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
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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
Purpose of the group counseling varies from group to group. It can be therapeutic, educational, or helping people to make fundamental changes in their way of thinking, feeling and behaving (Corey, 2004, p. 7). Group counseling/therapy has the advantage of being more effective than individual therapy because, it more closely stimulates social interactions and interpersonal communication patterns than does individual counseling (Kottler, 2004, p. 260). The techniques and strategies use in group counseling are to help resolve members’ interpersonal conflict, promote greater self-awareness and insight, and help them work to eliminate their self-defeating
Group leaders are essential to the success of accomplishing the mutual goals of group counseling. The role that group leaders play is vital for establishing a group environment in which members feel safe, engaged, and encouraged. Characteristics and functions of effective group leaders are good listening skills, good observations skills but more importantly, remain impartial, therefore, the group leader does not give her or his opinions about topics because of consequences that can bring to the group. Additionally, group leaders are culturally sensitive to differences in power and privilege among groups from different ethnic backgrounds. Encouraging participation from members who are hesitant to speak up as well as ensuring that all ground rules are enforced are responsibilities of an effective group leader. However, also being aware that not every member is as comfortable in sharing as others are key for group leaders to be
The group the facilitator will be observing is an anger management group that is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Assurance of Hope Institute, Inc. The group consist of twelve men between the ages of twenty-five to forty-five. The group contains ten African American men and two Caucasian men. The group has been meeting three times a week for four months. The group is an open group that is available to all young adult men particularly those suffering from mental health illness. The clients whom attend the group have been either court mandated because of a violent encounter. The group discusses triggers that make one anger, ways to manage your anger, decrease overall intensity and frequency of angry feelings, increase ability to recognize and appropriately express feelings as they occur, identify situations, thoughts, feelings, that trigger anger, angry verbal and/ or behavioral actions and the targets of those actions. The facilitators of the group have explored family background and history to
In this course, we had group critical appraisal paper. Initially, the appraisal explored the use of palliative care among minority groups, but only qualitative research appeared for this topic. Due to limit research articles, so we had group meeting and met with librarian to discuss searching strategy. A decision was made to change the intervention to acupuncture treatment with the comparator being standard opioid medication in the outcome of reducing pain in palliative care patients. This proved to be a more successful topic when searching for relevant research. Based on the highest level of available evidence, three articles were selected from PubMed.
There is a delicate balance that needs to be achieved to create the right conditions for members to work harmoniously together. Individuals whose problems deviate from the norm should not be included in the group. Individuals who have mental disabilities which hinder their ability to comprehend the purpose of the meeting would not attend. Cultural perspectives need to be considered as well. For example, many middle eastern women would not feel comfortable participating in an intimate group setting where they disclose personal information in the presence of men. A journaling activity could be implemented in in the middle phase, once trust is established in order to help members identify their behavioral patterns that are both positive and negative, based off cognitive behavioral theory. The group members will share their reflections and support one another, reinforcing the behavioral change, and also identify negative and dysfunctional behavior patterns. Mutual aid takes place as the members of the group are able to identify with the reflections of others and as a group objectively assess the findings and work to modify behavior in the
Group Members & Responsibilities/Work (What was each person responsible for/what did they do? Include yourself.)
Our vision is to be one of the main essential wellbeing suppliers in the zone, extending our administrations to achieve extra group individuals. Our notoriety is that we furnish 100% access with 0% abberations in social insurance conveyed. With a specific end goal to finish this, we work to be trusted by patients, an esteemed accomplice in the group, and makers of positive change.
By connecting with other girls who are experiencing similar thoughts and feeling, it provides a place to learn to express emotions and not emotionally isolate. It can be expected that towards the beginning of the group, members thoughts and feeling will be pessimistic and focused on external things they cannot control. As the group continues the language will shift to things that are in their control and will be strengths-based, instead of focusing on their weaknesses. As their thoughts change, their self-concept improves and they begin to relate to other in healthier ways (Zinck, & Littrell, 2000). Group work is especially effective with adolescents because at this stage they value their peers and learn more effectively from one another, than from adults (Skudrzyk, Zera, McMahon, Schmidt, Boyne, & Spannaus, 2009). Group work has been found to also be more effective in areas of self-awareness and social skills Skudryzk, et al., 2009). These things are the key components to decreasing feelings of depression, anxiety, and risk-taking behaviors (Smith-Adcock, et al., 2008). For all these reason, a psychoeducational group is very effective for the chosen
Our evaluation design will be based off of one group pretest post-test design. Our experimental or treatment group will be all freshmen at Ohio State University (because our program will be part of the survey class which all freshmen are required to take). For our purposes we will not have a control group, due to the ethical issues of giving one group the intervention and administering it to the other. We will also conduct a one year follow-up test to truly test the long term effectiveness of our intervention. While it would be great to have a control group, ethically we do not feel it is appropriate to only allow some students have the intervention and others (the control group) not. Our group evaluation design will use pre and posttests measuring
Working in a group is a challenging experience in itself, all things considered, once you add an online variable to the group work where your group companions are completely in a virtual reality space, gives it a radical new magnitude of issues that can arise. In my specific team we had four students from various parts of Australia with assorted backgrounds, convictions and characteristics. Our objective was to amalgamate our disparities and knowledge to create a Prezi presentation that seems to have been composed by the one individual. This implies all the different subjects, in which we all picked one to cover, are expected to look like only one of us composed the presentation. The wording must be comparative and the style must be comparative.
The primary aim of this study is to explore the extent to which female-to-male (FTM) transgender individuals experience less discrimination in the workplace than male-to-female (MTF) transgender individuals. The secondary aim of this study is to get an understanding as to why the differences in treatment of female-to-male (FTM) transgender individuals in comparison to male-to-female transgender individuals (MTF) occur, so that further research may be done to minimize the discrimination altogether.
The purpose of this essay is to reflect on my facilitation skills during my Facilitating Group Learning session on Online Dating.
The communication in the group appears to be inconsistent and does appear to harmful to some of the members. Certain members of the group are communicating verbally, others are communicating nonverbally and their behaviors are sending out intended and possibly unintended messages that is impacting the rest of the group in a negative way. Therefore, members may not feel comfortable talking about feelings, problems, or other issues within the group. In this case study Luisa, appears to be a main factor of why people are shutting down. As there is interference with groups communication based on anger, fear, and uncertainly. She appears to be provoking a response for attention or disapproval to perhaps gain or maintain power within group.
A group engages in certain processes that naturally occur when a set of individuals are working together. In the Orientation phase, the needs of group members are to be oriented to the task, that is, to define the task, specify issues, identify expectations, and explore the nature of the work. From this, members develop a common understanding of the group's purpose. In the Testing and Dependency phase, participants generally act as if they depend on the leader to provide all the structure. They look to the leader to set the ground rules, establish the agenda, to do all the "leading," while the group members acclimate themselves to the setting. Group members exhibit behavior to test what behavior is acceptable and what is not, and begin to establish boundaries, to consider themselves as individuals in relation to the group, and to define the function of the group and the leader. This phase generally concludes when there is general agreement that the goals are achievable and that change is possible--whether it be changing behavior, making a decision, or solving a problem. Organizing to get work done involves a number of group decisions. These include establishing work rules, determining limits, defining the reward system, setting the criteria for the task, dividing the work and assigning individual responsibility for particular tasks. As it relates to
Rate your group (not individuals in the group) and share what factors influenced you picking that number and explain what it would have taken to move you up half a point up the scale.