Ending Group Meetings
What do you call issues raised just as the meeting is ending?
"doorknob" issues
When should re-contracting occur?
When there is a clear need for additional services.
As soon as possible after meeting
What do Effectiveness Evaluations measure?
The extent to which a group accomplishes its objectives
Where did I study abroad?
Italy
These are examples of?
Focusing on the session
Looking back in what transpired to see what it meant for members
Analyzing the significance of what occurred
Examining what members can take away from the discussions and put into practice in their own lives
Reflection
A high level of _____ makes ending groups more emotionally charged?
self-disclosure
What is information collected before an intervention called?
"Baseline" data
Why is it hard to conduct group evaluations?
The data collected from each member must be independent of any influence from other members
What sorority am I in?
How might the worker prevent premature termination? (main prevention method mentioned in the lecture)
Pre-group screening interviews.
To maintain and generalize behavior changes, the worker should help group members experience the _____ of changes as soon as possible and maintain the ______ for as long as possible
positive consequences
What is the first step in the Monitoring Process?
Decide what information to collect.
The group decides the most favorable and unfavorable outcomes for each problem area
What is my nephew's name?
Henry
Unplanned termination rates are around ___%?
30%
How do workers combat the impossibility of covering the full range of situations that members may experience outside of groups?
Teach members how to solve their own problems independently
Planning
Monitoring
Developing
Effectiveness and Efficiency
What is the extent to which an instrument measures the same phenomenon in the same way each time the measure is used?
Reliability
How many countries have I been to?
10
What are the four tasks employed in ending group meetings?
Closing the group's work
Arranging another meeting
Preparing a summary or report of the group's work
Planning future group actions
Name four tasks associated with ending the group as a whole.
Learning from members
Maintaining and generalizing change efforts
Reducing group attraction and promoting the independent functioning of individual members
Helping members deal with their feelings about ending
Planning for the future
Making referrals
Evaluating the work of the group
What are the three uses of evaluations?
* planning a new group
* monitoring the group's progress towards goals
* document the effectiveness of workers' efforts to reach member's goals
Which published self-report measure still has research ongoing?
Therapeutic Factors Inventory
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