Week 4: Planning the Group Flashcards
Pre-planning
It is the area that is most often neglected; however, it is essential to the group’s success.
Keys ares to considers (8):
- Need
- Purpose
- Composition
- Structure
- Content
- Pre-Group Contact
- Agency Context
- Social Context
Need
What is the need that exists?
Purpose
What purpse will this group serve?
What will the goals of the group be?
Composition
Who will be in the group?
What criteria will be set?
What characteristics will be identified?
Structure
What type of setting will be necessary?
Content
What materials will be used? What will be the focus of the group?
Pre-group contact
How will potential group members be identified and screened?
What information will they need to be given?
Agency Context
What are the agency’s policies and procedures with respect to teh group being formed?
Social Context
How will society view this type of group?