ASSESSMENT Worker’s begin their assessment in the planning stage and continue to assess and reassess the group’s work until the group ends. Worker’s begin their assessment in the planning stage and continue to assess and reassess the group’s work until the group ends.

ASSESSMENT “Assessment is both a process and a product upon which the helping process is based.” (Siporin) “Assessment is both a process and a product upon which the helping process is based.” (Siporin) Process – gathering, organizing, and making judgments about information Product – verbal or written statement of the functioning of the group and its members (which is useful in developing intervention plans)

ASSESSMENT INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL GROUP AS A WHOLE** GROUP AS A WHOLE** GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT ** Assessment of group processes in the here and now interaction

ASSESSMENT Assessment Process: Assessment Process: 1. Information Gathering Amount Amount Relevance Relevance Suspension of judgment Suspension of judgment 2. Diagnostic labels 3. Assessment focus

ASSESSMENT INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL

ASSESSMENT GROUP AS A WHOLE GROUP AS A WHOLE

ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

ASSESSMENT INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL

ASSESSMENT ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONING OF INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS 1. Current vs. Developmental 2. How personal characteristics interact with functional abilities: - Intrapersonal life of the member - Interpersonal life of the member - Environment in which the member functions

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS: 1. Member’s self-observations - Retrospective self-observation and self-reflection - Retrospective self-observation and self-reflection - Self-monitoring – collecting data on self: frequency, - Self-monitoring – collecting data on self: frequency, intensity, duration, and scope of behavior and its antecedents and consequences (both negative and positive) intensity, duration, and scope of behavior and its antecedents and consequences (both negative and positive)Charting Logs and diaries Problem card Self-anchored rating scale

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS: 2. Worker observation - Naturalistic - Role Playing - Simulation - Program activities

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS: 3. Reports by others Observations by people familiar with member outside of group

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS: 4. Standardized Instruments

ASSESSMENT GROUP AS A WHOLE GROUP AS A WHOLE

ASSESSMENT ASSESSING THE FUNTIONING OF THE GROUP AS A WHOLE Group Dynamics 1. Communication and Interaction Patterns 2. Cohesion 3. Social Integration and Influence Dynamics (Social Control Mechanisms) 4. Group Culture

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE 1. Measuring communication and interaction: - semantic differential - frequency charts (frequency, interval, time sample)

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE 2. Measuring interpersonal attraction and cohesion - sociometry – measurement of social preferences preference scales socio-gram-cohesion assess degree to which members: - perceive themselves to be part of the group - prefer to remain in the group rather than to leave it - perceive their group to be better than other groups with respect to the way members get along, the way with respect to the way members get along, the way they help each other, and the way they stick together they help each other, and the way they stick together

ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE GROUP AS A WHOLE 3. Measuring social controls and group culture - SYMLOG

ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

ASSESSMENT ASSESSING THE GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT 1. Sponsoring Organization - How are group purposes influenced by the agency? - What resources are allocated for the group’s efforts? - What status does the worker have in the agency? - Agency’s attitudes about service delivery

ASSESSMENT ASSESSING THE GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT 2. Interorganizational Environment - What else is happening in other organizations? - Would there be a benefit in linking with another organization?

ASSESSMENT ASSESSING THE GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT 3. Community Environment - What is the attitude of the community about the problems/issue being addressed? - What support does the group have from the community?