• Compare task groups versus educational, support, or skills groups.
• Describe a type of treatment group you would facilitate as a social worker.
• Explain what professional role you may take when facilitating this group.
• Describe what is meant by group norms, and explain how you would help shape these norms based on your role in the group.
• Explain what is meant by group roles. Identify at least one group role, and explain why a group member may take that role.
• Describe a group member role that might be most challenging to you as a group leader, and explain why.

Your task:

• Review all links. 
• Write your Reflection (5 points) on ALL 3 topics listed below.
  • Your reflection should be equivalent to a 2-3-pages, single–spaced (9-10 paragraphs with a minimum of 150 words per paragraph) – it is OK to write more.

Reflect on ALL 3 topics

1. John Gottman 

• Considering John Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, define and give examples of 1) criticism, 2) contempt, 3) defensiveness, and 4) stonewalling. On which ones you do well? Do you straggle with some of these in your relationships? Were you are in a relationship when your partner was critical, contemptuous, defensive, or was a stonewaller?
• Considering House of Sound Relationships, define and give examples of 1) building a love map, 2) building the fondness and admiration system, 3) turning toward, 4) create a sense of shared meaning. Reflect on these concepts in your life and your own relationships.
• Please include overall conclusion or critic on John Gottman research. 

2. Relational Dialects Theory

Describe and explain key propositions of this theory. Reflect on how this theory may apply to your life. Find an academic article that discusses relationship conflict between people who are high or low on:

autonomy vs connection
predictability vs novelty
privacy vs transparency

Summarize and/or critique the article. How does this apply to your life? 

Please include overall conclusion or critic on this theory. 

3. Interdependence Theory 

Describe and explain key propositions of this theory. Reflect on how this theory may apply to your life.Referring to the interdependence theory, indicate 3 costs and 3 rewards that you have on your “list” for a partner.
Provide a clear definition in a behavioral terms of 3 items from that list.
Give examples from your life on how “costs” and “rewards” were linked to a stability and satisfaction of your relationship? Please include overall conclusion or critic on this theory. 

Links: 

 Cemeteries are full of history.  Have you ever taken a stroll through a cemetery?  If you have, you would see the headstones all tell a story.  They may or may not offer us a name, a birthdate, a death date, an inscription, something indicating their career, and even relationships.  For instance, during different time periods, you might see, Wife of Dr. Frank Smith, in place of a person’s name.  You might notice patterns in the timing of deaths of children and parents at different time periods.  Was there a flu epidemic? Did a mother die giving birth?  Did a young man die in war?  Why do some people have large monuments, while others may have crumbling gravestones?  Are the monuments and crumbling gravestones located next to each other? If there are any dates on the headstones, you can look up the history of grave markers and the materials they were made from. “To conclude, a lot can be learned about our culture and customs from headstone history. If analyzed properly it will not be wrong to say that headstone history is all about attitudes, beliefs, and livelihoods of our ancestors.” (Retrieved 7/26/17 from http://www.wifialliance.org/OpenSection/fascinating-and-interesting-headstone-history.html) 

 Be able to integrate research and information from headstones in two different cemeteries by comparing and contrasting them in order to understand the cultural factors, sociological factors, and historical events represented in the cemeteries visited. 

300 word minimum

Post a brief summary of the research article you selected, including an identification of the treatment outcome model used in the study. Then explain how the study might have been affected and how the outcomes might have changed if one of the other treatment outcome models had been used. 

For this Week Case Study, you will find an article about why teams are important. Upon thorough review of the article, you will then answer the four questions below referencing what you discovered in the article.  It is not sufficient to state your opinions alone; you must be able to backup your responses by applying team management concepts from the text with the case data that supports your findings.  Expected response length is 3 sentences per question.  Please restate the question you are answering in your case study.  See the questions below.

1. Why do teams matter more than ever?  Please explain from your own viewpoint.
2. Explain what you value most in teamwork.
3. What are some key characteristics that a leader must have to successfully manage a team?  Explain your answer.
4. Why do teams fail?  Explain your answer.

  minimum of 1 scholarly/peer reviewed source.