Reflection Paper On Group Work

During this group session, the patients were asked to identify common relapse triggers and verbalize ways in which they can avoid their triggers. The patients were provided with a handout on triggers and educated on alternative methods to avoid their triggers.The patient was oriented x 3. The patient reported that feelings of depression and being bored has caused him in the past to relapse. He shared that he is ready to be clean and is aware of his triggers. He further shared that he goals are to engage in outside activities that can help occupy his timeThe patient was oriented x 3. He actively participated in the group discussion. The patient identified his triggers as his relationship with his family members. Throughout the session, the patient

In our group, some of us work so it was hard to find a time for us to meet around our classes and work schedules. There was a time when a member was called into work the time we were meeting. This caused some issues because she had the folder with all information. Due to that, we were unable to complete all our tasks for that day. Conflict can also arise making it difficult. Some individuals take on more tasks than others not making it fair on either member. The member with less work might finish earlier and may not have much to talk about, while the one with more work and go into more detail and talk more about it. The project is supposed to be split up evenly so this caused an issue. Overcoming differences is also a major issue that came up. Some of our thoughts did not match up with other members of the group. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to work those two things into the project, instead of finding the best and working with that. This caused us to lose time that we could have been using to make our project

Group work has been a cornerstone of the social work profession and requires a variety of facilitator skills and awareness of group processes. The SSLDTM Group Program for People with Difficulties in Social Situations (Socialwork1914, 2017) provides an excellent example of a psycho-educational group co-facilitated by two female social workers, Jane and Karen. After viewing the 6th session of this 8-week program, I began to understand how the concepts of group formation/development, interpersonal dynamics, and leadership styles contribute to successful group work outcomes.

Tell us about the most successful group project you have ever been a part of

A positive impact this experience had on me is that I was able to lead a group. I do not like telling people what to do which is why I do not consider myself a leader. However, this project has taught me that it is not so bad being a leader. Another positive impact is that I was able to see how it is to work with other people. usually in other classes you partner up to complete a one page assignment within an hour. But in groups I was able to work in a group the whole semester and experience a group setting.

Work at listening - One thing I really liked about my whole group is how enthusiastic everyone was to work together on this presentation. Every member of the group showed that they actually wanted to do the group, and really like that we were all working together. We all showed a lot of interest and lacked not energy when working on it. So many great ideas came from each individual and they way we all discussed everything made it so easy to get the presentation done in a timely manner. No one was on there phone when we were discussing things, we were all tuned into the conversation giving all our

Working with my team in Group Dynamics throughout the semester proved to be a rewarding, enlightening perspective into how groups and teams work together. We encountered challenges along the way but for the most part we succeeded in setting out what we wanted to accomplish this semester and were able to reach our designated goals.

As a group, our goal is to work cohesively to complete our tasks. We also hope to do well on said tasks, while completing them in a timely manner. In addition, we hope to avoid “groupthink” in times of deliberation and planning. Going along with our goal to avoid groupthink, each of us hope to learn and expand our horizons on new perspectives shared by our group members. We can accomplish this through encouraging each other to show up to class as well as constantly acknowledging and validating everyone’ opinions. This will contribute to the team climate because we expect everyone to be open and respect other’s ideas, remain on task, and participate. Next, it is crucial that we establish and practice a laid-back, open, and fun environment for ourselves in which we still get the work needed to be done completed. Lastly communication is essential. Our group’s use of the GroupMe app, allows for constant communication between the members. Through the groupchat we created, each of us are able to notify group members if we cannot make it to class or a meeting, or if we are running late to either. We are also able to help each other with the individual tasks set for us to complete the assignment as

I’ve had to take charge and be a leader many times in a group throughout my time in school. An example is in projects that I have to work with other people like many times in technology class or biology class we all state our ideas and if the other person doesn’t agree with my ideas I compromise and make a plan we all like. One time we had to do a lab in biology class and it was with about 8 to 9 kids and we couldn’t decide on much and since there was many kids in the group and we all wanted it our own way since the lab was graded. Alex Temidis is in my biology class we made ideas for the hypothesis and procedure for the lab and explained why it was that way and we listened to others and made everyone focused and on task participating in the group. The good thing is the lab was on heart rate we made the other half the class do the exercise part of the lab and we had to sit and do nothing for our part of the lab. I also take charge by helping with problems in homework or classwork that not much people understand. I hope that this year in student council we all will take charge and do things that will benefit everyone and make our class have more

This first application paper comes due at a very after a very hectic work week of training for me. I just completed my LEAN Blue Belt certification training. I was set up in a group with five other individuals to solve a complex supply chain manufacturing problem. The training only lasted for three days but it was very interesting to reflect at the end of each day on the different stages we'd gone through in the group formation process. I will speak to my personal experience in each of these four stages that we experienced during our training.

Teamwork can be complex and challenging given task and interpersonal issues, level of group motivation and expected performance standards. The concrete experience spoken about in this reflection piece is in reference to the effectiveness of myself as a group member and the group, working to write a report outlining the organisation and structure of Volkswagen. Dennison (2009) applies Kolb’s learning cycle (1981, 1984) which suggests that learning moves through a continuous cycle, between having an experience, and then reflecting on that action. This cycle has been developed from Lewin’s (1951) model for experiential learning. Reflection termed by Boud, Keogh and Walker (1985) ‘is a forum of response to the learner to experience’(p. 18). On reflection, the early set group dynamics was a defining factor in the experience, and how the team conducted themselves throughout the task. Meyerson, Wick and Kramer (1996) note that ‘such rapidly converging groups require methods for developing “swift trust”’ (p. 8), which can explain why initial group dynamics are so important. I took on multiple team roles, including group leader, which could be translated into the team not performing collectively on a high level, however, I could view this as a personal ineffectiveness of my leadership style.

At the time of the incident, I was surprised at how it didn’t effect, me as much as I thought it would. I was more fascinated by how they deescalated the situation and the process of a critical incident. I accepted the offer to observe this incident as I felt that if I was to experience it, early in my placement, it would assist me in normalizing my reactions to those kinds of behaviours.

The things I will have done differently in the group was to use my time wisely. I believe because we were on a time frame, I tended to rush things just to say okay where done. Also, more support and trust at a point of time I was kind of second guessing another idea. I feel that you have to have trust in your group member to make it effective.

I used to believe that I did not perform very well in groups. I am an observer who likes to learn alone. I thought I learned best when I worked on my own. Even though I always knew group work had many positive values, I was more comfortable with the lecture-based approach and resisted group work merely because it involved change, not because it had a collaborative learning approach. However, during the learning community project, I came to realize that I learn more effectively when I work in groups. Working in a group was like an adventure for me; there were both exciting and challenging times while preparing for the learning community project.

Also, in the group project some of the members could not agree on a certain topic, so I had to stay level headed and help work the members disagreement out.