The Middle Stage: Specialized Methods

Intervening with Individual Group Members  Three assessment and intervention areas: Intrapersonal Interpersonal Environment **The assessment area and coinciding intervention (treatment plan) area MUST match!

Intervening with Individual Group Members INTRAPERSONAL INTERVENTIONS: Identify and discriminate among: - thoughts - feelings - behaviors (interpersonal) Recognize associations between specific thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Intervening with Individual Group Members Analyze the rationality of thoughts and beliefs Change the distorted or irrational thoughts and beliefs ○ Cognitive restructuring ○ Cognitive self-instruction ○ Thought-stopping ○ Reframing ○ Cognitive imagery Implosion flooding ○ Progressive muscle relaxation ○ Systematic desensitization

Intervening with Individual Group Members INTERPERSONAL INTERVENTIONS Learning by observing models Learning by role plays ○ - assessment ○ - simulation ○ - understanding ○ - decision-making ○ - behavior change

Intervening with Individual Group Members Primary role-plays ○ - own role ○ - role reversal ○ - autodrama, monodrama, and chairing ○ - sculpting and choreography Supplementary role-plays ○ - on-the-spot interview ○ - soliloquy ○ - doubling ○ - mirror ○ - sharing

Intervening with Individual Group Members ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTIONS Connecting members to resource Expanding members’ social networks Modifying the contingencies that result when members perform desired behaviors Planning physical environments to facilitate members’ goal achievement

Intervening with the Group-as-a Whole  INTERVENING WITH GROUP DYNAMICS Changing the communication and interaction patterns Changing the groups’ attraction for members – cohesion Using social integration methods (social control methods) effectively Changing group culture

Intervening with the Group’s Environment  CHANGING THE GROUP’S ENVIRONMENT Increasing agency support for group work services Links with interagency networks Increasing community awareness