Handbook of Social Work with Groups, First Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9781593850043
• ISBN10: 1593850042
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-24
• 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

About the Editors
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 such books as [i]Contemporary Group Work[/i], [i]Interpersonal Practice in Social Work[/i], [i]Social Work in Contemporary Society[/i], and [i]Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach[/i], and the coeditor of [i]The Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice[/i] and [i]Integrating Knowledge and Practice: The Case of Social Work and Social Science[/i], 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	p. 1
Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations	p. 11
Group Dynamics	p. 13
An Ecological--Systems Perspective	p. 32
Social Group Work in a Global Context	p. 45
An Empowerment Perspective	p. 58
Ethics and Values in Group Work	p. 76
Group Practice Models: Principal Foundations	p. 91
The Mutual Aid Model	p. 93
Cognitive-Behavioral Group Work	p. 111
Group Work Approaches Related to Purpose	p. 137
Support and Self-Help Groups	p. 139
Psychoeducational Groups	p. 160
Prevention Groups	p. 176
Group Work Approaches Related to Setting	p. 193
Groups in Physical and Mental Health	p. 195
Involuntary Groups	p. 212
Strengths-Based Group Work with Children and Adolescents	p. 227
Group Work in Child Welfare	p. 245
Groups for Substance Abuse Treatment	p. 259
Groups for Older Adults	p. 275
Groups for Reducing Intergroup Conflict	p. 292
Group Work in Organizational and Community Settings	p. 307
Assessing and Strengthening Characteristics of Effective Groups in Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships	p. 309
Participatory Research, Popular Education, and Popular Theater: Contributions to Group Work	p. 326
Social Action Groups	p. 344
Accessing Resources, Transforming Systems: Group Work with Poor and Homeless People	p. 360
Group Process Dynamics and Skills in Interdisciplinary Teamwork	p. 384
Group Work with Working Groups	p. 400
From Agency Client to Community-Based Consumer: The Family Group Conference as a Consumer-Led Group in Child Welfare	p. 415
Group Work Research and Evaluation	p. 433
Very Good Solutions Really Do Exist for Group Work Research Design Problems	p. 435
Measurement Issues	p. 447
Evaluation of Group Work	p. 461
The Uses of Technology to Create Groups	p. 477
Technology-Mediated Groups	p. 479
Author Index	p. 505
Subject Index	p. 517
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