Knowledgebase

Self-Help & Support Group Development

Advice: If it Feels So Good to Give, How Could it Be Bad?
(02/25/2009)

Advocacy Tools and Strategies
(02/24/2009)

Asking Good Questions
(02/24/2009)

Basic Helping Skills: Techniques for Active Listening
(02/24/2009)

Dealing With Challenges Within Your Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

Developing a Phone Network for Your Self-Help Group & Phone Guidelines
(02/24/2009)

Developing a Support Network for Persons with Rare Illnesses
(02/24/2009)

Discussion Questions
(02/24/2009)

Disengagement Strategies
(02/24/2009)

Evaluating Communication in Your Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

Facilitating a Self-Help Group: Five Basic Goals
(02/24/2009)

For Your Ears Only: Keeping Confidentiality in Your Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

Formation of a NonProfit Corporation
(02/24/2009)

Group Maintenance Strategies
(02/24/2009)

Helpful Hints for a Successful First Meeting
(02/24/2009)

How Can I Be an Effective Contact Person for My Group?
(02/24/2009)

How to Build Shared Leadership
(02/24/2009)

How to Start a Self-Help Group of Mental Health Consumers
(02/24/2009)

Keeping a Support Group Going: Five Things to Remember
(02/24/2009)

Key Characteristics of An Effective Self-Help Group Leader
(02/24/2009)

Maintaining Confidentiality in Rural Areas
(02/24/2009)

National Self-Help Groups: To Affiliate or Not to Affiliate?
(02/24/2009)

On Dealing with Personal Anger in Self
(02/24/2009)

Preventing Burnout Among Self-Help Group Leaders
(02/24/2009)

Principles for Organizing Community Support Groups
(02/24/2009)

Problem Solving vs. Advice Giving
(02/24/2009)

Professional Involvement in Community Support Groups
(02/24/2009)

Professionals and Self-Help Groups: A Reading Sampler
(02/24/2009)

Program Ideas for Your Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

Public Relations Kit: Sample News Releases and Letters
(02/24/2009)

Public Relations Strategies
(02/24/2009)

Publicizing Your Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

Responsibility of Group Members to Each Other
(02/24/2009)

Sample Guidelines for Group Discussion
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Group Definition
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Groups: Are They Effective?
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Groups: Managing of Resources
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Groups: Shelters from the Storms of Rural Life
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Resource Bibliography
(02/24/2009)

Self-Help Resource Bibliography 2
(02/24/2009)

Some Help for the Helper: A Guide for the Self-Help Group Contact Person
(02/24/2009)

Starting a Self-Help Group for Youth
(02/24/2009)

Starting a Self-Help Group: Suggestions for Professionals
(02/24/2009)

Starting a Support Group: Important Decisions to Consider
(02/24/2009)

Strategies for Coping with Distress
(02/24/2009)

Substance Abuse and Self-Help: A Resource Bibliography
(02/24/2009)

Suggested Techniques for Recruiting Group Members
(02/24/2009)

Suggestions on Locating a Meeting Place
(02/24/2009)

Ten Ways to Guarantee Your Self-Help Group Will Fail
(02/24/2009)

Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Motivating Others
(02/24/2009)

The Art of Active Listening
(02/24/2009)

The Clearinghouse Advisor on Fundraising
(02/24/2009)

The Effective Self-Help Group
(02/24/2009)

The Importance of Community Support Groups
(02/24/2009)

The Twelve Steps of AA: A Model for Self-Help Groups
(02/24/2009)

Ways Professionals Can Support You in Your Efforts
(02/24/2009)

Welcoming a New Member to Your Group
(02/24/2009)

When Talking Gets in the Way of Helping
(02/24/2009)

Why Self-Help Groups Work
(02/24/2009)

Women's Ways of Sharing Their Knowledge
(02/24/2009)

Working With Professionals: Suggested Guidelines
(02/24/2009)