Handbook of Social Work with Groups

by Garvin, Charles D.; Gutiérrez, Lorraine M.; Galinsky, Maeda J.

• ISBN13: 9781593854003
• ISBN10: 1593854005
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-22
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This comprehensive handbook presents major theories of social work practice with groups and explores contemporary issues in designing and evaluating interventions. Students and practitioners gain an in-depth view of the many ways that groups are used to help people address personal problems, cope with disabilities, strengthen families and communities, resolve conflict, achieve social change, and more. Offering authoritative coverage of theoretical, practical, and methodological concerns--coupled with a clear focus on empowerment and diversity--this is an outstanding text for group work and direct practice courses.

Author Biography

Charles D. Garvin, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the School of Social Work of the University of Michigan. He is the author or coauthor of Contemporary Group Work, Interpersonal Practice in Social Work, Social Work in Contemporary Society, and Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach, and the coeditor of The Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice and Integrating Knowledge and Practice: The Case of Social Work and Social Science, among other works. His current research focuses on the use of group work to reduce tensions among ethnic groups and to enhance the functioning of people suffering from severe mental illness.

Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, PhD, is Professor at the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her teaching and research focus on multicultural and community organization practice. Dr. Gutierrez's current projects include identifying methods for multicultural community-based research and practice, defining multicultural education for social work practice, and identifying effective methods for learning about social justice.

Maeda J. Galinsky, PhD, is Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she has taught social group practice at the School of Social Work for about 40 years. Dr. Galinsky is co-principal investigator of the Making Choices Project, a program aimed at the prevention of violence in elementary school children. She is currently a board member of the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Paperback Edition	1	(10)
Charles D. Garvin
Lorraine M. Gutierrez
Maeda J. Galinsky
PART I. THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS	11	(80)
Group Dynamics	13	(19)
Ronald W. Toseland
Lani V. Jones
Zvi D. Gellis
An Ecological--Systems Perspective	32	(13)
John E. Tropman
Social Group Work in a Global Context	45	(13)
Nazneen S. Mayadas
Rebecca Smith
Doreen Elliott
An Empowerment Perspective	58	(18)
Margot Breton
Ethics and Values in Group Work	76	(15)
Helen Northen
PART II. GROUP PRACTICE MODELS: PRINCIPAL FOUNDATIONS	91	(46)
The Mutual Aid Model	93	(18)
Alex Gitterman
Cognitive-Behavioral Group Work	111	(26)
Sheldon D. Rose
PART III. GROUP WORK APPROACHES RELATED TO PURPOSE	137	(56)
Support and Self-Help Groups	139	(21)
Linda Farris Kurtz
Psychoeducational Groups	160	(16)
Roger Roffman
Prevention Groups	176	(17)
James K. Nash
Susie E. Snyder
PART IV. GROUP WORK APPROACHES RELATED TO SETTING	193	(114)
Groups in Physical and Mental Health	195	(17)
George S. Getzel
Involuntary Groups	212	(15)
Ronald Rooney
Michael Chovanec
Strengths-Based Group Work with Children and Adolescents	227	(18)
Andrew Malekoff
Group Work in Child Welfare	245	(14)
Barbara Rittner
Groups for Substance Abuse Treatment	259	(16)
Maurice S. Fisher
Groups for Older Adults	275	(17)
Ruth Campbell
Groups for Reducing Intergroup Conflict	292	(15)
David Bargal
PART V. GROUP WORK IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS	307	(126)
Assessing and Strengthening Characteristics of Effective Groups in Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships	309	(17)
Amy J. Schulz
Barbara A. Israel
Paula Lantz
Participatory Research, Popular Education, and Popular Theater: Contributions to Group Work	326	(18)
Janet L. Finn
Maxine Jacobson
Jillian Dean Campana
Social Action Groups	344	(16)
Lee H. Staples
Accessing Resources, Transforming Systems: Group Work with Poor and Homeless People	360	(24)
E. Summerson Carr
Group Process Dynamics and Skills in Interdisciplinary Teamwork	384	(16)
Julie S. Abramson
Laura R. Bronstein
Group Work with Working Groups	400	(15)
Paul H. Ephross
Thomas V. Vassil
From Agency Client to Community-Based Consumer: The Family Group Conference as a Consumer-Led Group in Child Welfare	415	(18)
Gale Burford
Joan Pennell
PART VI. GROUP WORK RESEARCH AND EVALUATION	433	(44)
Very Good Solutions Really Do Exist for Group Work Research Design Problems	435	(12)
Aaron M. Brower
Robin G. Arndt
Annemarie Ketterhagen
Measurement Issues	447	(14)
Randy Magen
Evaluation of Group Work	461	(16)
Larry M. Gant
PART VII. THE USES OF TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE GROUPS	477	(28)
Technology-Mediated Groups	479	(26)
Andrea Meier
Author Index	505	(12)
Subject Index	517