Weekly Integrative Group Analysis 4. 1.Goals: . My Three

“What do you care what I think anyway? I do not even count, right? I could disappear forever and it would not make any difference.” These are common thoughts that people may experience as they advance through Tuckman's stages of group development. In the 1985 movie, The Breakfast club, all five stages of Tuckman's group development can be seen.The Breakfast Club is about a group of students who unfortunately broke school rules, and was given detention as punishment. They had to complete nine long hours of detention. Although, they go to the same school, and the know of each other, they do not know each other. Superficially, the students do not have anything in common. As the time passes while they are in detention, the students began to confide

My smart goals for this semester were focus charting, PAF and confidence. I feel that I have touched on my goal of focus charting by understanding how charting is meant to be, finding a good template to use for many of the assessments that I have done and making sure that is approved and having the confidence from my instructor. However, as the semester continues I feel that I can continue focusing on this as a goal, which will allow me to continue building my charting ability. Furthermore, I feel that I have brushed on my confidence goal by practicing outside of the clinical setting, making sure I understand what I am doing and why, and asking questions when I need some feedback. This goal is one that I feel that I need to continue because

Description of the situation, After receiving the IDs for the students in my group, I sent regular mail to arrange a meeting.The initial procedure of performing a role-play required a meeting among the individual participating. As explained by Tuckman and Jensen (1977), there are five stages of group development. These steps are determined as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Based on the Tuckman and Jensen (1977), development theory it is essential for a team to be coordinated when there is a task to be accomplished at a collaborative level. The purpose of the meeting was to allocate roles to everyone and introduced to each other. The people involved in the group were Consultant, dietarian, physiotherapist, occupation therapist, social worker, discharge nurse, (Mary’s daughter and son-in-law), adult nurse and diabetic nurse.

The topic chosen for this particular group therapy was self-care amongst college students. I chose this particular population due to the fact that I am in college and understand the importance of taking care of one’s self. As a college student certain times in the semester can be overwhelming causing students to stress frantically. Handling responsibilities such as internships, deadlines, homework, and final projects can become tiresome for a student. With such a high demand work schedule, students forget about the importance of keeping up their self-care. As a result, students are left feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally drained. Moreover, the most appropriate type of group would be an educational group. An educational group works with individuals in a group session by teaching a set of specific skills and techniques that can be utilized in a person’s life. As the educational facilitator of this group, I was able to educate the members in my session with specific tactics that can be applied in their college career. In brief, the three most important tactics to promote self-care are, managing stress, socializing, and maintaining an adequate diet.

Slow down when I speak and allow those who don't have the same native language as me the time to interpret what I am saying and grasp the meaning of my words.

The trainers support is important with group choice, ensuring they have the right mix and tools to assess their decisions, e.g. tools such as their course companion to tract their development.

realize that everything I do and say must be above reproach. I will be honest with myself and

I agree with your post. Achievers was my primary group after taking the VALS survey. I too am fully dedicated to God, my family, and obtaining the career that I desire. Likewise, I like to accomplish the tasks and goals I set for myself. Furthermore, I believe this group was very accurate for me being my primary group as it truly shows how influential and important the main aspects of the group are to my life. I was given Innovators as my secondary group and some portions of that I agreed with and some I did not.

Therapeutic groups frequently have students with a large array of issues. Each group is unique and the strategies to address each student’s individual needs can vary depending on how the students present. However, speaking specifically to student level, in an elementary setting, addressing a wide range of issues in a group would require a structured environment in order to form cohesion among the group. Similar to teaching in the classroom, differentiation for students will be required to meet each student’s needs. Creating lessons that can be modified based on student’s needs, functioning level, and strengths can aid in the therapeutic process. Creating interventions that require students to interact can allow the students to find similarities

An eight-week group is chosen for this group to provide a group that people can fit into their schedule. The idea of adding an activity to a person’s schedule for two months seems manageable, any longer and it could be an excuse not to join. Since the group is open to any person experiencing losses, changes, and/or transitions in their life, we want the group to fit easily into people’s lives. The date and time seem appropriate for most working people. If the group grows and becomes well established if there was a need to provide another date and time during the day for second and third shift workers then it would be great to add a day group. Also, a day group may work better for moms and maybe senior citizens who do not like to drive at night.

My second goal that I accomplished is going to the therapist to help me to overcome my anxiety, pressure and paranoia by decreasing them and returning to my activities. Once I met with a counselor, she and I discussed about my lifestyle and what could help me. The therapist does not seem like she was giving therapy but it felt more like having a friend that is listening to every problems I have and giving me advices to conquer those problems. It made me feel like that I am not facing those issues all by myself. After the discussions, I felt a great relieve and a weight lifted off my body like as if I was tied in ropes that was suffocating me. I told her what I was going through as soon as my time was ending. She told that I should relax go

One of the main challenges that were noticed in the group was when Shai-naisha was playing the monopolizer and kept trying to over talk Deanna while she was speaking. These types of common members’ roles can be frustrating to the rest of the group and lead to unpleasant outcome in an environment that is designated to build supportive among members. However, the facilitator show great skills by allowing Shai-naisha express her concerns and then asked other members for feedback. In addition, the facilitator asked the other members did this behavior make them feel uncomfortable. This was another great example of how the goal-attainment was exhibit.

I would personally define Integrative Studies as a modern day collaboration of cultural, diverse, and intuitive approaches in understanding how individuals rationalize their thoughts and ideas when addressing and solving an issue or challenge. The collaboration of various applied theories and conducted research combine to find the underlying reasons for the occurrence of problems or issues. One must be able to dissect an issue or problem through multiple perspectives to find “hidden” solutions. When an individual restricts its thought process in one direction, of problem solving, it leaves the possibility of having certain “rocks unturned.” Also, when those responsible for addressing an issue broadens their view to allow

To start off the third group session, the co-facilitators introduced themselves, welcomed the group members back and briefly reviewed the group agreements developed in previous sessions. Afterwards the co-facilitators asked the members to participate in a check in process by briefly vocalizing any lingering thoughts or unresolved feelings about the previous session. One of the participants who normally is very critical of the purpose of the group and her involvement seemed to be a particularly energized mood about some of the experiences she had encountered between sessions. The member was thanked for sharing and other group members were encouraged to share. During the first portion of the session it became increasingly noticeable that one of the members was acting out of character by being excessively talkative and excitedly shaky as others shared with the group. At one point there was point of confrontation when the other members accused another of coming to the session high citing that her behavior was distracting to members and made them feel very uncomfortable to share in front of someone who in not engaged in the session. Group participants began to challenge the high group member as to why she felt the need to come intoxicated to the group. After being confronted the group member shared that she is unsure of how to cope with the relationships in her life through a healthy way. Some group members voiced their irritation about the session

My initial behavioral change was to work on my social anxiety and ultimately be able to confidently interact with peers and participate in the classroom setting. My initial goals were to develop a sense of confidence that allows me to thrive in my education as I have faced some setbacks because of my nervous nature. Over the duration of this assignment, I found a great improvement in my behavior. Although I did not completely mastered the art of socializing nor do I feel completely comfortable with my surrounds at this point in time, I believe that I have come a long way from where I started. I realized my goals were more attainable by making them more realistic pertaining to my capabilities. By adjusting my goals I was able to surpass them and then set new goals to continually challenge myself along the way. For example, one of my initial goals was to speak out during class whenever I had some confusion about a topic. However, because I am not comfortable with speaking out, I found it to be more realistic for me to wait after class and speak to the professor one on one rather than asking out loud with the class present. There is still a great deal of work to be made on my part, but overall I think that I made an improvement and would say that I have been successful with the overall aspect of this project.