Has the group process been successful? In what way have members become empowered? Have coping skills strengthened or symptoms decreased? These kinds of questions point to the ending evaluation stage, but they should be in the social worker’s mind from the beginning, as they may help in designing the group and articulating its purpose and goals. Similarly, it is helpful to plan the methods for evaluation early on. This is because social workers may want to get a baseline assessment of the group at the start, so they can compare that to the evaluation results later, following many weeks or months of treatment. Social workers may also draw on observational measures to indicate the degree of success and readiness for termination.
In this Assignment, you write the next section of your Treatment Group Proposal by laying out the evaluation methods you would use.
Resources
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare
Review the Learning Resources on group termination and evaluation.
Review your Week 8 Assignment, in which you detailed the intervention framework for your proposed group.
Continue to draft your Treatment Group Proposal by focusing on evaluation.
Assignment below
Submit a 1- to 2-page paper covering the following section of your Treatment Group Proposal:
Evaluation Methods
Describe a group assessment tool you would use to evaluate your group’s progress. Explain and justify why it would be useful.
Describe an observational measure you would use to determine group member progress and readiness for termination. Explain why it would be useful.
Use the Learning Resources and any relevant additional literature to support your paper. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
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Rubric
SOCW_6121_Week9_Assignment_Rubric