In the 5-page paper, you should pretend you are
going to be playing the role of the “leader of a group”, and you should answer
the following 7 questions:
Question #1 – What “Type” of group and “Purpose”
of group would you be doing, and why as group leader did you choose this
type/purpose of group?
Question #2 – Would the group you will lead be an
“open group” or a “closed group”, and how do you think the group being open or
closed will impact your group leadership?
Question #3 – Describe the “composition” of your
group in terms of diversity (age/race/religion, etc), and do you think you will
have a challenge as group leader given your own diversity identity (age/race/religion, etc)?
Question #4 – What will be the “structure” of the
group related to time issues: (time of day; day of week; length of session; how
many total sessions the group will meet), and why did you make these time
choices as group leader?
Question #5 – What is one “content topic” as
group leader you would definitely plan to discuss with the group, and do you think
the group members will be enthusiastic or resistant about discussing this
topic?
Question # 6 – As group leader, explain why or
why not you would do “pre-group contact” with the group members?
Question #7 – – As group leader, why or why not
would you use the skill of “self-disclosure” with the group members about your
own personal experiences?