Exam 9: Social Work Practice With Groups: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation

Which developmental model is outlined the following five stages of group development: preaffiliation, power and control, intimacy, differentiation, and separation.

During the termination phase of the group, the social worker and group members focus on the achievement of the initial and overall goals for the group. This is representative of which approach to ending:

Which of the following skills best describes a problem-solving strategy that can help address challenging group member behaviors?

Briefly describe the five stages of group development as presented by the Boston Model.

What is the primary function of the middle phase of the group experience?

In the middle phase of the group experience, the social worker and the group move into a pattern of interaction that enhances cohesion, unity, integration, trust, and communication.

Narrative-focused group endings uniquely encourage which of the following:

Which of the following is a responsibility of the group facilitator during the intervention phase of group work?

Evidence-based group practice:

Witness groups are:

Social workers should anticipate roles and behaviors within the group so that they can document pathology in their records.

A social worker may use strategies such as questionnaires, pre- and post- assessments, and gaining direct feedback from group members as a part of which phase of group work?

What is the essence of the group experience?

What is the role of a social worker who utilizes the empowerment approach to group intervention?

Explain the way the process of termination with groups is more complex than the process of termination with an individual client.

Group facilitators encourage members to exercise silence in the intervention phase of group work.

Name three reasons social work practice with the group can end.

Using the strengths perspective in group intervention:

Which of the following is a principle concern of empowerment in group interventions?

The developmental model is defined by which of the following assumptions?