Out-Of-Home Educational Group Case Study

While groups can be intimidating or overwhelming at the beginning, we want our group to feel like a safe place for our members to come. I am assuming that the members have joined the group as a way to connect with other individuals in their same circumstances. Although joining is voluntary, they might have trouble being vulnerable and getting to know the other members which is why introductions are crucial. Since our foster parents educational group is aimed at people in different levels of the process, there will be partners who have been foster parents before and partners who are new at it and unaware of what to expect. We want to use the round robin approach to have members introduce themselves. Since members will be taking cues from whoever is leading the group in the beginning, the group leader would go first in the introductions. With the group leader going first, they would set the bar for how much information should be disclosed. It would be ideal for each member to go around the circle and introduce themselves by name, how long they’ve been foster parents and if they’re waiting for a child/children or how long they’ve had their child/children. …show more content…
The group is focused for the thousands of families that open their hearts and homes to the many children in out-of-home placements in the United States. We believe in the importance of family based care and the need to educate families on what to expect and how to adapt in order to give the children and themselves the best possible experience. We could use the mission statement on our advertisements and social media pages for people to quickly be able to determine if the group would be a good fit for