Question 2: Planning a Senior Group: The writer encourages the group workers, Mary and Mario to have a 16 session, closed group. There will be two group sessions per week, for a total of 8 weeks. Sessions on Wednesday’s will take place at noon for two hours and Saturday sessions will be at 10:00am for three hours. Group workers will select prospective group members who are interested in learning ways to increase their social interactions, exploring their spirituality, practicing arts, and motivated to learn about healthy ways of living. Wednesday sessions will include a variety of psychoeducation classes such as nutrition, sleep hygiene, healthy movement, and mindfulness exercise classes; all taking place at the senior center. Saturday sessions …show more content…
The group workers will promote the proposed senior group in the local newspaper, local community centers, and charitable organizations and service providers. Once members are referred, group workers will contact prospective members and conduct a telephone pre-screening interview. The International Association of Social Work with Groups Standards state that group workers clearly determine if members will benefit from the program components (IASWG, 2010). To achieve this, an orientation will be scheduled in the member’s home or at the senior center. Group workers will explain the group objectives and expectations to prospective members and those assisting in recruitment in the community. For this senior group, having two group workers will allow group members to have more support during activities. According to Toseland and Rivas (2012) and the IASWG Standards, both should Mary and Mario should examine their working styles and decide on leadership method before beginning the group. IASWG Standards also instruct to obtain supervision if any issues surface, as well as continuing to debrief and plan group activities. Mario and Mary may have different views on group goals or expectations; after all, they have different lifestyles, faith, background, and past experiences. It is key for both to compromise on activities on all areas of the …show more content…
As the group members will be actively guided in seeking their spiritually and obtaining self-awareness; with the objective of challenging themselves to achieve change. The group will focus on socializing and learning from others; learning social skills and creating friendships. Relational theory, comprised of four stages, explained by Schiller (2007), can be applied to this group. This theory indicates that group members will relate by their commonalities and through their differences. Once they gain an understanding for each other they will have the ability to stay connected, they will have the capacity to get through any group aggression or challenges. Schiller (2007) also recognized that the relational theory applies to the older group population, as it is common for them to deal with loss. With growing age come the possibility of losses, including loss of significant others, ability, and
Organize a committee responsible for looking into program ideas and developing a plan to extend the church's ministry to/with the aging. Ideally, this committee should consist of the pastor, one or more members of the church's governing body and several members of the congregation. It is recommended that older people themselves be recruited for this committee. The responsibility of the committee will be to survey the needs and resources, define the problems, develop plans for problem resolution, work to initiate programs, review t...
...er group often, their emotional regulation, empathy, social understanding, and relationships will progress and develop (Berger, pg. 295, 2012).
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However, some variation and possible novelty surfaced in this period of the lifespan. According to (Clark, Ouellette, Powell, & Milberg, 1987), in late adulthood, social interactions are more about communal orientation. Meaning that in this stage, friendships are deeply about the welfare of friends, concerns for friend’s well-being, and support, which portrayed this stage mainly about high quality relations. In his research, Field (1999) reported that late adults’ deep care for friend’s well-being is understandable for the fact that, older adults are in the stage where health issues often emerge, therefore, a sense of vulnerability arised. However, normative life events that retained social interactions in middle adulthood decrease because they are most likely release from family restraint, workforce responsibility and past personal obligations (Field,
For instance, one of the most influential theories in human development is Erick Erickson’s developmental theory, in which he separated human development in stages. His stages of development encompassed about ambiguous developmental period that he characterized as the conflict of Intimacy vs. Isolation in young adult, Generativity vs Stagnation in middle adulthood and Integrity vs. Despair in late adulthood (Schwartz, 2001). Erickson’s developmental stages theory paves the way for in-depth research on social developmental changes that occurred from young adulthood (18-25), middle adulthood (26-39), to late adulthood (40-67). In his developmental research on social relationships, Berndt (2002) found that friendships vary in term of quality, stability,
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Prominent musician, Celine Dion, once said, “There’s no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It’s beautiful, I call that beauty.” To many, growing old is just a natural, beautiful part of life. It is inevitable. It is inescapable. The functionalist perspective of sociology states that the elderly perform a function in order to keep society running with ease. Functionalists focus on the disengagement theory and how people tend to disengage from society as they approach death. Symbolic interactionists focus on how environmental factors and relationships with others affect the aging experience, focusing on the activity theory and the continuity theory (Carl, 2011, p. 220). Conflict theorists focus on the discrepancies that arise between different age groups. They also focus on the economical side of aging and the issues that may arise due to an active elderly population (Carl, 2011, p. 221).
The size of a group is considered to be a restrictive condition on the quantity and quality of connection that can transpire amongst particular members. Kephart (1950) established that as group size increases the number of relationships that exist among member’s increases greatly. He suggests that as a result of this increase in relationships among members there will be an increased tendency towards divisions into subgroups in which participants relate to one another.
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According to Knapp’s relationship model, his relationship model explains how relationships grow and last and how they end. His model is categorized into ten different stages which come under two interrelating stages: Knapp's’ relationship escalation model and Knapp's relationship termination model. The stage of the relationship in my group, there are two stages to put into my group: Intensifying and Integration. When a relationship progresses, there will be misunderstands and conflicts, and the so “Indefinite relationship” might fail to persist such a like coming together.
Social Workers must be knowledgeable on how to facilitate and lead group sessions with clients. They must be cognizant on their responsibilities as a facilitator, and diligently work to meet the needs of all group members collectively and individually. According to Toseland, Ronald, & Rivas, Robert (2009) group work practice focuses on Social Work practice with a broad range of treatment and task groups and the group’s environment (pg. 2.). It is significant for Social Workers to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to be able to properly assess and assist in group atmospheres. At my field placement which is at the Covenant House, a homeless shelter in Detroit that services youth from ages 18-24. I am responsible for co-facilitating along with the agency’s Social Worker, a
There are seven different activities social workers usually perform in the middle stage of treat groups. The first of the seven activities is preparing for the group meeting. Preparing for the group meeting is having all required materials ready and being up-to-date with the information to properly help clients. For example, if you are unfamiliar with one of the client’s cultural beliefs, this could mean informing and educating yourself to become cultural competent. Also, preparing for the group meeting could mean planning any activities for the meeting. However, choosing group activities requires cautious assessment at the group’s needs as a whole. All preparation for the meeting should be contain clear objectives so the social worker remains
These are enduring and regular social arrangements. The smallest form is interpersonal relationships. These can be dyads, two person relationships, or triads, three person groups. An example of a triad is a couple who has a child. On a larger scale, individuals can form social networks, which are composed of two or more individuals, groups, or organizations. Social networks can come in handy when looking for jobs. Then there are groups. These are a small number of individuals who have developed a relationship based on the interactions they have had together. The three types of groups are primary, secondary, and reference groups. Primary groups are very close knit groups like a family. Secondary groups are large impersonal groups and reference groups are groups one uses to evaluate themselves. Each group is important in their own way, but considering the consumption society of the United States, reference groups can have a lot of influence. If one compares themselves to the rich and famous, they may develop different values than those around them. Even comparing oneself to friend’s “front stage” self on social media can cause distorted values and norms. Sociologists focus on relationships like these and how an individual’s development of self shapes their role in
In reflection on my learning experience in the group class, I have gained clarity on what sorts of competencies of facilitating group therapy, as well as in what areas social workers and students tend to feel most strong in my practice. Regarding my specific gains in competencies, I feel that I learned the most and was most likely to gain specific group facilitating competencies at the weekly class. Learning in group class is taught me the tools to use to work with groups therapy, communities and also with individuals through the process of changes. In this past three months I think a lot of opportunities have been created to shadowing with (beside and behind) and being a part of group members to learn. In addition, this class has taught me about the skills and how effectively help