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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791707903321

Autore

Glassman Urania

Titolo

Group work [[electronic resource] ] : a humanistic and skills building approach / / Urania Glassman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2009

ISBN

1-4833-4298-0

1-4522-7511-4

1-4522-1576-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 300 p.)

Collana

SAGE sourcebooks for the human services series ; ; 13

Disciplina

361.4

Soggetti

Social group work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Practice Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Humanism and Democracy; Part I - Dimensions of the Humanistic Approach; Chapter 1 - Humanistic Values and Democratic Norms: Equal Rights; Chapter 2 - Further Humanistic Values and Democratic Norms: Freedoms; Chapter 3 - Stage Themes of Group Development; Part II - Dual Objectives and Techniques of Humanistic Group Work; Chapter 4 - The Dual Objectives; Chapter 5 - Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System; Chapter 6 - Techniques for Actualizing Group Purpose

Chapter 7 - Further Techniques for Actualizing Group PurposeChapter 8 - Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System and Actualizing Group Purpose; Part III - Differential Application of the Humanistic Approach; Chapter 9 - Assessing the Member in the Group; Chapter 10 - Fields of Practice and Humanistic Group Work; Part IV - Practice Variations and Contingencies; Chapter 11 - Short-Term, Single-Session, Open-Ended, and Structured Groups; Chapter 12 - Contingencies; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The 2nd edition of 'Group Work' identifies the humanistic values and democratic norms that guide the group practitioner's interventions. The book presents seven stage themes of group development, 29 techniques for group work practice, and more than 60 new illustrations



from contemporary group work. The 2nd edition remains centered on the role of the social group work practitioner, who employs group work methods to further the personal growth and empowerment of members in community and institutional contexts.