Week 7: The Planning Stage

Leading a treatment group requires extensive planning by the clinical social worker. Treatment groups are interventions that tend to focus on a particular emotional and/or behavioral issue that is having a negative impact on a person’s life. A treatment group differs from a support group or task group because it requires a professional to serve as the leader. The first step in the planning process is to become familiar with the psychosocial issues and behavioral/emotional problems that the members of the group may be experiencing. Then, the clinical social worker should use evidence-based techniques to plan the group that are appropriate for the members. In addition, the clinical social worker must address all of the aspects that are associated with group therapy, such as, membership, the purpose and goals, and monitoring.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Plan a treatment group

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 6, “Planning the Group”

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. (Eds.). (2013). Sessions case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing.

“The Petrakis Family” (pp. 20–22)

Proudlock, S., & Wellman, N. (2011). Solution-focused groups: The results look promising. Counselling Psychology Review, 26(3), 45–55.

Required Media

Walden University. (n.d.). MSW interactive home page [Multimedia]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The “Petrakis Family” video sessions can be viewed using this program resource.

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