Introduction to Group Work Practice, An, Global Edition, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (September 27, 2021) © 2022

  • Ronald W. Toseland University at Albany, State University of New York
  • Robert F. Rivas Siena College, Retired
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Title overview

For courses in Group Social Work Practice

Widely used by professionals, educators, and students in undergraduate and graduate courses in schools of social work throughout the world, this text presents a comprehensive, coherent, organised overview of group work practice from a generalist practice perspective.

The new 9th Edition, Global Edition, continues to include typologies illustrating group work practice with task and treatment groups at the micro-,meso-, and macro-levels. Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition of An Introduction to Group Work Practice includes research on virtual groups, updated and deeper content on practice with treatment and task groups, the most current literature on working with reluctant and resistant group members, updated and expanded sections on working with individuals who have difficulty engaging in and sustaining work in groups, updated material on leadership and diversity, and thoroughly updated reference material and new content from evidence-based practice sources.

Table of contents

  • PART I: THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF GROUP WORK PRACTICE
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Historical Developments
  • Chapter 3: Understanding Group Dynamics
  • Chapter 4: Leadership
  • Chapter 5: Leadership and Diversity
  • PART II: THE PLANNING STAGE
  • Chapter 6: Planning the Group
  • PART III: THE BEGINNING STAGE
  • Chapter 7: The Group Begins
  • Chapter 8: Assessment
  • PART IV: THE MIDDLE STAGE
  • Chapter 9: Treatment Groups: Foundation Methods
  • Chapter 10: Treatment Groups: Specialized Methods
  • Chapter 11: Task Groups: Foundation Methods
  • Chapter 12: Task Groups: Specialized Methods
  • PART V: THE ENDING STAGE
  • Chapter 13: Ending the Group's Work
  • Chapter 14: Evaluation

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