Groups in Community and Agency Settings

Klappentext A practical guide to group work in community and agency settingsGroup work is becoming commonplace in a variety of community settings, including sexual assault centers, mental health centers, battered women's shelters, chemical dependency units, community planning, employee training and development, employee assistance centers, and in other outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. This accessible book: Demonstrates how the full range of group work, from remedial through preventive groups, is manifested in an array of community settings Provides practical, concrete information about how group work is being used and can be used even more effectively Draws on an up-to-date scholarly base that includes the latest research on group work Highlights diversity and multicultural issues, as well as accreditation or specialty standards important to group work in community and agency settings Groups in Community and Agency Settings is part of the Group Work Practice Kit: Improving the Everyday Practice of Group Work, a collection of nine books each authored by scholars in the specific field of group work. To promote a consistent reading experience, the books in the collection conform to editor Robert K. Conyne's outline. Designed to provide practitioners, instructors, students, and trainees with concrete direction for improving group work, the series provides thorough coverage of the entire span of group work practice.This book is endorsed by the Association for Specialists in Group Work. Zusammenfassung This accessible book Demonstrates how the full range of group work! from remedial through preventive groups! is manifested in an array of community settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Prevention Groups Chapter 3: Groups in Remedial Treatment Settings Chapter 4: Support Groups and Self Help Groups Conclusion References

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• Authors: Niloufer M Merchant, Niloufer M Yozamp Merchant, Niloufer M. Merchant, Niloufer M. M. Merchant, Niloufer M. Yozamp Merchant, Merchant Niloufer M., Niloufer M. Merchant, Carole J. Yozamp, Carole J. J. Yozamp, Yozamp Carole J.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2013
• EAN: 9781483332246
• ISBN: 978-1-4833-3224-6
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Group Work Practice Kit; Group Work Practice Kit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Social welfare and social services, Counselling and care of students