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CHCGRP002 PLAN AND CONDUCT GROUP ACTIVITIES

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CHCGRP002 PLAN AND CONDUCT GROUP ACTIVITIES

To grow and survive appropriately, activities are required and the needs for planning a

good group activity need to be emphasised. In this course, CHCGRP002 plan and conduct

group activities will develop skills that one requires to plan significant event taking the issue

into account during planning. The(Firm), unit, plan and conduct group activities, describes

the skills and knowledge that are needed to lead, establish and participate in a group using the

element of a collaborative, strength based approach.

Designing and Planning group activities

To facilitate an event well, understanding the group’s desired outcome, the back

group and context of the event is essential. Working with a diverse group that consists of five

participants, the first participant having a mild intellectual disability. The second having

hearing impairment in both ears and feels socially isolated. The third participant having early

onset dementia and enjoys quizzes. The fourth participant having diversity down syndrome

and enjoys board games, and the fifth participant is having bipolar and would like to attend a

therapeutic activity. In our case of five participants with diverse conditions, we need to first

to take a good review of the condition each participant as and identify their individual needs,

then generate ideas for activities that would make each participant to contribute in regardless

of his/her condition. The next step is to identify the resources that may be necessary to

perform the task or activity.

Getting into the activities with the group, it is important to have icebreaking period;

this are exercises that are intended to help the group begin the process of forming and

working with a team. Ice breakers are commonly used at the beginning of an activity to warm

up the group and help them get to know each other. The activities that are to be involved are

games, art and craft, group exercises, and also incorporate events and social responsibilities.
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Some of the games to associate would be Campfire Stories, Memory Wall, and Changes. The

three resources require to carry out the activities are

i. Human resource - Which would include individual mind evaluation, paying attention,

being attentive and focusing to win, and having positive mentality during

participation.

ii. Physical resource – Is the availability of the participant to take part in playing or

getting associated with the outlined activities, participant desire to take part in

activities with full heart desire, and getting physically composed up for the activity.

iii. Financial resource – Having simple tools like clip, pen or pencil and a piece of paper

or book/foolscap.

Group sessions using communication and interpersonal skills

To make sure that each participant has take part in the overall activities, it is important

as well to take them under a group session. The group session would help me to evaluate each

participant, using my interpersonal and communication skills. The three basic session I would

deploy are, active listening, use of verbal and non-verbal messages and attending.

1. Active listening session – It means using a set of skills to encourage the participant, and

giving them chances in listening to talk, with the aim of making them feel heard and

understood. I would involve conversations or dialogue between me and the client or among

the participants. I would employ this session with the aim of getting some communication

skills out of the participants. Active listening would also associate paraphrasing, repeating

back some of the speaker’s words or phrase, questioning skills, and summarizing.

2. Verbal and non-verbal messages session – This is teaching participants on how to

communicate and have flow of language. I would speak to participants a certain that my

message is conveyed respectfully. Using language that participant can interpret easily means

it is more likely the message is well understood. The language should be both culturally
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appropriate and age appropriate. To the case of the second participant with the hearing

impairment in both ears, sign language should be another form of verbal communication. The

non-verbal language includes gestures, body language, facial expression and postures, or any

other communication that is not spoken. Use of verbal and non-verbal will depict use

empathetic responding, help use conflict resolution. It will enable the group stay in cohesion

as well, since each participant is well sorted despite the conditions they face.

3. Attending session – It is the way in which I will be with the participants both

psychologically and physically. It includes paying attention to everything the participant

does or says. It includes taking note of any body language and taking into consideration all

the pauses and silences in the conversation. This session will prove its worth since it will

emphasis on empathetic responding after one has fully understood and analyse what the other

group member is intending to communicate,

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Reference

(Firm)S. A. CHCGRP002 -Plan and conduct group activities: participant guide. Print book:

English ed. Australia: smallPRINT. 2015