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Using a plentiful selection of skill-building and self-evaluation exercises, author Charles Zastrow's comprehensive, workbook-style text promotes his philosophy that you can learn group leadership skills best by practicing them in class. In this eighth edition of SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS: A COMPREHENSIVE WORKBOOK, International Edition, Zastrow discusses topics central to a successful understanding of group leadership: stages of groups, group dynamics, verbal and nonverbal communication, types of groups, and diversity in groups. When you participate in groups, the classroom becomes a "lab" where you can experience what it's like to work in and lead the many kinds of groups the author discusses.
List of contents
1. Groups: Types and Stages of Development.2. Social Group Work and Social Work Practice.3. Group Dynamics: Leadership.4. Group Dynamics: Goals and Norms.5. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication.6. Task Groups.7. Working with Diverse Groups.8. Self-Help Groups.9. Social Work with Families.10. Organizations, Communities, and Groups.11. Educational Groups: Stress Management and Time Management as Examples.12. Treatment Groups.13. Termination and Evaluation of a Group.Appendix A: Group Treatment Theories Resource Manual.Module 1. Rational Therapy in Groups.Module 2. Behavior Therapy in Groups.Module 3. Reality Therapy in Groups.Appendix B: Answers to Group Exercises D-F in Chapter 6.
