Chapter 9
Endings and Transitions with Groups
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. When group members operate independently of the group leader or spend a great
deal of time talking about new groups or new workers they might be described as:
(p. 242)
2. w By constantly searching for the connections between the __________ of
the particular group, the group leader can help the members to use the ending
as an important learning experience. (p. 238)
3. An most appropriate group leader response to a group member exclaiming “It was
a great group!” is: (p. 243)
4. w In the example of a Children’s Group in an Elementary School when they began
to regress during the lasts meetings. (p. 241)
The group leader noted that the ending stage:
5. By keeping the group focused on the worker’s performance, the group leader is
using which skill? (p. 255)
6. By sharing her own views without falling into the trap of preaching or
teaching and missing the underlying anger over the endings, the group leader is:
(p. 255)
7. w The group leader utilizes which of the following skills to address ending issues?
(p. 243)
8. A stage in the ending/transition phase whereby group members appear to be
challenging and critical of the worker. (p. 241)
9. w Farewell-party syndrome refers to: (p. 242)
10. A possible group reaction at the time of ending is: (p. 240-241)
11. w The following question is based on the example in the chapter: “Adult Survivors
of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Last Six Sessions.”
True or False Questions