Resiliency: Facilitating Group Practice

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A group is defined as two or more individuals in face-to-face interaction, each aware of their membership in the group, each aware of the others who belong in the group, and each aware of their positive interdependence as they strive to achieve mutual goals (Castro and Weber, 1998). 

Groups can be either formal (i.e. work group or school group with designated tasks related to its function) or informal (i.e. friend group, group of coworkers, community groups or organizations) (Lumen, 2024). Formal groups are relatively permanent and are usually under a single supervisor. 

Examples of formal groups include:

• command groups
• task group
• support group

Examples of informal groups include:

• interest group
• friendship group

According to Castro and Weber (1998), there are 5 Stages of Group Development:

1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5.  Adjourning

Facilitators have several roles within their groups, including leadership. According to Brooks-Harris and Shollenberger (1998) define leadership as, "the process of assisting a group to realize its common goals, visions, and dreams."

Source:

ADR Institute of Canada. (2024). What is group facilitation? https://adric.ca/ufaqs/what-is-group-facilitation/#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20process%20in,plan%20strategy%2C%20and%20make%20decisions

Brooks-Harris, J. E. & Shollenberger, K. G. (1998). Group facilitation skills for student leaders. https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ccvillage/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/06/groupfacil.pdf

Castro, T. & Weber, C. (1998). Facilitation of the group process. https://faculty.umb.edu/peter_taylor/facilitation.html

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