Spring 2025 SOWK 487w Class 08 Weekly Email

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Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn

Social work groups require the consideration of the dynamics of group development, intervention strategies, and ethics, which are all the focus of week eight. Students will read Hepworth et al. (2022) and their chapter regarding facilitating social work groups, which provides insight into stages of group development. We spent most of our time last week doing family treatment presentations. We have two more this week, and then we will make further connections to group dynamics and interventions in group work. Students will have an opportunity to meet as teams and work on their group facilitation activities. We will have an example of an empowerment group and some small group discussions on how to understand ethical decisions in group work and planning. The agenda for class is as follows:

• Family treatment modality research presentations
• Group dynamics in social work facilitation
• Time to work on group facilitation activity
• Empowerment groups
• Ethics in group work
• Planning and implementing of social work groups

Unit Assignments

Read

• Read Hepworth et al. (2022) Chapter 16 Facilitating Social Work Groups

A-01: Class Engagement and Attendance

Attend Class

A-02: Reading Engagement and Check-in Questions

Complete the reading engagement and check-in questions at W-08 A-02 Reading Questions, which is due Wednesday before class.

Unit Resources

If you didn’t complete your midterm feedback, please do so - Spring 2025 Midterm Feedback for SOWK 487 Survey.

The Arc of Tri-Cities helps to put on the event Our Autism Journey We’re Better Together. Last year, some students did their group facilitation project there, and that can be an option for you to consider. I would also give extra credit for students who volunteer for the event. It is a great event to support and raise awareness regarding autism. If you plan to help at the event, you must complete a background check, so you should follow up with the Arc about your desire to help. The actual event is on April 12th.

There are three excerpts from some texts that we will be using in class this week in our discussion regarding ethical dilemmas. Garland (2010), Goodrich and Luke (2015), and Pawlukewicz and Ondrus (2013) are attached as handouts, but I will also bring some printed copies.

All of the presentations for this class can be found at https://presentations.jacobrcampbell.com. This week’s slides are Spring 2025 SOWK 487w Week 08 - Facilitating Social Work Groups.

You can find the recording of all of our classes in the lecture videos tab for this course.

Reference

Garland, C. (2010). The Groups Manual: A treatment manual, with clinical vignettes. In The Groups Book Psychoanalytic group therapy: Principles and practice (pp. 404-591). Routledge.

Goodrich, K. M., & Luke, M. (2015). Group counseling with LGBTQI persons. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119222774

Hepworth, D. H., Vang, P. D., Blakey, J. M., Schwalbe, C., Evans, C., Rooney, R. H., Rooney, G. D., & Strom, K. (2022). Direct social work practice: Theory and skills (11th ed.). Cengage Learning, Inc.

Pawlukewicz, J., & Ondrus, S. (2013). Ethical dilemmas: The use of applied scenarios in the helping professions. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 10(1), 2-12. https://jswve.org/download/2013-1/articles(2)/2-12-Ethical%20Dilemmas.pdf

To-Do Lists

• Read Chapter 16 and do the reading quiz
• Attend class
• Complete the midterm feedback