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Homework: Overcoming Termination Challenges Paper

Many of the skills necessary for termination of individual client relationships are also necessary for terminating social work groups. Group leaders must be aware of their own timeline for the group, communicate that timeline to group members, and know when to initiate the termination stage. Very often groups will have a set number of sessions, so the conclusion of the group process can be anticipated. This, however, does not necessarily make the process of termination any easier on group members.

Participants often become reliant on the group for support and advice and they can be fearful at the reality of that support being removed. Once termination has been introduced, members may pull back, or disengage themselves slightly from the process to protect themselves from the emotions surrounding termination.

In this Homework, you analyze strategies for overcoming challenges in effective group termination.

Required Readings

Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Chapter 13, "Ending the Group's Work

TO PREPARE:

Using the text and Walden Library, identify termination strategies that are effective for groups.

Submit a 3 to 4 pages paper in which you:

A. Describe a group that you are a part of, have led, would like to lead, or have read about in a case study.

B. Describe issues that you have encountered or might encounter that would create challenges for termination of this group.

C. Explain how you can apply the strategies you have researched to creatively or constructively terminate the group you described.