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Group Assessment

Satisfactory Essays

Rodolfo Bonilla
Assessment
Role-playing, simulations and program activities allow the group leader/ staff the opportunity to provide the group members with situations that require them to engage in a process where the leader/ staff can make observations and assess the member’s behaviors. For example, role-playing allows the group leaders and other members the opportunity to watch the group members work through various scenarios, taking note of the ways they respond to the given scenario as well as the ways in which they interact with the other members. This also allows the staff/ leader and providing them with feedback and the opportunity to process with the group. Simulations and program activities also allow all members to participate in the given activity as well as the chance to work through the simulation. In doing so, the members are given an opportunity to explore the new skills, which in turn provides the group leader the opportunity to assess nonverbal behavior as well as their interactions with others and their …show more content…

In assessing the group through observations, the group leader can assess the relationships and the health of relationships of the group members based on the level of communication between members. The leaders can also assess the cohesion of the group as a whole based off communication patters and the level of engagement of its members. The leader can also assess the members individually comparing the levels of communication over a period of time and can assess character traits that may expose other areas to further assess. Moreover, the communication patterns will allow the leader to assess the overall function of the group and will help the leader identify appropriate interventions to further the assessment and work with the members on the given

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