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PD V. Counseling
Competency 89:
Carry out the actions necessary to form a group, including but not limited
to determining group type, purpose, size, and leadership; recruiting and
selecting members; establishing group goals and clarifying behavioral ground
rules for participating; identifying outcomes; and determining criteria and
methods for termination or graduation from the group.
Knowledge
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Specific group models and strategies
relative to the client’s age, gender, and
cultural context.
Selection criteria, methods,
and instruments for screening and
selecting group members.
General principles for selecting group
goals, outcomes, and ground rules.
General principles for appropriately
graduating group members and
terminating groups.
Principles of confidentiality rules and
regulations.
Skills
uX Conducting screening interviews.
u Assessing a client’s appropriateness for
participation in group.
u Using the group process to negotiate
group goals, outcomes, and ground rules
within the context of the individual needs
and objectives of group members.
u Using the group process to negotiate
appropriate criteria and methods for
transition to the next appropriate level
of care.
u Adapting group counseling skills as
appropriate for the group type.
u Considering environmental factors that
facilitate group interactions, such as room
setup and privacy issues.
Attitudes
XX Recognition of the importance of involving
group members in the establishment of
group goals, outcomes, ground rules, and
graduation and termination criteria.
u Recognition of the fact that the nature of
the specific group model depends on the
needs, goals, outcomes, and cultural
context of the participants.
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