Building Family Support (Tara)

prepare for separation to school

have overview of cirricular events

identify community leisure activities, prepare for launching adults

Guardianship, wills, trusts

coping, life success, creativity, uniqueness, curiosity, fun, trust, insight, intimacy, in.peace

communication, prof.competence, respect, commitment, equality, advocacy, trust

relationships are enhanced, be friendly, listen

quality service to all, set high expectations for all

Regard with esteem through word & actions

Consider the relationship more than an obligation, be sensitive, available

each person feels that they have equal power, avoid heirarchy

speak out & take action in pursuit of cause, prevent problems, create win/win

confidence in someone else, reliability, judgement & action to care

The keystone that locks the other pieces together

reflects lack of reliability, judgement, word and actions of another

PHase when you assume trust in each otoher

Optimal: safe about being open, vulnerable with each other

Truth, Reliability, Understanding, St.Fd.Comm., Team Care

Poor Comm., lack of respect, hidden agendas, backbiting, poor follow through, disinterest

Involve fam., Be patient, Respect fam.rules, Be direct, Trust fam.rules, Don't be other authorities

Expected behaviour

a goal of getting the job done

the goalof building good relationships

are roles that you can play on your team to help the group achieve it

are roles that you can play on your team to help them achieve it's social goals

the distinctive skills that characterize each of the six task roles

Idea sharer, idea seeker, comprehension check, prog.summ., direct. sugg.,group motivator

skilled at sharing ideas about team tasks with other team members and does so regularly

skilled at asking other what they think about a given task

skilled at ensuring that the group has a common understanding of an issue or task

gets the group to stop and reflect on the progress being made

skilled at making constructive suggestions about the options that the team has at a given time

skilled at encouraging others to direct their energy to completing the task at hand

encourager, supporter, comm.fascillitator, process observer, stress rel., confl.mediator

skilled at encouraging all members of the group to contribute to the group effort

skilled at showing support for others when they make a contribution to the work

uses communication skills to build good relationships among members of the team

skilled at noting emotional interations among members as the group goes about its work

skilled at taking steps to reduce the emotional tensions that groups inevitably experience

skilled at using the best conflict management strategies to assist members in dealing with conflicts that arise

Free rider, dominator, rescuer, distracter, cynic, aggressor

Don't contribute but expect benefits

take on excessive amounts of work, denying other members to make contributions

similar to dominator. excessive work, make decisions indep.: when group exp.diff., save from failure

Takes group away from task, by talk excessively, uses humor, cracks jokes

may not trust others, groups plan won't work, some members won't do their part, its waste of time

intimidate other group members, make neg. judgments about them and seek unhealthy confrontation

1. provide direction 2. keeping records 3. reporting progress

Autocratic leader, Democratic Leader, Laissez-Faire leader

Is a take-charge person who tells others what to do and sees that they do it

Most effective: involves all members of the group in discussing and making decisions

French for leave alone. the members are mature, responsible, knowledgable and skilled. Competent group

Commitment to achievement, level of responsibility and degree of expertise

refers to the group's dedication to achieving its goals

the degree to which members assume personal responsibility for reaching those goals

the combined knowledge and skill that the group processes

is the ability to influence a situation in a desired direction

selected to fill an official position

power that accompanies desig. positions within the group, Ex. PM of Canada

power to give benefits to members who display appro. behaviour within a group

power to punish inappropriate behaviour. To coerce someone is to force the person to do what you want

a power that results from an individual's personal qualities "personality power".

another form of power associated with emergent leadership. Special skills and knowledge

Knowledge, communicatioin, task oriented, social oriented, flexibility

good understanding of group dynamics

skilled at speaking writing, listening and giving feedback

effective leaders are clearly task oriented,but they don't emphasize task completion at the expence of relationship among group

Enjoy socializing and may do a good job cultivating team spirit. Could fall apart if task not complete

effective leaders are flexible with respect to leadership style

a written or unwritten rule of a group

the punishment incurred if one breaks the rules of the society, an org., or family

is a large, identifiable community of individuals who fulfill a variety of diff. roles. Ex. Canada, Spain, Japan

is the word we use to describe the distinctive way of life of people within a society

Where there are two or more identifiable cultures within a society, we speak of subcultures

whatever is of importance or worth to an individual or group

standards by which a group evaluates a course of action. Ideas that serve as standards to evaluate a course of action

Values and principles are like 2 sides of the coin, emotional & intillectual

Goodness, Equality, Fairness, Truth, Freedom

"feeling what another feels", "feeling with another person"

A rule established by an authority outside the group. Smoking is forbidden in college and office buildings

is a rule created by the members of a group to govern conduct within their group. Rules to prevent or min. free riding

means to be in agreement with as demonstrated through patterns and similarity.

is a healthy exchange of differing views on a given issue. All members participate in discussion: all points can be considered

Accountability, cooperation, communication, confrontation, support, evaluation, discussion, decisions, solutions

a desired state of future affairs; also called objective, end, aim, pupose, or target

the final goal in a series of related goals. also called end goal

a goal that must be achieved in order to reach an ultimate goal

a goal that is clearly defined or specific. It reduced confusion and improves understanding

a face-to-face conversation between two or more people

the successful exchange of information and feelings between people in a group

the person who begins the communication process by expressing thoughts and feelings in words

the person in communication process who interprets the sender's words

Expressing a message in spoken or written words

sender who encodes message

interpreting a spoken or written message accurately

Receiver who interprets a message

any physical, physiological, or psychological interference that impedes communication

interferences that result from loud or distrubing sounds within one's environment

interferences to communication from disorders of the body

interferences from heightened emotional state, usually a negative one

when the receiver of a message becomes the sender of a return message and the original sender becomes the new receiver

the sender sends the message and the receiver receives it without any feedback occuring

a return message send by a receiver to the original sender

the context from which a person speaks or listens

skills: expressing intention, listening with your whole person, and paraphrasing

listening with one's whole person, result of both emotion and intellectual engagement

the skill of accurately restating another's position in words different from the original

exhange between sender and receiver as they ensure that they understand one another

a person who is in conflict with another person

an outside of the disputing parties whose sole function is to assist disputants in resolving differences

beneficial conflic that critiques ideas, not people

ALL 3 NAMES HAVE SAME MEANING: critiques ideas, not people

an interpersonal dispute among members of a goal

in interpersonal dispute arising from differing personal traits

dispute arising from unequal distribution of ersources Ex. computers

dispute arising from the desire to control the group

dispute arising from the desire to be recognized within the group

conflict style of one who withdraws from or avoids conflict

conflict style of one who forces others to submit to their will

conflict style of one who smooths things over to maintain harmony

conflict style of one who cmpromises to resolve differences

conflict style of one who confronts and collaborates in order to achieve win/win

facing up to and dealing reasonably

communication between and among members which self-respect, and respect for others, aids in Con. Res.

one who lacks sufficient self-respect to defend their rights in a dispute and withdraws from conflict

one whose concern for personal rights outweighs concern for the rights of others

one whose self-interest is balancing by concern for others, who speaks up yet listens

the process in which a person intevenes between disputants to help reconciliation

first stage: uncertainty and anxiety

the second stage: conflict

the third stage: agreement on rules

the fourth stage: productivity

the last (5th) stage: by dispersal

thoughts and feelings communicated by the sender, whether verbally or non-verbally

our thinking or intellectual side

our feelings and moods

a message expressed in words (spoken or written)

a message expressed by gestures, eye contact, or body posture, but NOT WORDS

access, ownership, voice, consistency

valid option to be included by decisions

with participation, can agree and commit to any plan if it's their plan

they are heard and listened to. Convey understanding

a consisten team of workers, all start, all end, all committed