Group Techniques and Approches

Question 1

Open Groups

Answer 1

ongoing and allows for new members to enter at any time
Typically used for support and life transitions
Can be distracting

Question 2

Closed groups

Answer 2

time-limited, and new members can only join during the beginning stage

Question 3

Beginning stage

Answer 3

social workers determine the group’s purpose, members, objective, etc.
Beginning of group formation

Question 4

Middle stage

Answer 4

Where most of the group work is done

Question 5

End stage

Answer 5

social worker lead members in discussing feelings of termination, focus on skills learned in the group

Question 6

scapegoat

Answer 6

person that is blamed for wrongdoing

Question 7

enmeshed

Answer 7

boundaries are unclear and pliable, boundaries are open within family unit but fixed with outer systems

Question 8

disengaged

Answer 8

boundaries are rigid w/ little interaction and emotional engagement

Question 9

family hierarchy

Answer 9

in order for family to function there needs to be someone delegated to power within the family structure

Question 10

homeostasis

Answer 10

families remain regular or stable

Question 11

alliances

Answer 11

partnerships or collaborations between certain members of a family