31 Aug Group Facilitation: Engagement and Authority

Assignment Instructions

Your assignment should include the following:

• Short summary of the sessions.
• Part 1: Group Engagement.
  • Description of all four observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:
    1. Facilitator efforts to create a strong group foundation in the first session.
    2. Facilitator use of empathy and other interpersonal skills.
    3. Facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that could limit effectiveness.
    4. Facilitator recognition of diversity within the group.
    5. Handling of co-facilitation.
• Part 2: Group Authority.
  • Description of all three observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:
    1. Facilitator efforts to help the group define what makes a group meeting successful for them.
    2. Facilitation of discussion around confidentiality.
    3. Facilitation of understanding who has the authority in the group therapy setting.
• Conclusion.
  • Analysis of facilitators’ overall performance.
  • Explanation of facilitators’ overall strengths and suggestions.

A good supervisor should be able to back up his or her observations and suggestions with a body of evidence. Keeping this in mind, support your analyses with citations from both peer-reviewed literature and your textbook.

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