| Description |
xii, 163 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Collection of proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium of the AASWG. |
| Summary |
"How can groups effectively meet the needs of humans in areas as diverse as aid, responsibility, action, healing, learning, and acceptance? This edited volume aims to address these issues and provide ways to extend the current reach and quality of social work with groups." "Based on a selection of papers from the 24th Annual International Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG) the chosen chapters embody the strength and diversity of the Symposium, encouraging readers to "Think Group.""--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Carol S. Cohen, Michael H. Phillips and Meredith Hanson -- 1. Caught in the Doorway Between Education and Practice: Group Work's Battle for Survival / Robert Salmon and Roselle Kurland -- 2. Thinking Group in Collaboration and Community Building: An Interprofessional Model / Nina L. Aronoff and Darlyne Bailey -- 3. The Genealogy of Group Work: The Missing Factor in Teaching Skill Today / George S. Getzel -- 4. A Cross System Initiative Supporting Child Welfare Workforce Professionalization and Stabilization: A Task Group in Action / Virginia Strand, Alma Carten, Diane Connolly, Sheldon R. Gelman and Peter B. Vaughan -- 5. Mutual Empathy: A Means of Improving the Quality of Emergency Health Care Services Rendered to Marginalized, Addicted Individuals / Arielle Dylan -- 6. Assessing Skills in Groupwork: A Program of Continuing Professional Development / Mark Doel -- 7. The Use of Group Work with New York City Firefighters Post-9/11 / John Marchini -- 8. Support Groups for Welfare Moms / Evelyn F. Slaght -- 9. Mask Making and Social Groupwork / Nuala Lordan, Deirdre Quirke and Mary Wilson -- 10. Why We Get No Respect: Existential Dilemmas for Group Workers Who Work with Kids' Groups / Andrew Malekoff -- 11. Traumatic Grief Groups for Children, Adolescents and their Caregivers: A Short-Term Treatment Model / Helen B. Mullin and Deborah S. Langosch -- 12. Group Work with Adolescent Sexual Offenders in Community-based Treatment / Christy Driscoll and Keith T. Fadelici. |
| Subject |
Social group work -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses.
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Social Work. (DNLM)D012947
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Group Processes. (DNLM)D006126
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Social group work -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses.
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Social group work -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01122481
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Cohen, Carol S., 1950-
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Phillips, Michael H.
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Hanson, Meredith.
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| ISBN |
9780789037909 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0789037904 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780789037916 (soft ; alkaline paper) |
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0789037912 (soft ; alkaline paper) |
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