Theory and practice in social group work creative connections. [electronic resource] : - 1 online resource (297 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Foreword; Introduction; Theory, Practice, and Education; Creative Connections Between Practice and Theory; All Lives Are Connected to Other Lives: The Meaning of Social Group Work; Maximizing the Potential of the Social Group Work Method; Issues in Education for Social Work with Groups; Health; Social Work with Groups in Health Settings: Past, Present, and Future; Content and Process Issues in a Pain Management Group Using Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Group Therapy with People with AIDS/Kaposi's SarcomaAIDS Anxiety: Techniques and Skills with a Worried-Well Group; Practice and Intervention; Group Work with the Homeless Mentally Ill: In Shelters, Drop-in Centers, and SRO Hotels; Group Treatment for Adults Molested as Children: An Educational and Therapeutic Approach; Group Work for Parents, Siblings, and Relatives of Developmentally Delayed Children; Transitions in Life; Self-Help Socialization Groups for Adolescents in Residential Treatment; Facilitating Adult Life Transitions Through Use of Groups; Vulnerable Populations and Communities Parameters of Groupwork: A Model of Practice with Reference to Minority PopulationsAn Exploratory Model for Group Work with Refugees and Immigrants; Advancing Community Group Work Theory Through Action-Research; Index

Here is an important look at creative ways to successfully blend theoretical knowledge with skillful intervention in social group work. Theory and Practice in Social Group Work represents leading works in conceptual development that creatively connect practice with theory and also reflect the current diversity of interventions in group work practice. The book calls for more carefully articulated connections between knowledge and action and maps a strategy for strengthening social work curriculum and expanding group work practice. Some of the areas discussed include group work in medical and health settings, group work with people undergoing life cycle transitions, and group work interventions with vulnerable populations. A wide range of possibilities for applying theories in group work situations are presented in this thought-provoking volume. Some specific examples discussed include group work interventions with persons affected by the AIDS crisis and persons at high risk of contracting HIV, a group model for the management of chronic pain, group intervention services for the homeless mentally ill delivered through a mobile outreach team, a bingo group in an SRO hotel, group work with adults molested as children, and a model of practice for work with minority populations and communities.


Kenneth L. Chau, Marie Weil, Dannia Southerland

9781317739708 1317739701 9781315792835 1315792834 9781317739692 1317739698 9781317739685 131773968X

9781315792835 Taylor & Francis


Social group work--United States--Congresses.
Social work education--United States--Congresses.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services.
Social group work.
Social work education.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health


United States.


Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.

HV45 / .C43 2018eb

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