A Mutual Aid Based Group Role Play

This paper sets out to demonstrate how to conduct a mutual aid based group role play, and to establish its effectiveness as an educational tool. Information is presented on mutual aid and role play processes; the integration of these form the mutual aid based group role play. Supporting data represent information from eighty-seven social work students in six groups, who participated in eighteen mutual aid based group role plays. This data highlights different aspects of mutual aid based group role plays.