Deck 9: Social Work Practice With Groups: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation

Question 1

Which of the following is a principle to support socially just group practice?

A) Facilitate shared responsibility
B) Ignore oppressive power dynamics
C) Evaluate the context
D) Support dominant cultural narratives

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Theory guides which of the following aspects of the group process?

A) Formation of the group
B) Definition of group member roles
C) Content of the group experience
D) All of the choices are aspects of the group process that should be guided by theory

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Using the strengths perspective in group intervention:

A) Often puts too much focus on the individual at the expense of the group
B) Can be challenging to apply to some group issues
C) Helps integrate individual members' strengths into strengths for the group as a whole
D) None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is a principle concern of empowerment in group interventions?

A) The personal, including individual attitudes, values, and beliefs
B) The social, including interactions with society
C) The interpersonal, including interactions between persons
D) All of the choices represent concerns

Question 5

What is the role of a social worker who utilizes the empowerment approach to group intervention?

A) Find quick solutions to complex problems
B) Promote the resilience of each group member and of the group as a whole
C) Support group members in deconstructing social narratives
D) Fix the problems of the group members

Question 6

Which theoretical approach to group intervention requires the social worker and group members to aid in the deconstruction and subsequent reconstruction of the individual or group story?

A) Strengths-based Approach
B) Empowerment Approach
C) Narrative Approach
D) Solution-Focused Approach

Question 7

Witness groups are:

A) Organized to support people who have been a "witness" to a crime
B) Composed of people called in to witness discussions between social workers and group members
C) A type of group in which people utilize narrative therapy interventions
D) Utilized when individuals need other group members to "bear witness" to the trauma they have faced

Question 8

"Insider knowledge" is a common feature of which theoretical approach to group intervention?

A) Solution-focused approach
B) Narrative approach
C) Empowerment approach
D) Strengths-based approach

Question 9

The developmental model is defined by which of the following assumptions?

A) Group members grow and change in semi-predictable ways
B) Group theory is employed to disrupt preconceived notions
C) Group members fit rigid stereotypes
D) The goals of the individual group members are irrelevant

Question 10

Which developmental model is outlined the following five stages of group development: preaffiliation, power and control, intimacy, differentiation, and separation.

A) Irvin Yalom's Theory of Group Development
B) The Reciprocal Model
C) The Boston Model
D) The Empowerment Approach

Question 11

The Boston Model presents the "work" phase of group intervention as:

A) Power and Control
B) Intimacy and Differentiation
C) Separation
D) None of the Above

Question 12

In the middle phase of the group experience, the social worker and the group move into a pattern of interaction that enhances cohesion, unity, integration, trust, and communication.

Question 13

Which of the following is a responsibility of the group facilitator during the intervention phase of group work?

A) Determine funding sources for the group
B) Establish methods of recruitment
C) Engage in biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment of each group member's goals
D) Use evidence-based group practices and resources to inform the group's work

Question 14

Evidence-based group practice:

A) Enables social workers to improve practice competencies
B) Bolsters the efficacy of the group intervention
C) Enhances accountability
D) All of responses are representative of evidence-based group practice

Question 15

What is the essence of the group experience?

A) The group leader's communication skills
B) The group's willingness to examine conflict
C) Interactions between group members and with the leader
D) Power dynamics that impact group roles

Question 16

What does it mean to maintain a "thinking group" posture?

A) Prompting group members to think for themselves
B) Facilitating a brainstorming session of ideas
C) Maintaining focus on critical thinking strategies
D) Considering the group as a whole first and individual members second

Question 17

Which of the following leadership skills is equivalent to the attending skill in individual client-social worker relationships?

A) Cohesiveness
B) Scanning
C) Communication
D) Joining

Question 18

Group facilitators encourage members to exercise silence in the intervention phase of group work.

Question 19

Which of the following skills best describes a problem-solving strategy that can help address challenging group member behaviors?

A) Establishing consensus and difference
B) Social integration
C) Joining and inclusion
D) Reframing

Question 20

Social workers should anticipate roles and behaviors within the group so that they can document pathology in their records.

Question 21

In the termination phase of the group, a social worker supports the whole group to reflect on the ways the groups strengths have evolved throughout the group experience. The theory or perspective that guides this social worker's approach is:

A) Narrative theory
B) Empowerment perspective
C) Strengths-based perspective
D) Solution-focused perspective

Question 22

Narrative-focused group endings uniquely encourage which of the following:

A) Ritual or ceremonial activities that acknowledge growth
B) The achievement of all members, even those that have not met their goals
C) Telling stories of the group experience
D) Reflection of the group's strengths

Question 23

During the termination phase of the group, the social worker and group members focus on the achievement of the initial and overall goals for the group. This is representative of which approach to ending:

A) Narrative
B) Empowerment
C) Strengths-based
D) Solution-focused

Question 24

Group members facing the termination phase of group work may act out in behavioral terms as a way of communicating that the group is not ready to end. The term that best describes this phenomenon is:

A) Denial
B) Passive withdrawal
C) Regression
D) Coping Skills

Question 25

A social worker may use strategies such as questionnaires, pre- and post- assessments, and gaining direct feedback from group members as a part of which phase of group work?

A) Intervention
B) Termination
C) Evaluation
D) Follow up

Question 26

Explain the way group membership reduces the effects of exclusion and injustices associated with feelings of marginalization.

Question 27

Name three reasons social work practice with the group can end.

Question 28

Discuss a key communication skill used in group work intervention.

Question 29

Explain the way the process of termination with groups is more complex than the process of termination with an individual client.

Question 30

What are three questions you can ask yourself while reflecting on your experience of leading a group? How are these questions beneficial to you as the group leader/ facilitator, and how are they important for your clients?

Question 31

Group membership:

A) Can reduce the effects of exclusion and the injustices associated with it
B) Is not related to the social work profession's values about social justice
C) Has no connection to the type of intervention social workers use
D) None of the above

Question 32

What is the primary function of the middle phase of the group experience?

A) An opportunity for group members to experience conflict
B) Time for group members to carry out established goals
C) Reflection on individual and group achievements
D) Evaluation of the social worker's use of evidence based practices and theory

Question 33

The group leader's ability to exercise silence is a key communication strategy in group intervention.

Question 34

Briefly describe the five stages of group development as presented by the Boston Model.