For this assignment, you will develop a manual for a support group for an at-risk population of your choice that is struggling with a current issue in your community.
Envision you are developing this group and providing a manual to the social workers in
your agency to support this group.
You could develop a grief group for people who have lost loved ones in a traumatic loss to
address trauma, a group for college students who are addressing anxiety, a group for
survivors of sexual assault who identify as LGBTQIA+ to reduce post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) symptoms, et cetera.
Instructions
Develop a group manual in which you, at minimum:
● State the name of the group, the at-risk population, the issue they are
addressing, and the inclusion criteria for the group.
● Provide an annotated bibliography for a minimum of five peer-reviewed
research articles that discuss innovative best practices of support groups to
address the group topic.
● Evaluate which research-based support group would be the most effective for
the at-risk population and clearly develop an outline that others could follow in
your agency to conduct this innovative group.
○ This outline should include research to support your selections and
include at a minimum:
■ The length of time for the group.
■ The type of setting.
■ Whether it is volunteer or professionally led.
■ The topics included in the group.
■ Open versus closed groups.
● Provide an assessment of potential barriers or limitations of group work,
ethical considerations, and considerations for diversity, culture, equity, and
inclusion.
● Your manual should be creative with the use of visuals or infographics and
developed through the software of your choice, including but not limited to
Word, PowerPoint, or Publisher. Work should be APA-formatted and include a
cover and reference page.