Assignment Instructions/ Description
SUPPORT GROUP PAPER INSTRUCTIONSAfter attending the support/self-helpgroup meetings, you will describe your observations of group member and leader behaviors, group dynamics, content,and processes. You will reflect on how your experiences with the group compares to best practices and principles for group counseling and support groups that you have learned about in this course.Integrate relevant ideas from allrequired course texts (including the Corey et al. workbook) and 2scholarly research articles about group counseling in your analysis. Your paper must demonstrate critical thinking and personal application.The paper must be 7–8 pages or 2,500 words (a 10% deviation in either direction is acceptable-stay within these parameters), not counting the title page, abstract, and reference page.Although you may use first person in this paper, remember it must be in current APA format and include a title page, running head, abstract, and a reference page. Your paper must be wellwritten, well organized, andfree of grammar, spelling, or other writing errors. After the main heading(paper title)• Al-Anon Support Groupon page 3, Begin the body of your paper with an introductory paragraph in which you:• Identify thegroup you attended- I attended an Al-Anongroup• Number of participants at each meeting. o Meeting One – 7 participantso Meeting Two – 5 participantso Meeting Three – 9 participantso Meeting Four – 10 participants
Then, addressthe following topics using these subheadingsas follows:Content and ProcessGive a concise description ofthe topic or theme of the meetings you attended and how the topicwas presented/incorporated. Discuss the appropriateness of the content and the relative effectiveness of how it was processed.Include specific details and examples as needed. Provide specific examples from the meetings, but do not disclose confidential information about group members in such a way that they can be identified.Group Dynamics and ParticipantsDescribe the atmosphere and dynamics of the group, what developmental stage it was in, level of participation, and how you think members benefitted from this group. (You may find chapter 16 of the Forsyth text helpful for this section.)Leadership BehaviorsDescribe the leadership styles and skills that were used and discuss to what extent and in what ways you think they were appropriate and effective. Describe specific challenges you observed and how the leader(s) handled them.Application and ConclusionReflect on your learning and the most significant takeaways from this experience. If you were leading this group, what would you do differently? How did the meetings promote or contradict a biblical view of persons? Were ethical guidelines for group counseling adhered to or violated? End your paper with a concluding thought.
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