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Post-Group Facilitation Reflection #1


                                                         
Date of Group Facilitation: Feb. 5th, 2018                             Theoretical Basis: MOHO
Where: Nolen Media Lab
When: 11 AM
Who: 7 participators, 2 leaders
                       
Title of Group: Let’s Get Motivated!!

Purpose: The previous group session consisted of forming professional development goals that students are to work on during the current school semester.
The purpose of this group session is to come up with a “reminder” as a beginning stage of motivation. This is in the hopes of everyone participating in all areas of the group session.
We expected each group member to share her thoughts and personal experiences on motivation in relation to a specific PDE goal.

Overall Group Plan:
Warm-up activity – writing portion
  • Each member was to name a PDE goal as retrieval practice
  • Next, name several word / short phrase that will remind them to stay motivated during a task

Selected activity – beading craft
  • Use one of the words/ short phrases mentioned in previous activity then convert that into a craft (bracelet, keychain, etc.)
  • The purpose of the craft is to make something that can serve as a visual reminder to stay motivated. Ideally the craft will be placed somewhere the member will constantly see and be reminded of her goals. 

Wrap-up/Discussion
  • This time allows a way for the group members to relate to one another and hopefully get motivational inspiration from each other.


Goal and Expectations:
  •        On Monday February 5th, 2018, group members will independently identify one expression of motivation as a reminder of their personal PDE goals.
  •        Each group member will complete 100% of the beading activity with minimal verbal cues by the end of the group session.


Agenda:

Introduction (approx. 15 min)
-       Welcome students back to Group
-       Describe today’s purpose:
o   Getting motivated to accomplish PDE goals
o   1st step in staying motivated is to give yourself constant reminders of your goal.
-       Warm-up activities
o   Define motivation in your own words (writing on sheet of paper)
o   Name one PDE goal that you need motivation for (write on paper)
o   Name a couple of words / short phrases that you associate with motivation (write on paper)
o   All members were encouraged to share their ideas with the group

Activity (approx. 10-15 min)
-       We as group leaders played the role of adviser and collaborator during the activity. We also brought in craft examples for the group to look at before starting.
-       Materials, supplies, resources and preparation by facilitator:
o   Lettered and colored beads
o   String / pipe cleaner / yarn / keychain rings
o   Scissors
o   Paper / pencils
-       Motivational bead craft (bracelets, keychain, necklace, anklet, etc.):
    • Using previous word / phrase stated above, each member made a craft with lettered and colored beads

Sharing (approx. 5-10 minutes)
-       Members were asked to share about themselves and listen as others speak about their crafts. Every member participated.  

Processing & Generalizing
-       Members were able to relate to each other about motivation and found common ground in their struggles of holding themselves accountable in achieving their PDE goals as well as ideas of how to work through these struggles.

Application & Summary
-       We let them know they could take their crafts home and that they are encouraged to use them when a need for motivation arises.
-       The members were able to tell us why we did this craft and explain how it could help them stay motivated to achieve their goals.

This group session could be beneficial for:
-       Students/employees trying to reach professional goals (our specific group)
-       All ages, cultures, or individuals with disabilities who are experiencing a threat or disruption to occupational performance (motivation).

Leader’s role:
-       We played the role of an adviser and collaborator.
o   Encouraged active participation
o   Reinforced clients’ sense of control and self-efficacy

Evaluation/Summary:
-       All group members arrived on time for group.
-       The group members all participated in the warm-up activity by independently identified an expression of motivation in order to reach their PDE goal.
-       Each group member participated and completed the beading activity by the end of the group session.

Summary:

I really enjoyed facilitating this group with my partner Makayla. Although this seemed like a very intimidating task at first, we were surprised by how enjoyable the experience was for not only ourselves, but also our classmates who participated. My favorite thing about group therapy is how group members grow through ideas from one another and enjoy relating to each other. I think this is a very powerful way of striving toward reaching personal goals. Each member was eager to participate in the discussion and activity.In the future, I would plan more topics of discussion during the activity in order to facilitate productive, related discussion.  You can never know exactly what direction a group therapy session will go; however, we were able to accomplish our goals of the session and believe that our classmates also benefitted from it. 

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