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| The Knowledge Base of Group Work Practice | |
| Introduction | |
| Organization of the Text | |
| The Focus of Group Work Practice | |
| Values and Ethics in Group Work Practice | |
| Definition of Group Work | |
| Classifying Groups | |
| Group versus Individual Efforts | |
| A Typology of Treatment and Task Groups | |
| Treatment Groups | |
| Task Groups | |
| Historical Development | |
| Knowledge from Group Work Practice: Treatment Groups | |
| Knowledge from Group Work Practice: Task Groups | |
| Knowledge from Social Science Research | |
| Influential Theories | |
| Understanding Group Dynamics | |
| The Development of Helpful Group Dynamics | |
| Group Dynamics | |
| Stages of Group Development | |
| Leadership | |
| Leadership and Power | |
| An Interactional Model of Leadership | |
| Group Leadership Skills | |
| Coleadership | |
| Leadership and Diversity | |
| Approaches to Multicultural Group Work | |
| The Planning Stage | |
| Planning the Group | |
| Planning Focus | |
| Planning Model for Group Work | |
| The Beginning Stage | |
| The Group Begins | |
| Objectives in the Beginning Stage | |
| Assessment | |
| Definition of Assessment | |
| The Assessment Process | |
| Assessing the Functioning of Group Members | |
| Assessing the Functioning of the Group as a Whole | |
| Assessing the Group's Environment | |
| Linking Assessment to Intervention | |
| The Middle Stage | |
| Treatment Groups: Foundation Methods | |
| Middle-Stage Skills | |
| Treatment Groups: Specialized Methods | |
| Intervening with Group Members | |
| Intervening in the Group as a Whole | |
| Changing the Group Environment | |
| Task Groups: Foundation Methods | |
| The Ubiquitous Task Group | |
| Leading Task Groups | |
| A Model for Effective Problem Solving | |
| Task Groups: Specialized Methods | |
| Small Organizational Groups | |
| Large Organizational Groups | |
| Methods for Working with Community Groups | |
| The Ending Stage | |
| Evaluation | |
| The Practitioner's Dilemma | |
| Why Evaluate? The Group Worker's View | |
| Evaluation Methods | |
| Evaluations for Planning the Group | |
| Evaluations for Monitoring a Group | |
| Evaluations for Developing a Group | |
| Evaluations for Determining Effectiveness and Efficiency | |
| Evaluation Measures | |
| Ending the Group's Work | |
| Factors That Influence Group Endings | |
| The Process of Ending | |
| Planned and Unplanned Termination | |
| Ending Group Meetings | |
| Ending the Group as a Whole | |
| Case Examples | |
| A Caregiver Support Group | |
| A Community Coalition | |
| Appendix A | |
| Guidelines for Ethics | |
| Ethical Guidelines for Group Counselors | |
| Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc | |
| Appendix B.Films and Videotapes | |
| Appendix C.Group Announcements | |
| Appendix D.Outline for a Group Proposal | |
| Appendix E.An Example of a Treatment Group Proposal | |
| Appendix F.An Example of a Task Group Proposal | |
| Appendix G.Suggested Readings on Program Activities | |
| Bibliography | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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