My dyad partner was Jace Jones. Jace and I attempted to video chat using the Big Blue Button but the initial attempt unsuccessful. We managed to access the audio portion but not the video portion of the Big Blue Button. Jace and I agreed to reconnected via Big Blue Button a few days after we watched the tutorial again. I am happy to report that 2 days later, Jace and I conquered the Big Blue Button and had a brief video conference. During our initial video conference using Skype, we discussed career and personal experiences which motivated us to pursue a MSW. We also spoke of our future goals and careers once we obtain the graduate degree. Jace and I videoed conference for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. The interesting …show more content…
As well as self-care being very important to prevent stress and burn out of the facilitator. Being a facilitator of a group does not mean you need to control the group. If a facilitator conducts group trying to control the group, it will sabotage the possibility of success within the group. The main goal of a facilitator is to empower the group by empowering the participants. The participants need to feel like they are being “seen”, “heard”, and “known”. In successfully facilitating a group, the facilitator must understand there are several stages in a group which results in a successful completion. The stages are: Initiation Stage is when the participants come together to form the group. Next is the Struggle Stage in which the participants struggle to make themselves heard. Anxieties are high during this stage amongst the group members. The Resolution and Working Stages happens when the group has worked through the projections of each other and they now have trust and confidence in the group members as well as the facilitator. Facilitating groups can be strenuous and demanding to the social worker. It is very important for a social worker to know the importance of and practice PROCESS NOTE WEEK #1
The primary roles that were incorporated into group were defined by the leaders of group. Those leaders included the social workers and group psychologists, as well as students when appropriate. The leaders focused on task and maintenance roles, such as; coordinator, elaborator, evaluator, information seeker, initiator/contributor, opinion giver, procedural technician, encourager, gatekeeper, harmonizer, and standard setter. The individual roles was primarily the dominator. Due to the dominator portion of group, it changed the atmosphere and will be discussed later.
To remind people in an organization why they belong takes continued focus on a common goal or common belief. By having one main function, a group is generally more effective than if everyone has different ideas and outlooks on specific topics. However, to keep everyone on the same page, the members of a group need to accurately know where they stand in reference to their goal. One way to do this is through social facilitation. This is the concern of self image through the presence of other people. It's a concept that allows members to know the acceptable opinions of the group. Someone who agrees to the ideas set out from the organization. "Group polarization is the concept of changing personal opinions to extremities after a group discussion.(Johnson 13)" This concept eliminates members who aren't sure what they think of the group's purpose. They decide that either they agree completely or they disagree completely. Either way it means they decide if they are in or out after the group discussion. A common goal is one way to distinguish and separate the devoted members from the questionable individuals in a group.
According to Halter (2014), all groups go through three phases of development which includes the orientation (introductory) phase, working phase and termination phase. As facilitators, we used motivational interviewing skills such as open-ended questions so that participants could engage in the discussion and share their experiences. Reflective listening and summary were used to recap some of the points discussed by the participants after each question. The group plan was very helpful in helping us keep up with the time.
...nd learn to move through each stage successfully it can set organizational standards to new highs. Every business professional should want to keep a copy of these models in his desk because of the growing dependence of teams in organizations. After all, no one wants to be on the losing team. The ineffective team gives no pleasure or feeling of accomplishment to anyone involved!
Bruce Tuckman maintains that there are four stages of group development, forming, storming, norming, and performing. These stages are all essential and unavoidable in order for a group to mature, overcome challenges, find solutions, plan work, and produce effective results. (University of Washington, 2013)
After analyzing my fears regarding group leadership, I have become aware of the many different techniques that are used in helping future counselors develop the skills they need to become a competent group leaders. Although task, psycho-educational, counseling, and psychotherapy groups require a different individual leadership style, there is one thing that they all require of a leader, the competence to administer and conduct the group in a manner that will be beneficial for all its members.
Having an experience /activists/ – they are the go-getters rather than intellectuals and they prefer the actual experience itself.
After a series of email and message communicating, we finally have set our first face-to-face meeting on Sep 21, Wednesday in Hodges Library. Basically we had discussed
Firstly my group had to form (Kottler, Englar-Carlson 2010 p.93). There are many theories on how groups come together and the stages they go through. Tuckman is a commonly used theory due to the simple nature of his five stage theory. Tuckman believes that in order for a group to form they must go through five stages: forming, storming, norming and performing (Tuckman 1965 p.17). In 1977, alongside Jensen, Tuckman added mourning to his process.
Social work practice has become a vital part of our society. They are found in almost every aspect of our community as well as our schools. Social workers are problem solvers that help people deal with daily issues that may become problems that affect them. As our society becomes more challenging, social workers help bridge the gaps for people who face extraordinary challenges in their lives. The social worker’s scope of practice may contain helping at risk or overwhelmed individuals find resources, develop new coping strategies, resolve problems and conflicts, and secure opportunities to improve their quality of life. (Flynn, 2013) Although the scope of practice is basically the same, there are various types of social workers with various levels of education. It doesn’t matter if you are a medical, clinical, school, military, psychiatric or community social worker, the goal is
First, let’s discuss tools I obtained during the Facilitative Leadership class which I will utilize when I return to the unit. One important aspect I will implement is the delegation of duties during a meeting to keep the group involved. According the “Performance Improvement Guide” an effect meeting group should be comprised of a Timekeeper, Scribe, Recorder, Co-Facilitator,
...ne K. D., Sheats P., ‘Functional Roles of Group Members’ (Bill Staples, ICA Associates Inc. 2007)
Leadership may be defined as a position of power held by an individual in a group, which provides him with an opportunity to exercise interpersonal influence on the group members for miobilising and directing their efforts towards certain goals. The leader is at the centre of group’s power structure, keeps the group together, infuses life into it, moves it towards its
give them a feeling of being accepted by the group. This phenomen has a negative
within the groups process. In the Final stage the members as well as the organization recognize