SPRING 2024 SOWK 487W JACOB CAMPBELL, PH.D. LICSW HERITAGE UNIVERSITY WEEK 08 FACILITATING SOCIAL WORK GROUPS
TEXT AGENDA ▸ Group dynamics in social work facilitation ▸ Ethics in group work ▸ Planning and implementing of social work groups Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
PRESENTATION Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
(Hepworth et al., 2022) 1 NORMING PREAFFILIATION: Approach and Avoidance Behavior BEGINNING STORMING 2 A Time of Transition MIDDLE NORMING 3 PERFORMING (Tuckman, 1965) POWER AND CONTROL: 4 5 INTIMACY: Developing a Familial Frame of Reference END DIFFERENTIATION: Developing Group Identity and an Internal Frame of Reference SEPARATION: Breaking Away GROUP DYNAMICS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
EXAMPLES OF DYNAMICS FROM GROUPS In small groups, review pp. 373-374 in your textbooks. For each stage, have some discussion regarding group member’s experiences in groups and what happened in those dynamics. Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
TEXT ▸ 3. Among the critical activities of group facilitation is related to group norms. Facilitators often call attention to group norms, reinforce group norms, or seek to in uence norms to ensure that they support the purposes of the group. Using groups that students have experienced, ask students to analyze norms through the lenses of the orienting frameworks that underlie this text— ecological systems theory, strengths perspective, cultural humility, antioppressive practice, trauma informed practice, evidence-informed practice. Identify norms that students may want to in uence based on their analysis. fl fl Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR TASK AND TREATMENT GROUPS Recognition Resolve Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University Assess Choose
MODELING EVOKING BEHAVIOR CHANGE COACHING Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
CONFRONTATION Appropriate Confrontation • The worker engaging in nonblaming type of confrontation • Pointing out the discrepancy • How it affects the worker, for example, by using “I” statements Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
TEXT ▸ To emphasize group processes, dynamics, and development, it is useful to assign various members to play a particular role. Information may be provided on a 3 × 5 card, which is not shared with others in the group. Afterward, students should discuss and evaluate the experience, focusing on the various roles played by members, functional and dysfunctional member behavior, group development, and leader intervention. ▸ Suggested member roles include formal and informal leader or co-leader, clown, isolate, scapegoat, agitator, griper, expert, facilitator, peacemaker, advocate, spokesperson, and resource person. ▸ Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP WORK UNDERLYING VALUES ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP WORK Solidarity Tolerance Shared leadership Empowerment Cultural Humility Inclusion Trust Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017)
TIME TO TALK IN ABOUT GROUP FACILITATION ACTIVITY Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University
STEPS IN INTERVENTION/ COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University (Breton, 2017)
Empowerment for Students Thinking about using empowerment in relationship to students at Heritage and Potential needs. Start the planning of what a social action group might look like.
ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND GROUPS TASKS IN THE EVENT OF AN ETHICAL DILEMMAS ▸ Identify ethical issues ▸ Determining appropriate help ▸ Thinking critically ▸ Managing con ict ▸ Planning and implementing decisions ▸ Evaluating and follow-up fl Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017) SOWK 487 Spring 2024
BREAK OUT GROUPS WORK WITH GROUPS CASE EXAMPLES Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Pawlukewicz and Ondrus (2013) have a journal article, Ethical dilemmas: The use of applied scenarios in the helping professions. Appendix A (at the end) has a set of numbered scenarios. Talk about the following: 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 22, and 25. Garland (2010) in her book, The Groups Book Psychoanalytic Group Therapy: Principles and Practice, has a number of vignettes. I’ve provided Vignette D: Verbal abuse. Read through the example and the discussion. What are thoughts that it brings up and considerations we should have? Goodrich and Luke (2015) in their book, Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons provide a number of great case examples and discussions. An example about starting an empowerment group. Read through the example and the discussion. What are thoughts that it brings up and considerations we should have? Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW Heritage University SOWK 487 Spring 2024
HEPWORTH ET AL. (2022) The name you will give the group PRACTICE PLANNING GROUPS SELECT A POPULATION ▸ People charged with domestic violence MAKE A PLAN ▸ Middle school students with diabetes ▸ Teenage fathers ▸ Families of people with schizophrenia The type of group A one-sentence statement of purpose The size of the group The length, structure, and format ▸ Elementary school children who have been exposed to family or community violence The location where you will meet ▸ Parents and community members who wish to change a school policy on suspensions Important factors in group composition ▸ People newly admitted to an assisted living facility ▸ Seventh and eighth graders who have no friends How you will recruit and screen members ▸ Teens who want to start a Gay-Straight Alliance in their high school ▸ Premarital couples ▸ Widowers ▸ People concerned about bullying in a school Spring 2024 SOWK 487 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University