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Group Dynamics
Group Development / types and interventions
Question | Answer |
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Group Phases | origin, orientation, intermediate (interpersonal bonds/group norms), conflict, cohesion, maturation (productivity/achieve goals) and termination phase. |
Group Norms | standards of behavior deemed appropriate by the group |
Types of group leadership | Directive: leader does all. Egocentric-cooperative: leadership shared with the members. Mature: advisory leadership (leader acts as a resource. |
Evaluation Group | To assess a client's skills, assets and limitations. Therapist does not participate or intervene, but rather selects activities that require collaboration and interaction. |
Thematic Group | Members acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes to accomplish a specific activity. Therapist selects, structures and grades suitable activity. |
Topical Group | Discuss specific activities in order to help members become for effective / needs satisfied. Group must be at ego-centric cooperative level. |
Task-oriented Group | To increase client's awareness of their needs, values, ideas, feelings and behaviors. Mainly for cognitive and socioemotional dysfunction from psychological and/or physical trauma. |
Instrumental Group | Meet mental health needs and help individual's maintain highest possible level of functioning (should be this prior to group). Mainly a maintenance group. |
Developmental Parallel | All developmental groups to help with increasing group interaction/social skills. Parallel: to perform specific tasks in the presence of others. Even with minimal interaction build trust and comfort. |
Developmental Project | Shared short-term activity.Members give and seek assistance. |
Developmental Egocentric/Cooperative | Members select and implement long-term activity. Identify and meet the needs of themselves and others. |
Developmental Cooperative | Free expression of ideas and feelings. To enable members to identify socioemotional needs. (may not end with a tangible product.) |
Developmental Mature | Enable members to assume all functions and enforce behaviors of need satisfaction and task completion. |