Task Group Specialization Standards

• Identify organizational dynamics pertinent to task/work groups.
• Describe community dynamics pertinent to task/work groups.
• Identify political dynamics pertinent to task/work groups.
• Describe standard discussion methodologies appropriate for task/work groups.
• Identify specific ethical considerations in working with task/work groups.
• Identify program development and evaluation models appropriate for task/work groups.
• List consultation principles and approaches appropriate for task/work groups.

• Focus and maintain attention on task and work issues.
• Obtain goal clarity in a task/work group.
• Conduct a personally selected task/work group model appropriate to the age and clientele of the group leader's specialty area(s) (e.g., school counseling).
• Mobilize energies toward a common goal in task/work groups.
• Implement group decision-making methods in task/work groups.
• Manage conflict in task/work groups.
• Blend the predominant task focus with appropriate attention to human relations factors in task/work groups.
• Sense and use larger organizational and political dynamics in task/work groups.

• Minimum: 1 course in organizational management and development.
• Recommended: Coursework should be taken in the broad area of organizational development, management, and/or sociology such that the student understands organizational life and how task groups function within it. Coursework also should be taken in methods of consultation.

• Minimum: 30 clock hours supervised practice.
• Recommended: 45 clock hours supervised practice.

• Conduct a task/work group appropriate to the age and clientele of the group leader's specialty area(s) (e.g., school counseling, student development counseling, community counseling, mental health counseling).