Meeting

Reflection on Group The group I decided to attend was a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) group in my local community. I was invited to the NA meeting to celebrate a friend’s one year anniversary of sobriety. I thought this was a great opportunity to observe group members and experience an NA meeting. As I walked into the basement of the church to attend the NA meeting, I was greeted graciously with handshakes and hugs from a few group members at the door. I sat in the back of the room, in order to get…

insight about themselves and find new ways to handle their difficult situation. I attended an AA meeting and a support group on forgiveness. Both group meetings created an environment that was therapeutic for participants to explore and express their feelings. Leaders of both groups helped participants express themselves, gain hope, and increase self-understanding. The population served at the AA meeting…

frequent when meeting others of diverse backgrounds. In The International Bank of Bob, the author, Bob Harris, quotes that, “I’m still awkward about where to put my own hand in response, so I make a joke out of it, and Hamid and I share a fun moment of goofing around (6).” There are many ways of meeting new people, such as a handshake and a hug and kiss, but no one is expected to know which gesture to use when meeting someone new, which may lead to an awkward encounter for the two people…

the first experience of any kind of group meeting that anyone of us has had, and thus we all lacked essential knowledge on how to conduct a meeting and made it severely inefficient. On one hand, we experienced one of our first stumbles, a secondary tension, that may have been because of a task (simple) conflict. On the other hand, we began to build trust amongst the five of us, which would allow us to develop a sense of belonging. Initially, this meeting had no clear goal, and more indirectly…

successful outcome (Ruiz, 2016, p. 801). AA is a “free” support group, with meetings being held “7 days a week” (Stockwell, 2017, p. 709). According to Galanter, there are “two million members’ worldwide and 200,000 weekly meetings” (2014, p. 300). Expectations Having never attended an addiction meeting of any sort, I was uncertain as to what the atmosphere would be. Nevertheless, having watched movies that included these meetings, I assumed it would be a formal, organized atmosphere in which…

As soon as I walked into the meeting I saw the faces on each of the different families that attended that evening. Most of their expressions were blank, as if they had all their emotions taken out of them. I could understand why they felt that way, having to deal with a family member under the influence of drugs or alcohol can take a huge toll on the families lives, mentally and physically sometimes. Huge effects occur to the family when a loved one is taken over by addiction. Drugs and alcohol…

Depending on the age of the group and agenda at hand, determines the type of icebreakers that are being used among the group. Our textbook Parents as Partners in Education gives great examples in which could be beneficial when having a meeting or an event that is involving students parents. The first icebreaker which I find to be effective with older aged students or people, particularly parents uses signature sheets. The basic concept of this icebreaker is that parents get around and mingle…

task. At the beginning of the meeting, he developed the plan of how they were going to communicate with each other. Instead of all talking when they felt like it, he suggested they take turns and go in order by juror number. He also…

During this meeting the teacher and special educator will go over the consultation held with the parents. They will cover former techniques used for Pete’s development, his mother’s concerns and initiate group brainstorming regarding how they might offer similar development…

more optimism in the workplace. Another behavior that I would like to change is when I am in meetings that go for extended amounts of time or do not directly involve my departments I struggle to stay focused. I find myself checking emails, twirling my pen or shuffling around in my chair. My direct report has never mentioned this to me but I am confident that my behavior is not unnoticed. One meeting that I struggle…