Lecture 6 - Working and Final stages

Question 1

Basic Characteristics of Working Stage
-The level of what is what

• Communication within the group is what and involves what
• Members what
• Conflict among members is what
• *what are the ways to reduce disruptiveness

-Feedback is given what

Confrontation occurs In a way in which what

Answer 1

The level of trust and cohesion is high.

Communication within the group is open and involves an accurate expression of what is being experienced.

Members interact with one another freely and directly.

Conflict among members is recognized and dealt with directly and effectively.

• Refocus the group
• Give other people a chance so that one person isn’t monopolizing
• When you do this and then I feel

Feedback is given freely and accepted and considered non-defensively.

Confrontation occurs in a way in which those doing the challenging avoid slapping judgemental labels on others

Question 2

Working Stage

Member Functions

• Initiating what
• Giving other what
• Sharing how they what
• Practicing new what
• Offering both what
• Continually assessing their what

Answer 2

Initiating topics they want to explore.

Giving others feedback and being open to receiving it as well.

Sharing how they are affected by others’ presence and work in the group.

Practicing new skills and behaviours in daily life and bringing the results to the sessions.

Offering both challenge and support to others and engaging in self-confrontation.

Continually assessing their satisfaction with the group and actively taking steps to change their level of involvement in the sessions if necessary.

Question 3

Working Phase

Leader Functions

• Providing what
• Looking for what
• Continuing to model what
• Supporting the members what
• Focusing on the importance of what

Answer 3

Providing systematic reinforcement of desired group behaviours that foster cohesion and productive work.

Looking for common themes among members’ work that provide for some universality.

Continuing to model appropriate behaviour, especially caring confrontation, and disclosing ongoing reactions to the group.

Supporting the members’ willingness to take risks and assisting them in carrying this behaviour into their daily living

Focusing on the importance of translating insight into action.

Question 4

Final Stage

A time for consolidation and termination

• Group leaders need to assist members in transferring what
• This a time for
• SPI

Answer 4

Group leaders need to assist members in transferring what they have learned in the group to their outside environments.

This is a time for:

• summarizing,
• pulling together loose ends,
• and integrating and interpreting the group experience

Question 5

Final Stage

• Corey views the what stages as what
• In every beginning, the end is always a what
• What is developed as a group

Answer 5

Corey views the initial and final stages as the most decisive times in a group’s life.

In every beginning, the end is always a reality, and members need periodic reminders that their group will eventually end.

Norms developed as a group

Question 6

If termination is not dealt with

• The group misses what
• Much of what clients take away from a group is likely to be what

Answer 6

The group misses an opportunity to explore an area about which many members have profound feelings.

Much of what clients take away from a group is likely to be lost and forgotten if they do not make a sustained effort to review and think through the specifics of the work they have done.

Question 7

Effective ways of terminating a group

• Dealing with what
• Examining what
• What is crucial
• Completing unfinished what

Answer 7

Dealing with feelings
-Members should be encouraged to share their fears or concerns about leaving the group’s support

Examining the effects of the group on oneself
-It is useful to give all members an opportunity to say what they have learned from the entire group experience and how they intend to apply their increased self-understanding.

Giving and receiving feedback (crucial)
-Members asked to give a summary of how they have perceive themselves in the group, what conflicts have become clearer, what the turning points were, what they expect to do with what they have learned, and what the group has meant to them.

Completing unfinished business

Question 8

Final Stage Characteristics

• There may be what
• Members are likely to what
• Members are deciding what
• Members may express what
• There may be talk about what

Answer 8

There may be sadness/anxiety over separating

Members are likely to pull back and participate in less intense ways

Members are deciding what course of action they are likely to take

Members may express their hopes and concerns for one another.

There may be talk about follow-up meetings or some plan for accountability so that members will be encouraged to carry out their plans for change.

Question 9

Final Stage 
Member Functions
-The major task is what
-What are the other tasks DCM
-Identify ways of what
-Explore ways of what
-Evaluate the what

Answer 9

The major task is the consolidation of their learning and transferring what they have learned to their outside environment

Other tasks:

• Deal with their feelings about the termination
• Complete unfinished business
• Make decisions and plans concerning ways they can generalize what they have learned

Identify ways of reinforcing themselves so that they will continue to grow

Explore ways of meeting setbacks after termination of a group

Evaluate the impact of the group experience

Question 10

Final Stage

Leader Functions

• The central tasks are to provide a structure that enables what
• Reinforce what
• Assist members in determining what
• Assist participants to develop a what
• Create an what plan

Answer 10

The central tasks are to provide a structure that enables participants to clarify the meaning of their experiences in the group and to assist members in generalizing their learning from the group to everyday situations

Reinforce the changes members have made and ensure that members have information about resources to enable them to make further changes

Assist members in determining how they will apply specific skills in daily life

Assist participants to develop a conceptual framework that will help them understand, integrate, consolidate, and remember what they have learned in the group

Create an aftercare plan for members to use at a later point

Question 11

Post-Group issues: Evaluation and follow up

• Evaluating what
• A follow up what

Answer 11

Evaluating the process and outcomes of a group

A follow-up group or individual session