Al-Anon Group Observation This paper will describe my experience attending an Al-Anon support group. It will examine the group composition‚ the various roles presented in the group‚ and the group dynamics. It will also evaluate the intervention strategy used‚ and the cultural competency of the group. Lastly‚ I describe how attending the group has expanded my development of group facilitating. Group Description I attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous (Al-Anon) family and friends meeting on April
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Interest group is an organized group of people who have common interest and work together to promote and protect their interest by influencing public opinion and political process. Interest groups plays significant role in politics. Interest group has a profound influence over the government in the history of United States. The interest groups various in their size and can use have altered tactics to promote their interest. All interest groups share a desire in form of action such as protest marches
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QUESTION 1 In the initial stage of group development‚ members begin to develop their relationship with one another and learn what is expected of them. Group members rely on safe‚ patterned behaviour and look to the group leader for guidance and direction. Group members have a desire for acceptance by the group and a need to be known that the group is safe (Corey‚ 1995). They set about gathering impressions and data about the similarities and differences among them and forming preferences for future
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h/125 Religious and Ethnic Groups Religious Group: The religious group I wish to write about is Buddhism. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia‚ Buddhism is defined as a religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification. The religion of Buddhism differs from other religious groups is that there is no one Almighty God. In Buddhism‚ the ultimate
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Intro (at least 5 pages) Why Culture was Chosen Our group chose St Stephen the Witness Catholic Student Center for many reasons. On the surface‚ it was an easy group to research. From the beginning of the project our group showed interested in learning more about a certain religion. St Stephen’s was not only an easily accessible resource in location and inside connections‚ but also one that was known to be very accepting and understanding. It also tends to deviate from the usual Catholic norms
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Brenda Smith Dr. Donna Goodwin Speech Communication I 29 February 2012 Al-Anon Family Groups There are 12 million alcoholics in the United States. That means that 40 to 50 million friends and family members also suffer from alcoholism and its affects. The help for alcoholics is Alcoholics Anonymous and the help for the non-alcoholic is the Al-Anon recovery program. I am here tonight to tell you about the Al-Anon recovery process. It is a free‚ 100% guaranteed life changing program that
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Contents Executive Summary Stagecoach Group was founded by ‘Brian Souter’ and his sister ‘Ann Gloag’ Aim to provide public transport across the UK‚ USA and Canada. The group splits its operations into smaller divisions consisting of UK buses‚ UK rails and North America. Their main clients are general public‚ tourists‚ elderly and the disabled. During the London Olympics 2012 the key clients branched to tourists‚ athletes and
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The Berries experienced the pre-affiliation stage when we first formed our small groups. We were not familiar with each other at first so the activity using the prompt cards given to us in class to get to know each were really helpful. We did not see our relationships as intimate‚ as most of us had never met‚ we just happen to be sitting close to each other in class and that was how we picked our group. At first‚ we did not even want to get together to watch 12 Angry Men and watched it on our
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Explain how and why groups of customers are targeted for selected products. [pic] The Nivea Company manufactures products with fall into the skin and personal care section with items such as lotions‚ deodorants‚ creams‚ soaps and shaving material. This company was founded in 2007 and is based in Mumbai. Nivea is currently owned by a German company named Beiersdorf which was founded in 1882 by pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf. In 1900 the new owner developed a water-in-oil emulsion which
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Melanie Deutsch * August 20‚ 2012 Sociological Group Matrix Schaefer (2011) defines a group as “any number of people with similar norms‚ values‚ and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis” (p. 111). Complete the Social Group Matrix by identifying and describing the relationship between yourself and the members of any social group you are a part of. Group description Identify the group. The group I chose is my place of employment – Little School House
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