Purpose refers to WHY the group is meeting and what the goals and objective are. when we fully understand the purpose of the group, it is easier for us, the ALS members to decide such things as group size, membership, sesion length, and number of sessions. i think it is very important as purpose will serve the map for group leader (the ALS members) who run the project.
from this purpose, we will able to get in to answer Alex questions (well, this is my thought )
Alex:
- your chosen target group, the aims and objectives of such an initiative, its intended outcomes and a detailed plan of how your group intend to implement such an initiative.
- The plan will contain your groups rationale in making a case for the chosen target group,
*your resource requirement in terms of venue, equipment, materials etc,
*the criteria of group membership selection, the size, gender mix, age range of the group membership,
*your decision on whether it will be a ‘closed’ or ‘open’ group, the number of sessions,
*marketing strategy of who, where and how you will be recruiting for the groupwork project,
*the duration of each session,
*roles of co-facilitators, the consent forms,
*what assessment methods or tools will be employed and how will you be assessing and evaluating the individuals,
*the group as a whole and the creative medium employed, all the sessions planned (use the documentation framework provided) to include session aims, session objectives, planned activities for Warm-up, Main Development and Closure, highlighting the intended objectives it will meet in each chosen activity that is planned, the group ‘ground rules’ that will be negotiated that will potentially facilitate and enhance the group development and group process.
we start to brainstorming all the possibility/relevant group
- Juvenile deliquency group/bahavioral problem/beyond control
- Relationship problem/ Love affairs/ Frienship-interpersonal skill - social skill
- poor mental health/on medication psychiatric drugs~ Depression/stress/anger
- Psychological/worried/loneliness
- under-age pregnancy support group/
- Sexuality/ sexual education/ Sexual harrassment
- rape client - trauma
- substance abuse/ alcohol, drugs, internet addiction ...etc
- academic/motivation/
- single parents family youth/ divource
- adolescent in HOME
- HIV/AIDS support group
- Special needs group?? or,
- Parenting group???
haha.. the ALS members still on way to think/figure out, what's the group was. This is tough, as many of us not really work in group. for myself, sometimes i will run activities for youth on camp basis, and currently there is a HOME sending their children to me. The reason they send the children to my organization is because the management level think that the children is having problem. To me i am in a bit difficult situation, as my management level agree to receive their refferal, so, i just seeing 3 chidlren in small group. the HOME are planning to send another group of children to me again, which is 11 and 12 years old. this is really make me confuse. but i just tell the HOME, it's fine with me for another group.
NOW, i think, its time for me to think of the redundant issues, as i know there is a ladies running a program, play group for these young children? are they in same place or they are in different group? thinking of the code of ethics, this is not right for the children to be in 2 groups. though the way we r handling is different, our intention is expression of the children emotions, for better development; but yet, there is some limitation i need to solve....
will talk again with the HOME and my management as well...
this is 1st time encounter with such a "unexpected"... ...
any way, our ALS members had come out with some ideas... will meet again 17.9.2009 , and the time wait to be decide
You are right, you can start to plan for groupwork until you are clear the aims and purpose for the groupwork, the rest naturally follows once that has been established. From the brainstorm there are a lot of issues one can choose from so it may be useful to rank it, e.g. what seems most critical at this moment in time to be most urgent or critical in the population group that you will be working with. This can come from the demographic trends that may highlight changes, patterns of social behaviour, health etc.
ReplyDeleteAh ya, x10 why everything so deep, but anyway I know you will leads me.
ReplyDeleteHi I-Ling,
ReplyDeletethanks for the much deep thoughts... it was a long discussion that night having the opportunity to catch up with you all till 11.30pm since I missed the 1st part of the meeting. You all r real fast n managed to put all in place for discussion with such a short span of time. Hope I did not pose too many questions which we have to answer in the next meeting... Thanks again for leading...