Group Work (Paperback)

Contents

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Acknowledgment
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Being, Noticing, Knowing: The Emergence of Resilience in Group Work
• Introduction
• The “Dance” Between Knowing and Not Knowing and What to Offer
• Being Resilient: The Secure Base
• Noticing
• Knowing
• Finally
• Chapter 2. Vulnerability, Resilience, and Social Work with Groups
• Resilience
• Key Turning Points
• Chapter 3. Building Resourceful Communities: A Group Worker's Guide to Community Work
• The Importance of Community in the Lives of People
• Seamless Practice: Community Work for Group Workers
• Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Small-Group Research on Social Group Work Practice
• Group Development
• Social Cognition
• Member Roles
• Therapeutic Factors
• Groupthink
• Gender
• Diversity
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Fostering Resiliency in Children Through Group Work: Instilling Hope, Courage,and Life Skills
• Stories of Resiliency
• Resiliency Theory
• Framework for Resiliency-Enhancing Group Work
• Conclusion
• Chapter 6. The Web of Life: A Reminiscence of a Group Experience with Incarcerated Adolescent Females
• Introduction
• Group Work and Camping
• The Camping Experience
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7. No Longer Invisible: Group Work with Children and Youth Affected by HIV and AIDS
• Introduction
• Conceptual Framework for This Group Work Program
• The Program and Its Evolution
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter 8. Group Work in the Residential Setting: The Twenty-Four-Hour Group
• Introduction
• Population
• Culture versus Behavior
• Theory
• Topic Groups
• Stages of Group Development Throughout the Residential Setting
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Knowledge and Skills Needed by Managers and Supervisors of Social Group Work Practice in Agencies Serving Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses
• Commonalities in Psychosocial That Supervisors in PSR Agencies Should Expect
• Recommendations for Managers and Supervisors
• Summary
• Chapter 10. The Assets Group Model: Empowerment through Investment Clubs
• The Problem
• Literature Review
• Group Program Rationale
• Why Invest in Stocks and Why Participate in a Club?
• Program Implementation Issues
• Report on the Orientation Meeting
• Discussion
• Chapter 11. Group Work for Heterosexual Couples of Mixed HIV Status
• Introduction
• Group Issues: Experiences and Themes
• Challenges for the Workers
• Conclusion
• Chapter 12. Social Group Work: A Journey of Discovery
• Introduction
• Outline of the Group
• Social Group Work: A Journey of Discovery
• Conclusion
• Index
• Reference Notes Included