Both education groups and self-help groups promote the interaction between members through the guidance of social workers, but there are obvious differences between them. This paper will discuss the similarities and uniqueness of educational groups and self-help groups in depth to help readers better understand these two groups.

The role of social workers

In education groups and self-help groups, social workers play the role of promoters and guides, leading members to discuss and interact.

Communication mode

The communication mode between the education group and the self-help group is mainly guided by social workers, supplemented by interaction among members.

Rehabilitation knowledge and self-help ability

The main goal of the education group is to guide the players to learn rehabilitation knowledge and make rehabilitation plans, while the self-help group is to help the players support and help each other. The focus of the education group is to spread rehabilitation knowledge and make rehabilitation plans, and the focus of the self-help group is to stimulate the self-help consciousness of the players and cultivate their self-help ability.

Member group

The members of the education group are mainly disabled people with common rehabilitation needs or their families, while the members of the self-help group are disabled people with certain self-help and mutual assistance ability or their families.