Diverse Groups
These groups include members with different cultural, racial, or ethnic backgrounds.
What are diverse groups?
These groups are led by people with similar experiences instead of professionals.
What are self-help groups?
Treatment groups help people deal with these kinds of challenges.
What are emotional or behavioral issues?
This set of rules helps social workers make ethical decisions in groups.
What is the NASW Code of Ethics?
This type of evaluation checks if the group met its goals.
What is outcome evaluation?
Social workers must develop this skill to work effectively with people from different cultures.
What is cultural competence?
This well-known self-help group supports people recovering from alcohol addiction.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
This is an important first step in building trust in treatment groups.
What is getting to know each other?
Group members must agree to join after they get this information.
What is informed consent?
This evaluation happens during the group to make sure it’s working well.
What is process evaluation?
This challenge can happen in diverse groups when people speak different languages.
What is communication difficulty?
Members in self-help groups share their experiences to provide this to one another.
What is support?
This kind of therapy might be used in a group for people with trauma.
What is trauma-focused therapy?
Sharing private details from a group outside of it is called this.
What is a breach of confidentiality?
Group leaders often use these to collect member feedback.
What are surveys or questionnaires?
This process happens when people from different cultures adapt and share values.
What is acculturation?
These two principles are especially important for members in self-help groups.
What are anonymity and confidentiality?
Acting out situations in a safe way is an example of this group technique.
What is role-playing?
Social workers carefully manage this to ensure fairness in the group.
What are power dynamics?
This type of evaluation compares costs to the group’s benefits.
What is cost-benefit analysis?
Social workers use this approach to address unfair treatment in diverse groups.
What is anti-oppressive practice?
This is a major benefit of self-help groups, as members feel stronger together.
What is empowerment?
Members feel safer in treatment groups when this is kept private.
What is confidentiality?
Ethical group work ensures this is addressed to avoid unfair treatment.
What is bias?
Evaluations that focus on long-term results after a group ends are called this.
What is a follow-up evaluation?