ASSESSMENT

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ASSESSMENT

• Workers begin their assessment in the planning
  stage and continue to assess and reassess the
  groups work until the group ends.

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment is both a process and a product upon
  which the helping process is based. (Siporin)
• Process gathering, organizing, and making
  judgments about information
• Product verbal or written statement of the
  functioning of the group and its members (which
  is useful in developing intervention plans)

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ASSESSMENT

• INDIVIDUAL
• GROUP AS A WHOLE
• GROUPS ENVIRONMENT
• Assessment of group processes in the here and
  now interaction

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment Process
• Information Gathering
• Amount
• Relevance
• Suspension of judgment
• Diagnostic labels
• Assessment focus

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ASSESSMENT

• INDIVIDUAL

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• GROUP AS A WHOLE

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• ENVIRONMENT

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ASSESSMENT

• INDIVIDUAL

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ASSESSMENT

• INDIVIDUAL
• ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONING OF INDIVIDUAL GROUP
  MEMBERS
• Current vs. Developmental
• How personal characteristics interact with
  functional abilities
• - Intrapersonal life of the member
• - Interpersonal life of the member
• - Environment in which the member functions

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• METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS
• 1. Members self-observations
• - Retrospective self-observation and
  self-reflection
• - Self-monitoring collecting data on
  self frequency,
• intensity, duration, and scope of
  behavior and its antecedents and consequences
  (both negative and positive)
• Charting
• Logs and diaries
• Problem card
• Self-anchored rating scale

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS
• Worker observation
• - Naturalistic
• - Role Playing
• - Simulation
• - Program activities

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS
• Reports by others
• Observations by people familiar with member
  outside of group

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS
• 4. Standardized Instruments

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• GROUP AS A WHOLE

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• GROUP AS A WHOLE
• ASSESSING THE FUNTIONING OF THE GROUP AS A WHOLE
• Group Dynamics
• 1. Communication and Interaction Patterns
• 2. Cohesion
• 3. Social Integration and Influence Dynamics
• (Social Control Mechanisms)
• 4. Group Culture

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE
• Measuring communication and interaction
• - semantic differential
• - frequency charts (frequency, interval, time
  sample)

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE
• Measuring interpersonal attraction and cohesion
• - sociometry measurement of social preferences
• preference scales
• socio-gram
• -cohesion
• assess degree to which members
• - perceive themselves to be part of the group
• - prefer to remain in the group rather than to
  leave it
• - perceive their group to be better than other
  groups
• with respect to the way members get along,
  the way
• they help each other, and the way they stick
  together

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ASSESSMENT

• METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE
• Measuring social controls and group culture
• - SYMLOG

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• ENVIRONMENT

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• ENVIRONMENT
• ASSESSING THE GROUPS ENVIRONMENT
• Sponsoring Organization
• - How are group purposes influenced by the
  agency?
• - What resources are allocated for the groups
  efforts?
• - What status does the worker have in the
  agency?
• - Agencys attitudes about service delivery

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• ASSESSING THE GROUPS ENVIRONMENT
• Interorganizational Environment
• - What else is happening in other
  organizations?
• - Would there be a benefit in linking with
  another organization?

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• ASSESSING THE GROUPS ENVIRONMENT
• Community Environment
• - What is the attitude of the community about
  the problems/issue being addressed?
• - What support does the group have from the
  community?