6. Group Work/Techniques for problem identification and problem solving Flashcards
Problem solving model : Five stages
- problem identification
- assessment
- goal setting or planning
- intervention/implementation
- evaluation
Five techniques used to facilitate bringing people to identify and resolve problems:
- Story-telling
- Community forums
- Nominal group technique
- Focus groups
- Study circles
Story-Telling:
This technique involves bringing a group of people together in a “?” group at the “?” of an organizing campaign to discuss their connection to the “?” at hand and to being the process of “?” one another, to exchange information and resources and to initiate the development of a “?adj” group or organization.
small beginning problem getting to know cohesive
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001) the process of story-telling has a number of essential components.
1. A frame for understanding “?”
social problems
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001) the process of story-telling has a number of essential components.
2. A mechanism for placing the story-telling in the context of someone who can “?”
make change happen
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001) the process of story-telling has a number of essential components.
3. Moral “?2” for what the story0teller hopes to achieve
values
goals
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001) the process of story-telling has a number of essential components.
4. A description of any “?” encountered when trying to resolve individual and social problems
barriers
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001) the process of story-telling has a number of essential components.
5. A sense of “?”, derived from the story-teller’s community, family and culture.
collective identity
Story-Telling:
Ganz (2001)
The most critical elements in telling a new story are the “/” of story tellers and listeners.
identities
Story-Telling:
It allows members of marginalized groups to describe their “?”, especially those that involve “? or?” by the larger society.
experiences
marginalization or stigmatization
Story-Telling:
It also provides an opportunity for members of marginalized groups to “?” the way in which the “?” culture describes or tells stories about marginalized people
challenge
dominant
Story-Telling:
Story-telling by people who have traditionally been excluded allows them to assert their “?” and makes their “?2” known, especially when they engage in social action to fight “?”.
identities
perceptions and experiences
injustice
Story-Telling:
personal and community benefits involved in story telling:
“?” with listeners and others who share the story or who have similar stories and the transmission of cultural “?2”.
bonding
values and traditions
Story-Telling:
The process of using story-telling for problem identification requires”?” dialogue guided by a skilled facilitator.
face-to-face
Story-Telling: Specific contents:
Group members are given given a series of “?” that focus on collective “?” or “?” of issues.
exercises
goals
analysis
Story-Telling:
It also becomes a mechanism for motivating people to join the “?” and take “?”, especially in circumstances in which resolving a “?”, taking a “?”, or accomplishing a “?” has been achieved by an individual/group/org.
problem
stand
goal
Community Forums:
Community forums are large meetings, typically held at the “?” of the organizing process to examine “?” and set “?” for organizing campaigns.
beginning
community issues
priorities
Community Forums:
Generally the forum is led by one or more “?” or a “?” committees and a previously determined structure is used to solicit input from the “?”.
facilitators
steering
public
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
1. What is the “?” of the event?
purpose
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
2. What is the “?” ? what does the group hope to “?”
goal
accomplish
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
3. What time and location will permit “?” and best mix of people to attend?
the largest number
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
4. What size “?” is needed and what “?” should it contain?
facility
equipment
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
5. What is the “?” for the event? How will the form be structured?
agenda
Community Forums:
issues to be addressed in the planning process:
6. Who will be “?” and how will they be recruited or informed about the event?
invited
