Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change

by Sullivan,N.

• ISBN13: 9780789018151
• ISBN10: 0789018152
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Helps you learn how to empower your groups and assist them in understanding their power to create change in their own communities.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	xi
Contibutors	xiii
Foreword	xix
Catherine P. Papell
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	xxiii
SECTION I: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS
Social Justice: A Global Perspective	3	(4)
Stephen Lewis
Social Justice and Social Work with Groups: Fragile---Handle with Care	7	(18)
Ben Zion Shapiro
Introduction: An Image of Fragility	7	(1)
Fragility and Injustice	8	(5)
Group Practice As Social Justice Practice	13	(8)
Conclusion: An Image of Practice	21	(4)
The Meaning, Scope, and Context of the Concept of Social Justice in Social Work with Groups	25	(10)
Alex Gitterman
Distributive Justice	25	(3)
Procedural Justice	28	(1)
Retributive Justice	29	(2)
Conclusion	31	(4)
Current Innovations in Social Work with Groups to Address Issues of Social Justice	35	(18)
Paule McNicoll
Examples of Innovative Practice	36	(6)
Barriers	42	(3)
Opportunities	45	(3)
What's to Be Done?	48	(5)
SECTION II: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THEORY FOR SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS
Group Work and Social Justice: Rhetoric or Action?	53	(12)
George S. Getzel
State of the Art	53	(1)
Historical Context	54	(1)
The Debate and Arguments	55	(1)
The Current Social Scene	56	(1)
Universality of Social Justice	57	(1)
Toward a Definition of Justice	57	(2)
Value Premises of Social Justice	59	(1)
Values in Conflict	60	(1)
Scapegoating	60	(1)
Transforming Images	61	(2)
Conclusion	63	(2)
Social Group Work, Social Justice	65	(14)
Sue Henry
The Meanings of Social Justice in Social Work	65	(2)
The Social Goals Model	67	(4)
Practice Examples	71	(4)
Summary	75	(4)
Culturally Grounded Approaches to Social Justice Through Social Work with Groups	79	(12)
Flavio Francisco Marsiglia
Introduction	79	(1)
Globalization, Social Justice, and Social Work	80	(2)
A Culturally Grounded Approach	82	(3)
Group Work	85	(6)
Social Work with Groups, Mutual Aid, and Social Justice	91	(12)
Dominique Moyse-Steinberg
SECTION III: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS
Meet Them in The Lab: Using Hip-Hop Music Therapy Groups with Adolescents in Residential Settings	103	(16)
Susan Ciardiello
The Needs of Adolescents in Care	104	(1)
The Use of Group Members' Interests in Programming	104	(1)
Hip-Hop Culture	105	(1)
The Lab Group Work Program Model: Activity-Centered Therapy (ACT)	106	(4)
Setting Up The Lab	110	(2)
Who Is in The Lab?	112	(1)
The Lab in Action	113	(2)
Conclusion	115	(4)
Talking Circles: A Traditional Form of Group Work	119	(16)
Arielle Dylan
New Perspectives in Group Work for Working with Sexually Abused African-American Children	135	(12)
Claudia Lawrence-Webb
Child Sexual Abuse: Race, Culture, and Ethnicity	136	(1)
An Africentric Group Work Model for Working with African-American Girls	137	(7)
Conclusion	144	(3)
Worker Self-Disclosure in Group Work	147	(12)
Estelle Hopmeyer
Introduction	147	(1)
Defining Self-Disclosure	148	(3)
Social Group Work	151	(4)
Conclusions	155	(4)
Meals Made Easy: A Group Program at a Food Bank for Parents of Young Children	159	(10)
Zelda Moldofsky
Sue Devor
Introduction	159	(1)
Setting and Methodology	160	(4)
Results	164	(1)
Discussion	165	(2)
Summary and Conclusions	167	(2)
A Social Group Worker As a Resident in an Independent Living Facility	169	(12)
Betty L. Welsh
Introduction	169	(3)
Interest Groups	172	(1)
Support Groups	173	(1)
Discussion Groups	173	(1)
Task Groups	174	(3)
Service to the Community	177	(1)
Outcomes	178	(3)
From Fragile to Wild: Group Work As the Transforming Element in Redressing Social Inequities for Older Women	181	(16)
Merike Mannik
The Context	181	(2)
Consciousness-Building Groups	183	(4)
Competency-Building Groups	187	(1)
Social Capital-Building Groups	188	(1)
Community-Building Groups	189	(1)
Full Citizenship-Building Groups	190	(1)
Worker Roles	191	(1)
Conclusion	191	(6)
SECTION IV: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS
Group Passage to the Profession: The Field Seminar in Social Work Education	197	(16)
Michael Phillips
Carol S. Cohen
Linda Hutton
Introduction	197	(1)
Field Education and Professional Development	198	(1)
Field Seminar As a Group Experience	199	(2)
Field Seminar Journey	201	(9)
Concluding Comments	210	(3)
Justice in Teaching: Teaching As Group Work	213	(14)
Mari Ann Graham
Constructivist Paradigm of Teaching and Learning	214	(1)
Rationale for Constructivist Teaching Methods in Social Work Education	215	(3)
Grounded Discussion	218	(5)
Results	223	(2)
Conclusion	225	(2)
Participant Perceptions of Online Group Work with Fathers of Children with Spina Bifida	227	(14)
David B. Nicholas
Introduction	227	(1)
Background	227	(2)
The Group	229	(1)
Participant Interviews	230	(1)
Findings	231	(7)
Discussion	238	(2)
Conclusion	240	(1)
Index	241