Task Group, Open 12-Step Meeting, or Other Support Group Experience & Analysis
Option A: Professional Association or Agency Experience & Analysis
Select a social work/social welfare professional association that interests you, attend a meeting of that organization, and write a minimum (3-4) page paper analyzing your experience utilizing the outline below. Cite any external resources used in APA format.
Respond to each heading item beneath the heading. Include questions and responses for Part 1. For Part 2, your response should be in paragraph/essay format, as you reflect and synthesize your experience and clinical impressions.
Assignment Outline
Viewing the association meeting through the lens of a group worker, please respond to the following items:
Part One
1.Name of group / meeting
2.Date, time, and length of meeting
3.Place of meeting and / or link to agency providing meeting
4.Participants – number, professions, demographics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, disabilities), assigned roles
5.Type of group and purpose(s) of the meeting (Use Toseland and Rivas’s Typologies and other resources of Groups available on CANVAS)
6.Brief summary of the content and structure of the meeting
7.Assessment of the properties of the group (atmosphere, cohesion, leadership, participation patterns, communication patterns, decision-making processes, cultural and diversity patterns, and sociometric patterns, etc.)
8.The therapeutic/helping factors evidenced in the meeting (Use Yalom’s therapeutic factors). Identify how these factors were demonstrated in the meeting.
9.Clarity and effectiveness of purpose and the use of time.
10.Assessment of the stage of the group’s development. (Use CCC text and other class materials as resources).
Part Two
Reflect upon the potential value and influence of this group/association on you and your personal/professional aspirations. Consider and respond to the following:
A. How did you feel as an attendee at the meeting? What aspects of the meeting did you like? What suggestions for improvement would you make?
B. How did your experience relate to course readings and discussions? Comment on
the potential value of such groups for your personal/professional aspirations and the
field of social work as a whole.
C. Provide concluding comments
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Task Group, Open 12-Step Meeting, or Other Support Group Experience & Analysis
Option B: Twelve-Step (Open) Group or Group Experience & Analysis
Twelve-Step Programs are important options for many individuals. Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, and Alateen are just a few of the programs based on the twelve-step model. This model is also based on the importance of group interaction and support.
Select one twelve-step program and attend an “open” meeting of this group. In this case, “open” refers to a meeting which can be attended by someone who does not suffer from this condition. Submit a minimum of (3-4) page paper analyzing your experience utilizing the outline below. Cite any external resources used in APA format.
Respond to each heading item beneath the heading. Include questions and responses for Part 1. For Part 2, your response should be in paragraph/essay format, as you reflect and synthesize your experience and clinical impressions.
Assignment Outline
Viewing the meeting through the lens of a group worker, please respond to the following items.
Part One
1.Name of group/meeting
2.Date, time, and length of meeting
3.Place of meeting and / or link to agency
4.Participants – number, demographics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, social class/economic class, disabilities), assigned roles
5.Type of group and purpose(s) of the meeting (Use Toseland and Rivas’s Typologies of Groups and other resources)
6.Brief summary of the content and structure of the meeting
7.Assessment of the properties of the group (atmosphere, cohesion, leadership, participation patterns, communication patterns, decision-making processes, sociometric patterns, etc.)
8.The therapeutic/helping factors evidenced in the meeting (Use Yalom’s therapeutic factors). Identify how these factors were demonstrated in the meeting.
9.Clarity and effectiveness of purpose and the use of time.
10.Assessment of the stage of the group’s development. (Use CCC text and other course materials as references)
Part Two
Reflect upon the potential value and influence of this group/association on you and your personal/professional aspirations. Consider and respond to the following:
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A. How did you feel as an attendee at the meeting? What aspects of the meeting did you like? What suggestions for improvement would you make?
B. How did your experience relate to course readings and discussions? Comment on the potential value of such groups for your personal/professional aspirations and the field of social work as a whole. C. Provide concluding comments.
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