Significant Learning Experience

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.

The author’s concept to include an educational component with each group meeting is a good idea to help me facilitate groups in the future. I agree with the author that providing education helps set the tone and direction for the group meeting. If I was going to lead a support group for care givers to prevent hospital readmission within thirty days, participates should be educated upfront regarding the expectations and objectives for the group meetings. Also, facilitating the groups at a neutral site will produce a more positive outcome for me as a facilitator. For caregivers to return to the hospital for a support group to prevent hospital readmission can cause a negative start for the meetings.

This article was very applicable to group practice because it described a positive mutual support group experience and explained why the group was successful. I found it interesting that the members said that the most valuable things the group leader did was help all the members feel included and supported. If I become a group leader as a social worker, this is an important aspect to remember, because the success of the group depends largely on how I encourage participation, help members offer and receive support from each other, and help each member to feel included and a valued member of the

As I reflect upon my experience as a group leader, both in my co-leader position facilitating a group on assertiveness and my lone facilitative effort to utilize a technique called Autobiography, I was able to recognize three main therapeutic factors. The first was the factor of imparting information which included educational instruction about assertiveness directly seen in the co-led group. The second, therapeutic factor that was created not only by the facilitators, but by the group members was cohesion, which remained evident in both the co-led group and the one person facilitated exercise. Lastly, universality was also quite clearly recognized in both group assignments.

To assess and critique the facilitator’s skill an observer feedback survey form was utilized. Two random members of the group were asked to fill out the surveys and return them to the facilitator. The observer feedback survey forms are based on an example provided by Laurie A. Walker, M.S.W., Ph.D. The information from the surveys suggest that the facilitator made sure group member ideas were heard, members were not frustrated with the group, the problem discussed is an important one, members were satisfied with the facilitators’ ability to lead the group, and members would return for future meetings (appendix B, 2015). The returned feedback will be used to improve future group meetings and incorporate group member’s ideas.

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.

My ability to keep students engaged has allowed me to relay information to an attentive and receptive audience. To the same extent, my TESOL certification and my former pastoral experience allows me to anticipate the needs of my students and design meaningful and effective coursework based on such needs. To further my abilities as a mentor and teacher, I have frequented leadership development seminars focusing on conflict management, communication, and team development.

As I reflect back on this week reading lecture, PowerPoint, discussion, mycounselinglab and webinar, I learned that group leaders have to take a lot of things into consideration before starting a group. In order to be an effective group leader, I would need to determine what type of group I would want to lead. Also, I learned what should happen doing each stages of group development. Furthermore, I learned that curative factors can help improve group counseling.

As I look back to the beginning of the class and recall the now laughable introduction I shared my growth during this group has been amazing. It has been amazing for several reasons to start the book and the lectures covered a lot of important information necessary for leading or co-leading a group. Although counseling in a group setting is very different from one on one therapy the theories governing the counselor’s approach is the same. I now realize theories are more that theorpuit approaches and techniques it is more of an individual’s worldview and learning to become a change agent. If one desires to be a change agent it is virtually impossible to do so without first changing or broadening the way one looks at world.

My strongest learning experience was to be patient. I used to not be very patient towards people, when it comes to common sense or little things like saying your phone number or date of birth. I easily forget that in different parts of the world the date of birth is given differently. In some countries, the month is first just like here others the year is first but in most Latin countries the day is first. Having to asked numerous times during the day for the date of birth of individuals and for their phone numbers, and they are giving me these numbers in so many ways use to drive me insane. at the end of the day I would find myself almost screaming on the phone, saying no, no, that is not the way you suppose to say it. After reading the

At the beginning of the internship, each intern was required to make a list of goals they hoped to accomplish throughout the internship. We were given four categories to consider. The first area was Leadership Effectiveness. My goals here were: be focused and committed to the engagement and willing to overcome obstacles; maintain a professional approach, especially when representing the organization; and keep a positive attitude and respect others. The second area was Management Effectiveness, and my related goals were: stay within the constraints of time budgets when managing responsibilities; continually seek feedback, formal and informal, to know how/what to improve; and communicate clearly and often to keep team updated on progress of project. Service Excellence was the third area, and my related goals were: understand the why, not just the how, of assignments; learn team expectations and client’s business; and maintain high-quality services using knowledge gained from team. The last area was Marketing, Sales, and Communication. My goals here

“Group learning, or working in groups, involves shared and/or learned values, resources, and ways of doing things. Effective groups learn to succeed by combining these factors. However, each group, and each individual, will only be as effective as they are willing to embrace and/or respect differences within the group”.

When put in an environment where there are other people working together, a lot can be learned from each individual. Every person is contributing from their own experiences to a shared goal. This in

Being a current Intern I have several things I’ve been assigned to do each day. One particular program that I work with is tied directly to a goal that I have set for myself and I would like to reach that goal by the end of my internship. By setting a goal I have become a more engaged employee because I have set a precedent and an expectation for myself, which I plan to accomplish. I can achieve this goal with the use of motivation and productivity, which will contribute to my overall performance in the company.

The nursing profession encourages lifelong update learning (NMC, 2010), and student nurses, as adult learners and aspiring professionals, need to start developing themselves within the culture of lifelong learning in the workplace and take responsibility for their learning (Hinchliff, 2004). This is possible with effective communication in sharing appropriate experience, skills, and knowledge to facilitate best practice and enhance learning opportunities (NMC, 2008).