Voices From the Field is the book to challenge you from your cozy
position of complacency! By simply opening its pages, you will
learn about fascinating developments in group work sequences in
group care, empowerment groups in action, and a whole spectrum of
practice and education-oriented themes you may have never
considered before. A compilation of work from the XVI Annual
Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work
with Groups, this book reflects on social work's rich tradition of
diversity and offers you insight that will expand your horizons and
encourage you to incorporate different techniques into your
repertory. You will learn about contemporary practice, the
profession's historic mission and commitment, and the evolution of
group work practice and techniques with different populations. This
practical collection allows you to examine a broad spectrum of
professional practice and educational themes. Chapters in Voices
From the Field explore theory building, qualitative research,
mutual aid, time-limited groups, adventure groups, psychodrama,
groups for addicted persons and their families, group work with
adolescents, and skill development. At the same time you refresh
your grounding in the basic principles of social work, you will
learn about: a group work forum on-line the importance of
empowering individuals through group experiences group treatment
for alcoholism group work with juvenile sex offenders
international, contemporary practices of social group work
establishing group norms in conflictual situationsClinicians,
neighborhood and community activists, students, professors,
researchers, therapists, old timers, and newcomers will find Voices
From the Field an extraordinary compilation of the basic principles
and concepts underlying group work, contemporary practice and
applications for group social work, and ways for enhancing practice
knowledge and skills. Whether you are reading it as a reference
text in a methods course or reading it independently, you will find
this book reminds you of certain fundamentals long-forgotten, yet
also inspires you to take on new challenges and different
techniques for meeting the challenges of group social work.
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