Description Part A: Identification and Contextual Assessment Planning for the Group 7-9 NUMBERE ...

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Description Part A: Identification and Contextual Assessment Planning for the Group 7-9 NUMBERED PAGES OF TEXT, SUBMIT ONLINE, DOUBLE SPACED, 1” MARGIN ON ALL SIDES, APA STYLE FOR CITATIONS AND REFERENCES). PLEASE INCLUDE QUESTIONS OR QUESTION #’S AS HEADINGS. Identify and briefly describe a population that you are working with in field that could benefit from a group-based intervention. What are some challenges potential members face? How did this population come to your attention? Using the required readings and course syllabus as a guide to the literature, what are three key values or benefits of using a group approach with this population? (Use, cite and reference at least three sources from the Syllabus). Using course literature on models and theories of group practice, what type of group approach do (or did you) you propose? (Use, cite and reference at least three sources from the Syllabus). Using the required readings and course syllabus as a guide to the literature, identify at least two key opportunities, challenges or obstacles in group interventions in each of the contexts below? How would you address each of these challenges? Discuss at least two challenges or obstacles for each of the following: USE, CITE AND REFERENCE AT LEAST ONE SOURCE IN EACH SUBSECTION (A, B & C) – SOURCES MAY BE USED IN MORE THAN ONE) A. In the agency context? a. How will the agency’s organizational mission, structure and activities influence the group? b. How will they affect the way you develop and work with the group? B. In the community context? a. What communities influence the development of this group? b. How may will communities influence and/or support the ongoing development of this group? C. In the potential members’ and worker context? a. How are your own identities similar or different from the client or system potentially represented in the group? b. What assumptions or biases may you need to be aware of? c. How might culture and identity impact the power dynamics in your relationship with group members and/or client system?