Initial Stage
Answer the following questions about your new psychotherapeutic group focusing on
Pregroup Issues, Stage 1 (see Assignment 14.1: Group Manual). You should use this paper as the
beginning of your manual.
1. Type of group: Describe the practical elements of your group (closed or open, homogeneous or
heterogeneous, size, meeting place, frequency and length, short term or long term, and so on).
Explain why your selections are appropriate to your specific group.
2. Topic or theme of the group
3. Target population and age of participants
4. How and why this group is relevant to your identified population
5. Dates and times of group meetings for eight sessions
6. Qualifications for the group leader, including educational level, licensure, certification, and so on
7. How and where the group will be advertised/announced. Indicate how you will identify, attract,
and get members for your group. How is your means of announcing the group key to identifying and
recruiting group members?
8. How participants will be selected and interviewed. Identify criteria to
screen participants, including drafting a screening sheet to be used by
the group leader. Why is this type of screening appropriate for your
group? (Include the final screening sheet as an appendix in the final
group manual.)
9. Informed consent procedures for your group members. Draft an
informed consent form. If your group is for children, include forms for
both children (age-appropriate) and their parents/guardians. (Include the
final informed consent form as an appendix in the final group manual.)
10. Ground rules that will be established for the group
