Making Joyful Noise: The Art, Science, and Soul of Group Work

by Malekoff; Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780789032386
• ISBN10: 0789032384
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This diverse collection of articles by group work professionals who work in the classroom and in the field captures not only the art and science of social work but also its soul, highlighting practice, teaching, and writing ideas that promote the power of group work-and the people who do it. Making Joyful Noise reinforces the value and uniqueness of group work as a positive, optimistic, empowering, and affirming way of working with people. The articles presented here cover a wide range of age groups, populations, and settings and include examples on the use of activity and discussion in groups: a poetry club for children, the meaning of camp for preadolescents, a boxing group for adolescents who live in the inner city, self-defense classes for adults, and caregiver support for the elderly.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xxi
Preface	p. xxv
Making Joyful Noise: Presenting, Promoting, and Portraying Group Work to and for the Profession	p. 1
The Essential Power of Group Work	p. 17
The Art, Science, Heart, and Ethics of Social Group Work: Lessons from a Great Teacher	p. 33
On Being Bold, Valuing Process, and Cultivating Collegiality	p. 47
Putting Ideas to Paper: A Guideline for Practitioners (and Others) Who Wish to Write for Publication	p. 57
Education for the Group Worker's Reality: The Special Qualities and World View of Those Drawn to Work with Groups	p. 73
Organizational Insight and the Education of Advanced Group Work Practitioners	p. 91
Purpose: A Misunderstood and Misused Keystone of Group Work Practice	p. 105
"What Could Happen and What Couldn't Happen": A Poetry Club for Kids	p. 121
The Meaning of Camp and Social Group Work Principles	p. 133
Keep It in the Ring: Using Boxing in Social Group Work with High-Risk and Offender Youth to Reduce Violence	p. 149
You Don't Always Have to Pick Up Your Mess Right Away: How Being Messy Can Be Really Neat!	p. 175
Group Work Gets Physical: Self-Defense Class and Social Work	p. 195
I'm Gone When You're Gone: How a Group Can Survive When Its Leader Takes a Leave of Absence	p. 217
A Worker's Personal Grief and Its Impact on Processing a Group's Termination	p. 235
Caregiver Support Groups: Finding Common Ground	p. 243
Group Bereavement Support for Spouses Who Are Grieving the Loss of a Partner to Cancer	p. 259
Retrospective Book Review: Teaching a Methods Course in Social Work with Groups	p. 279
Index	p. 287
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