an informative and educational process for our group. After our presentation the group engaged in reflection together to discuss our learning, the challenges we experienced, how our presentation relates to our class learning and to celebrate our accomplishments. Our reflection will outline our learning and challenges, the feedback from our classmates and how our presentation relates to course learning. Learning & Challenges Within our group process, a lot of learning occurred as we…
The Value of Teams – Responses 1. The type of teams/groups which I have participated in the past and present, include the following: --> PRIMARY: • Family (and closest/best friends) – Everyone – whether he or she realizes it or not – is a part of at least one primary-type group. That primary group consists of direct family members, and even closest/best friends. --> SOCIAL: • In high school, I was a member of the girl’s track and field and cross country running team for…
Personal Reflection During this task group exercise, my group and I were given various tasks to complete. Each task allowed us to change roles and sometimes filling multiple roles through the course of each task. In the initial task, were given little instruction for us to complete the given task which left members of my group with many questions. In this instance I believe I took the role as the analyzer conceptualizer by stepping up and letting the group know what was expected from us. On…
A group of people is defined as any collection of people who consider each other to be a group. People in groups have different characteristics that distinguish them from a random crowd, such as a sense of identity, loyalty or how much the group means to them, having a purpose or sort of reason as why to be in the group, and finally a source of leadership in the group. An organisation can be considered one large group within itself, however it consists of several sub-groups that have their own…
Psychoeducational Group Psychoeducational group is one of the effective group to utilize working with a diverse populations. According to Gladding, “psychoeducational groups were originally develop for use in educational settings, especially public schools. Psychoeducational groups with well-organized and structured activities and exercises, help increase the self-worth of participants. Based on Yalom’s research on therapeutic factors, these groups provide information, socializing techniques,…
Group Process and Content In group process and content, the counselor must create a balanced relationship between the two. There is an evaluation that will be completed pertaining to the member’s depression. The tool used for this evaluation will be the adolescent the Beck Depression Inventory. The type of group varies and so does the type of group counseling. These types can include therapeutic or educational and can be of assistance in helping an individual in group make…
Skill The use of group intervention by occupational therapists under a cognitive behavioural framework. Group intervention Group intervention started in the early 20th century and continued development during the 1950’s due to an increased demand for therapists after the war (Weiten, 2007). The purpose of using group intervention is two-fold. The first is to provide a therapeutic service to several clients at a time. The second is to use the group itself as a therapeutic benefit for clients…
The following paper is an analysis and comparison of the group process. The paper will discuss similarities between the stages of the Garland, Jones, and Kolodny Model of group stages (Zastrow, 2015). The paper will also discuss and define recruitment, human behavior theories, family dynamics, group behavior, group dynamics, group process, problem solving, oppression, diversity, and values and ethics, as well as implications of generalist practice social work as they are used in the film,…
Cindy Corey authors of Group Process and Practice, the discussions, and research materials have offer me an approach to the group process, where theory and practice in group work can be observed. The readings help me see how experience people apply key elements of the group process in group work. The group process has guidelines that are broken down in the group process sequence. I like how the group process has been broken down since while I am learning what is the group process, I am also…
Group Dynamics Analysis Due to the fact that group work helps academic achievement, skilled communication and psychological health (Learning Together), a high-performing group work acts an important role in academic success for a class as a whole, it is benefit for individual lifelong success as well. Knowing the group dynamics lays the foundation of more effective group work. In this paper, I will analyze some of our group activities we had in our Real Change Learning Community, to get a…