How to Evaluate Your Support Group

(This page is referenced from Start
a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19.)

The term “evaluation” sometimes sounds a bit threatening
to people, like they are afraid of being judged. However, the process of evaluating
something is what often generates the most insights and learning about what
they are doing. It also generates recommendations to make things even better.

The agenda for a support meeting (in the Quick Reference
tool) suggests that members evaluate their current meeting by having each member
share a rating of the quality of that meeting.

Below is a reference to a brief evaluation form that you could
suggest right after the third and sixth meetings. Show the form to your group
members to be sure that they understand it and are comfortable with it.

Ideally, someone outside of the group would gather the results
and analyze them. That often produces the most honest responses from the group
members because they know other members won’t be seeing their opinions of the
groups.
Peer
Coaching Group Basic Evaluation Questionnaire