Professional Association or Agency Experience and Analysis
Select a social work/social welfare professional association that interests you, attend a
meeting of that organization, and write a (3-4) page paper analyzing your experience
utilizing the outline below.
Respond to each heading item beneath the heading. Include questions and responses.
Assignment Outline
Viewing the association meeting through the lens of a group worker, please
respond to the following items:
1. Name of association
2. Date, time and length of meeting
3. Place of meeting
4. Participants number, professions, demographics (age, race/ethnicity,
gender, socioeconomic class, disabilities), assigned roles
5. Type of group and purpose(s) of the meeting (Use Toseland and Rivass
Typologies of Groups available here: Toseland and Rivas Chapters 1 and 2.pdf)
6. Brief summary of the content and structure of the meeting
7. Assessment of the properties of the group (atmosphere, cohesion, leadership,
participation patterns, communication patterns, decision-making processes,
sociometric patterns, etc.)
8. The therapeutic/helping factors evidenced in the meeting (Use Yaloms
therapeutic factors). Identify how these factors were demonstrated in the
meeting.
https://www.rebelliouswellnesstherapy.com/yalom-s-11-curative-factors
https://nextsteptherapy.ie/groups/group-psychotherapy/yaloms-therapeutic-factors-2/
https://quizlet.com/7178152/yaloms-therapeutic-factors-flash-cards/