PRACTICE OF SOCIAL GROUP WORK IN DIFFERENT SETTING: Group work can be practiced in school setting is a first area in which

most of the children have lots of problems. SOCIAL GROUP WORK AT EDUCATIONAL SETTING: Development of character, good discipline, interpersonal relation, feelings like Oneness, unity, integrity and successful implementation among school children and developing leadership quality, sports, special skilful activities etc,. Special coaching classes for weak students, school dropouts can be given counseling, development of pre-school attitude, group discussion programme, moral classes etc.

* Special schools for deaf and dumb * special schools for physically and mentally challenged children PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL - Child drop outs due to adjustment - Facing stress in the school - Social and academic adjustment - Pressure from the teachers and parents in achieving high standards of academic performance and social behavior, are the most common source of stress. - The stress faced by children if left unattended, may lead to mental health problems and drop outs.

GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT is an effective way of dealing with stress and group is an ideal medium to provide both. The group work offers a useful opportunity in addressing many of these issues. Working with teachers, staff and students. Group counseling to students, foreign students. Providing recreation, cultural, and special classes, and carrier practice.

GROUP WITH NORMAL CHILDREN: - To provide recreational services to children - To provide an experience of functioning in groups - To provide informal education - To prepare children for social responsibility - To develop life skills - To provide help in dealing with problems of social functioning GROUP WORK WITH STREET AND WORKING CHILDREN - To provide recreational activities - To meet emotional needs of children - To develop life skills to strengthen capacities to avoid exploitation and abuse

- To provide livelihood and shelter - To provide informal education

GROUP WORK WITH CHILDREN IN RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION - To provide recreational activities - To develop life skills to strengthen their capacities to manage life in an institution - To provide help in dealing with personal problems - To provide informal education - Emotional support. PRE-GROUP PLANNING: As part of the pre-group planning the worker will prepare a complete blueprint of the work plan with the following details. -The type of children

- Objectives - The location - Number and size - Long-term or short term

- Time schedule of group sessions

- Details of programme planning - Resources needed including staff requirement - Monitoring and supervision details, etc.,

HEALTH SETTING 1. Through the practice of social group work in hospital setting we can imbibe the knowledge of various diseases. 2. the knowledge of dialectic like meditation, yoga

exercising everyday, good food. This may help us to maintain calmness, stress at the time of crisis. 3) Child health care practice: sanitation programme can be imbibe 4) Knowledge about giving timely vaccination to kids 5) Health counseling to parents 6) Creating awareness among people regarding health (RLHP) 7) Mobilize people to get family planning programme 8) Effectively educate the people 9) Arrange health camps in rural areas regarding awareness on sexually transmitted diseases. 10) De addiction centers: alcohol drug addicts.

PSYCHIATRIC SETTING: 1. Practice of social group work at psychiatric setting helps the psychiatrists by gathering family history of particular individual problem there by it would be helpful in mental diagnosis. 2. Assist psychiatrist by collecting and submitting family background to organize psychotherapy programme 3. Simple mental exercise such as meditation can be given by group work CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS: 1. Correctional institutions are more in number for juvenile delinquents, observation home, short home, district shelter, prison for adult offender. Attitudes can be remolded in correctional institutions.

Correct the behavior of two groups. - One who released from the correctional institutions - Receivers INDUSTRIAL SETTING: Industries are places where lot of problems occurs. Conflicts arises between workers and management. 1. Creation of working environment, pro-attitudes among employers leading to better organization. 2. To create motivation, discipline, sense of team work among employers. 3. Skill development programme like

development of Communication, leadership, development of better human relation, organizational climate etc., has to be focused in group work. 4. Accident, absenteeism, grievances should be identified. 5. Development of training programmes, tours, conferences, seminars with manager and employees in the organization, development of healthy industrial relation with in the organization needs to be developed. 6. Worker tries to create working environment between employer and employees.

7. Create good work culture, harmonious industrial situations. 8. Discipline maintenance. FAMILY WELARE SETTING: Govt., is taking care through social welfare dept., ODP, Ashakirana and these have been taking initiative to facilitate them in education, health, sanitation all are provided through govt., and NGOs.