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Principles of social group work

According to Douglas these are the Principles of social group work

1. Individualization in the group

2. Individualization of group

3. Acceptance of group members

4. Purposeful relation

5. Encouraging cooperative relationship

6. Appropriate modification of the group process

7. Encouragement of participate

8. Involvement in problem solving

9. Enabling group members to experience increasingly satisfactory forms of working through conflicts

10. Provision of opportunities for new and differing experience in relationships and accomplishments

11. Judicious use of limitations related to the diagnostic assessment of each individual and total situation

12. Purposeful and differential use of program according to diagnostic evaluation of individual member's group purpose and appropriate social goals

13. Ongoing evaluation of individual and group progress

14. Warm, humane and disciplined use of self on the part of the group worker
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