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What population is the group designed to serve? The more specific you can be the better. ?What is the purpose of the group? ?What is the type of group? Provide a rationale for your decision. ?How will you choose group members? Provide a rationale for your decision. ?Will the group be closed or open ended? Provide a rationale for your decision. ?Discuss the evidence of the best practices to be used for the group

. ***SECTION TWO***(10 pages)

Design the curriculum for a 10 week group. For most groups, each session will last one hour, although you may choose to increase or decrease the amount of time based on factors such as the type of group and the population. If you choose to have sessions of more or less than one hour, you must specify the reason in Section 3. Specify the session topic, session goal, materials needed for the session, detailed plan for the hour including activities. Session should be based on use of best practices research noted by you in section one.

***SECTION 3***(2 pages)

Discuss the following questions, integrating research articles when necessary. ?If you chose to have the group last more or less than one hour, explain your rationale. ?How did you decide what to integrate into the sessions? ?What special skills or leadership abilities by the social worker are required for running the group? ?Is the group suitable for clients from a variety of racial, ethnic, SES and other backgrounds? Explain your answer.

***SECTION 4***( (2 pages)

Prepare an evaluation plan for your group. How will you assess if the group was effective or ineffective? Please be detailed e.g., if you are using standardized pre and post- test measures be sure to mention and cite these and whether or not these are reliable and valid instruments. If you are developing a questionnaire please provide the questionnaire in the appendix section of the paper. If you are using interviews, then include the interview questions in the appendix.