Group Work With Suburbia''s Children - Difference, Acceptance, and Belonging

List of contents

Foreword; Preface Ralph L. Kolodny; 1. Introduction 2. Group Work: Antidote to Alienation During a Time of Family Transition Marion Levine 3. The Black Experience in Suburbia: Prospects and Possibilities for Group Work Intervention Hugh A. Wilson 4. Group Work as a Protective Factor for Immigrant Youth José J. López 5. Group Work with Bulimic Adolescent Females in Suburbia Karen V. Harper and Lee S. Shillito 6. Structured Fantasy Approaches to Children’s Group Therapy Richard T. Walsh, Mary Ann Richardson and Raymond M. Cardey 7. ‘What’s Goin’ on in There?!?!’: Alliance Formation with Parents Whose Children Are in Group Treatment Andrew Malekoff 8. Memories and Memory Building: Reflections on Group Work with the Lonely Child Andrew Malekoff and Ralph L. Kolodny 9. Epilogue 10. Difference, Acceptance and Belonging: A Reverie Andrew Malekoff; Book Reviews

About the author

Andrew Malekoff

Summary

This collection of articles, first published in 1991, attempts to describe life in the suburbs from diverse vantage points, to evoke a feeling of what life is like for some of the children and their families living in these communities and to demonstrate the practice and value of group work within this context. This title will be of interest to students of social work, sociology and urban studies.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Malekoff
• Assisted by: Andrew Malekoff (Editor), Malekoff Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138051300
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05130-0
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies; Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social Work, Child welfare, Urban communities, Child welfare and youth services, Urban communities / city life