Guided Group Interaction (GGI)

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Guided Group Interaction (GGI)

• Module 2

Dallas Region
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Process Points Review

• Norms
• Leadership
• Sub-groups
• Nonverbals
• Communication Flow
• Hidden Agenda
• Leader Style
• Trust Level

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Fishbowl Activity
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Behaviors
What are the behaviors that you have to deal with
on your center?
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Delinquency

• Delinquency
• A social fact
• Not a psychiatric syndrome
• Divorce and Poverty
• Urban and Rural

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What and Why of GGI

• Guided Group Interaction
• Not T-Group
• Facilitator vs. Leader
• Not a Panacea
• Only one Tool
• Science vs. Art

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What and Why of GGI
GGI is a form of group
process
that uses
peer group pressure
to change
behavior.
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What and Why of GGI

• Group Process
• Ongoing
• Ever-changing
• Process points

• Peer Group Pressure
• How powerful is peer group pressure?
• Go against your own values system

• Behavior
• The here and now behavior of the group

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Abraham Maslow
Maslows Heirarchy of Needs
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Residential Development
Director
Clinical
Business
Education
Residential
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Howard Polsky

• Polskys Diamond
• A hierarchy of negative social groups

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Delinquent Group Diamond
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Diamond Work

• Your goal in reading the Diamond is to collapse
  or destroy the Diamond.
• In order to destroy the Diamond, the big crowd
  and leader must be attacked.
• The more negative your culture, the truer the
  Diamond.

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Diamond Work

• The more negative your normative culture, the
  harder it will be to destroy the Diamond.
• Some staff support the Diamond and are not aware
  that they are doing so.

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Diamond Work

• Doing the Diamond allows you to be proactive, not
  reactive.
• Low-status students will gravitate toward staff
  for protection.
• High-status students will often avoid staff.

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Role Play
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Non-negotiables

• Non-negotiables
• Definition
• Why needed
• How they are created
• How they are established
• How they can develop

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Non-negotiables

• Not up for Negotiation
• Mandatory Attendance
• Veto-power of the Group Leader
• No Disrespect
• Stay in Your Seats
• We Are About Help

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GGI Leaders Authority

• Definition
• What you can and cant do know your power
• How to get authority and power
• Examples of what you already have available

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GGI Leaders Authority

• Rewarding or sanctioning
• Model tailor-made sanctions that will help the
  group members with their particular problems
• Group members can recommend a sanction or
  accountabilities for behaviors with leaders
  approval

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GGI Leaders Authority

• Accountability should be just
• Avoid supporting the Diamond by always
  confronting and concentrating on the small crowd
  and letting the big crowd off easy
• Veto-power

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Acceptable and Non-acceptable Issues

• Definition
• What is GGI supposed to address?
• Where should some issues be addressed?
• Who determines issues to be discussed?

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Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Issues

• The behavior of the students in the group
• Any interaction between group members that has
  been a problem or the group leader reads as an
  issue
• Absent Without Leave (AWOLs)
• Missed TABE, OPT or GED testing
• Review of the Groups Non-negotiable norms

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Acceptable and Non-acceptable Issues

• Dorm issues such as failure to do details, etc.
• Any issues brought up to Team Members by center
  staff or Student Leaders
• Dress Code violations ensure students are in
  dress code during group
• Students rating on the Force Field
• Any violation of the centers norms

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Guided Group Interaction (GGI)

• Module 2

Dallas Region