Step Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group Essay

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I attended a open support meetings in my community, Alcoholics Anonymous. All meeting details on the attendance form must be filled out by hand at the time of each meeting attended. The group must be consistent with the one identified on this selection form. The group was a 12-step AA group. The group would be 8 to 10 people each session I went to. The group addressed addiction, compulsion, and many other behavirol problems.

After attending the support/self-help group meetings, you will describe your observations of group member and leader behaviors, group dynamics, content, and processes. You will reflect on how your experiences with the group compares to best practices and principles for group counseling and support groups that you have learned about in this course. Integrate relevant ideas from all required course texts (including the Corey et al. workbook) and 2 scholarly research articles about group counseling in your analysis. Your paper must demonstrate critical thinking and personal application.

The paper must be 7–8 pages or 2,500 words (a 10% deviation in either direction is acceptable), not counting the title page, abstract, and reference page. Although you may use first person in this paper, remember it must be in current APA format and include a title page, running head, abstract, and a reference page. Your paper must be well written, well organized, and free of grammar, spelling, or other writing errors.

After the main heading (paper title) on page 3, begin the body of your paper with an introductory paragraph in which you identify the group you attended and the number of participants at each meeting. Then, address the following topics using these subheadings as follows:

Content and Process

Give a concise description of the topic or theme of the meetings you attended and how the topic was presented/incorporated. Discuss the appropriateness of the content and the relative effectiveness of how it was processed. Include specific details and examples as needed. Provide specific examples from the meetings, but do not disclose confidential information about group members in such a way that they can be identified.

Group Dynamics and Participants

Describe the atmosphere and dynamics of the group, what developmental stage it was in, level of participation, and how you think members benefitted from this group. (You may find chapter 16 of the Forsyth text helpful for this section.)

Leadership Behaviors

Describe the leadership styles and skills that were used and discuss to what extent and in what ways you think they were appropriate and effective. Describe specific challenges you observed and how the leader(s) handled them.

Application and Conclusion

Reflect on your learning and the most significant takeaways from this experience. If you were leading this group, what would you do differently? How did the meetings promote or contradict a biblical view of persons? Were ethical guidelines for group counseling adhered to or violated? End your paper with a concluding thought.

Support Group Paper Grading Rubric

Criteria Advanced (A- to A):

Satisfies criteria w/ excellence

Proficient (B- to B+):

Satisfies criteria

Developing (C- to C+):

Satisfies most criteria

Below Expectations (F to D+):

Does not satisfy criteria

Not Present Points

Earned

  Content: 70% = 140 points
Content 65 to 70 points

  • Addresses all required aspects of the topics in sufficient depth & detail.
  • Demonstrates course-related understanding, reflection, critical thinking & analysis.
  • Meets length parameters.
  • Addresses most required aspects of the topics in sufficient depth & detail.
  • Demonstrates some course-related knowledge, reflection, critical thinking & analysis.
  • Length is acceptable.
  • Addresses some required aspects of the topics; depth & detail may be lacking.
  • Some course-related knowledge, reflection & analysis is implied.
  • May violate length

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