Voices From the Field: Group Work Responds

by Alissi; Albert S

• ISBN13: 9780789001382
• ISBN10: 0789001381
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Voices From the Field is the book to challenge you from your cozy position of complacency! By simply opening its pages, you will learn about fascinating developments in group work sequences in group care, empowerment groups in action, and a whole spectrum of practice and education-oriented themes you may have never considered before. A compilation of work from the XVI Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, this book reflects on social work's rich tradition of diversity and offers you insight that will expand your horizons and encourage you to incorporate different techniques into your repertory. You will learn about contemporary practice, the profession's historic mission and commitment, and the evolution of group work practice and techniques with different populations.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	ix	(2)
Contributors	xi	(2)
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(2)
Albert S. Alissi
Catherine G. Corto Mergins
Chapter 1. The Meaning of Social Group Work	3	(8)
Gisela Konopka
Chapter 2. Social Group Work and Developmental Group Care: Retrospect and Prospects for Both	11	(12)
Henry W. Maier
In Retrospect	12	(1)
Prospects: Human Growth and Developmental Requirements	13	(2)
Issues for the Interface of Social Group Work and Developmental Group Care	15	(1)
Children Be Children, Youth Be Youthful, and Adults Allow Themselves To Be Playful	16	(1)
Family Preservation	17	(1)
New Times, New Avenues of Service	18	(5)
Chapter 3. The Empowerment Group in Action: My Sisters' Place	23	(20)
Judith A. B. Lee with My Sister's Place group members
Ruth R. Martin
Introduction	23	(2)
The Empowerment Approach and the Empowerment Group	25	(1)
What Is Empowering in Empowerment Groups?	26	(3)
Critical Education and Conscientization	29	(1)
The Empowerment Group	30	(1)
The Code/Sociopolitical Drama	31	(7)
Conclusion	38	(5)
Chapter 4. When Worker and Member Expectations Collide: The Dilemma of Establishing Group Norms in Conflictual Situations	43	(12)
Roselle Kurland
Robert Salmon
Introduction	43	(1)
Exposition	44	(7)
Closing Statement	51	(4)
Chapter 5. Group Work with Juvenile Sex Offenders	55	(12)
Kym Crown
Dan Gates
Theoretical Orientation	55	(2)
Program Design	57	(2)
Techniques with the Offender Group	59	(3)
Techniques with the Multifamily Group	62	(3)
Conclusion	65	(2)
Chapter 6. Activity Group for Emotionally Disturbed Children	67	(26)
Mary Lou Paulsen
Kenneth F. Dunker
Joan G. Young
Introduction	67	(1)
Modality Development	68	(1)
Theoretical Orientation	68	(3)
Group Setting	71	(1)
Group Guidelines	71	(3)
Group Structure	74	(4)
Leadership	78	(1)
Projects	79	(5)
Assessment	84	(3)
Appendix	87	(6)
Chapter 7. Multiple-Family Therapy Groups: A Responsive Intervention Model for Inner-City Families	93	(20)
Mary McKernan McKay
J. Jude Gonzales
Susan Stone
David Ryland
Katherine Kohner
Review of Multiple-Family Group Literature	95	(1)
Description of Therapeutic Change Process	96	(4)
Description of the Group	100	(3)
Process of Facilitation	103	(6)
Conclusion	109	(4)
Chapter 8. Horizontes: Using Social Work with Groups in the Classroom to Serve the Needs of Latino College Students	113	(26)
Flavio Francisco Marsiglia
Statement of the Problem	113	(1)
Review of the Literature	114	(4)
Theoretical Approximation to the Problem	118	(1)
Project Horizontes	119	(3)
Social Work with Groups in the Classroom	122	(4)
Assessment of Pilot Phase	126	(8)
Recommendations	134	(2)
Appendix A	136	(1)
Appendix B	137	(2)
Chapter 9. Group Work in Group Care	139	(8)
Hans G. Eriksson
Chapter 10. Group Treatment Programs for Alcoholism in the United States and Japan	147	(16)
Kasumi K. Hirayama
Hisashi Hirayama
Yasuhiro Kuroki
Introduction	147	(2)
American and Japanese Cultural Contexts	149	(3)
Group Treatment Programs in the United States and Japan	152	(6)
Summary	158	(5)
Chapter 11. Distance Education and Social Group Work: The Promise of the Year 2000	163	(10)
John J. Conklin
Warren Osterndorf
Introduction	163	(1)
Definition of Distance Education	164	(1)
Types of Distance Education	165	(1)
Distance Education and Social Group Work Training	166	(1)
Other Applications for Social Work Schools and Agencies	167	(1)
New Courses for New Markets	168	(1)
Field Education	168	(1)
Questions for Further Discussion	169	(1)
Solutions	170	(3)
Index	173