LEADER 03125oam 2200421zu 450 001 996214593603316 005 20210803002410.0 010 $a1-134-90015-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000577809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000083601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11987603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147680 035 $a(PQKB)10228037 035 $a(BIP)007346756 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000577809 100 $a20160829d2002 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial Work with Groups: Mining the Gold 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cRoutledge$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7890-1278-2 330 8 $aHone your group work skills to make sessions even more meaningful!Social Work with Groups: Mining the Gold examines a wide array of varieties of social group work practice, from corrections through empowerment and international issues. It explores ways to deal with youth violence (following the shootings at Columbine High School), issues of social exclusion, empowerment practice, groups in correctional settings, group work practice with seniors, gender diversity, multicultural groups, teleconferencing groups, and education for social work group practice. Every chapter author who contributed to this timely and important volume reflects the "gold" to be mined in the use of groups in social work. Linda Hutton shares her first-hand experience of working with chronically paranoid schizophrenic clients who are also chemically addicted. Marshall Rubin and Carol J. Hinote explore ways of working creatively with different populations--Rubin confronts the use of structured program designs and Hinote describes the challenge of being a woman worker with a group of mentally ill men. Paul Abels and Sonia Leib Abels examine the use of narratives in social work with groups. Beverly Ryan and Patty Crawford discuss the creation of support groups for elderly people dealing with loss, and Jean East, Susan Manning, and Ruth J. Parsons explore ways for group work to advance the social work empowerment agenda.Social Work with Groups also explores case studies of: a school-based project to prevent violence a European group work plan to fight social exclusion in a multicultural environment a prison-based group work program ways to use gender diversity to enrich the group experienceSocial Work with Groups brings you insightful commentary from the people who are developing cutting-edge programs and expanding the boundaries of group work. No social worker who wants to function most effectively in a group setting should be without it! 610 $aSocial Group Work 610 $aSocial Science 676 $a361.4 700 $aEast$b Jean$0919808 702 $aHenry$b Sue 702 $aSchmitz$b Cathryne L 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214593603316 996 $aSocial Work with Groups: Mining the Gold$92289947 997 $aUNISA