MSW Module 6: Group Intervention Design Assignment

Module 6: Group Intervention Design Paper Purpose This assignment is designed to help you reflect critically on your group design and

leadership skills in a real or hypothetical context, and apply group theory to understanding the complexity and importance of groups in promoting collective well- being. Empower individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to solve problems, heal, and create vibrant lives through culturally valid, empirically supported, feedback-responsive methods at all ecological levels.

Guidelines

Identify a group you would like to conduct or are conducting to meet a community need.

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1. Describe the desired outcomes of the group, whether the resolution of the individual problems of group members or the accomplishment of a community development task.

2. Identify the global values that inform your vision for the group, and how you are infusing or plan to infuse these values into the group process and content.

3. Analyze challenges and solutions you may or have experienced in achieving group outcomes. Refer to the literature on group stages, tasks, therapeutic factors or community task group outcomes, and roles of the group facilitator(s).

4. Describe what you have learned from mistakes, successes, and/or research that you can apply to this group or future groups.

Two key points to emphasize:!!!!!!!!!!!!! (1) your group can be one that you are leading or would like to develop

(2) the group can be focused on individual problems or community development. Which of these you choose will determine which literature you use as evidence for your group design and leadership choices.

Grading Criteria Your assignment will be graded based on following criteria:

Criteria Points Description

Desired

Outcomes and

Global Values

20 Describes desired group outcomes, identifies global values that inform your

vision for the group, and explains how you are infusing or plan to infuse

these values into group process and content.

Challenges and

Solutions

30 Analyzes challenges and solutions you may or have experienced in achieving

group outcomes. Refers to the literature on group stages, tasks, therapeutic

factors or community task group processes and outcomes, and roles of the

group facilitator(s).

Growth as a

Group Leader

20 Describes what you have you learned from mistakes, successes, and/or

research that you can apply to this group or future groups.

Quality of

Writing

10 Writing is clear, logical, free of grammatical errors, and in APA format with

appropriate headings.

Total 80 A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

Rubric Group Intervention Design Rubric

Group Intervention Design Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is

linked to a Learning

Outcome

Desired Outcomes

and Global Values 20 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Clearly describes at

least three desired

group outcomes in

measurable terms,

identifies at least

three global values,

and explains in depth

how you are infusing

or plan to infuse these

values into group

process and content.

18 pts

Very Good or High

Level of Performance

Clearly describes at

least two desired group

outcomes in mostly

measurable terms,

identifies at least two

global values, and

explains in depth how

you are infusing or

plan to infuse at least

one of these values

into group process and

content.

16 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Clearly describes at

least one desired group

outcomes but not in

measurable terms,

identifies at least one

global value, and

explains (but not in

depth) how you are

infusing or plan to

infuse this value into

group process and

content.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Describes one or no

desired group

outcomes and not in

measurable terms,

identifies one or no

global values, and if

one global value, and

does not clearly

explains how you are

infusing or plan to

infuse this value into

group process and

content.

20 pts

This criterion is

linked to a Learning

Outcome

Challenges and

Solutions 30 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Challenges in group

functioning are

carefully described

and analyzed to

generate effective

improvements in

approach.

27 pts

Very Good or High

Level of Performance

Challenges in group

functioning are mostly

carefully described and

analyzed to generate

effective

improvements in

approach.

24 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Challenges in group

functioning are

somewhat carefully

described and analyzed

to generate effective

improvements in

approach.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Challenges in group

functioning are not

carefully described

and analyzed to

generate effective

improvements in

approach.

30 pts

Group Intervention Design Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is

linked to a Learning

Outcome

Growth as a

Group Designer

and Leader

20 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Describes in consistent

depth what you have

you learned from

mistakes, successes,

and/or research that

you can apply to this

group or future groups

in both group design

and group leadership.

18 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Describes in some

depth what you have

you learned from

mistakes, successes,

and/or research that

you can apply to this

group or future groups

in both group design

and group leadership.

16 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Describes in little

depth what you have

you learned from

mistakes, successes,

and/or research that

you can apply to this

group or future groups

in both group design

and group leadership.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Does not describe, or

describes in no depth,

what you have you

learned from mistakes,

successes, and/or

research that you can

apply to this group or

future groups in both

group design and group

leadership.

20 pts

This criterion is

linked to a Learning

Outcome

Quality of Writing 10 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Writing is objective in

tone, clear, with no

grammatical errors,

and follows APA

format.

9 pts

Very Good or High

Level of Performance

Writing is mostly

objective in tone, is

mostly clear, and has a

few grammatical and/or

formatting errors.

8 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Writing is subjective

at times, is unclear at

times, and has some

errors including APA

format.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Writing is often

subjective, often

unclear, and has

frequent errors

including APA

format.

10 pts