how to do something, I could follow it and explain it back. I liked talking with someone personally to understand different concepts. The older I got, I was able to adapt to how my teachers’ taught. I had one teacher who loved using bodily-kinesthetic activities, I had other teachers who loved to sing and use logical-mathematical thinking. If I didn’t adjust to their styles of teaching, I wouldn’t have been successful in their class. I believe learning patterns can be altered because my learning pattern was altered. I’ve learned many different things from teachers who have different teaching styles. Teaching is an art and all teachers should use different teaching styles. Having a wide variety of teachers with different teaching styles made me a well rounded learner.