HSV 212(B) - Group Dynamics and Practice

Credit(s): 3
MassTransfer Block Code: Social Sciences
This course emphasizes the development of group membership skills necessary for professional practice in helping roles. Through group exercises, students will experience concepts being studied and will have the opportunity to develop basic skills in observing and understanding human behavior, including their own, in a group context. Basic concepts in group dynamics such as cohesion, interactional patterns, roles and responsibilities, norms, status, group culture, power dynamics, equity, cultural humility and content vs. process will be discussed. In addition, the various stages of group development and the tasks involved in each will be introduced. Students will gain familiarity with group practice models in residential, outpatient, educational, and community settings and will develop skills in facilitating group sessions.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 or SOC 110

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