A MUTUAL AID BASED GROUP ROLE PLAY - ITS USE AS AN EDUCATIONAL-TOOL

This paper sets out to demonstrate how to conduct a mutual aid based g roup role play, and to establish its effectiveness as an educational t ool. Information is presented on mutual aid and role play processes; t he integration of these form the mutual aid based group role play. Sup porting data represent information from eighty-seven social work stude nts in six groups, who participated in eighteen mutual aid based group role plays. This data highlights different aspects of mutual aid base d group role plays.