Synopses & Reviews
Group Work with Populations at Risk, Second Edition is a fundamental resource for social workers and those in related health professions. Accessible and practical as well as theoretically sound, it is an essential reference for students and practitioners with little specific training in group work. This extensively revised edition provides tangible techniques and concrete guidelines on applying group work skills to a variety of situations. It is a comprehensive guidebook for those working directly with clients facing social problems or health conditions such as AIDS, cancer, addiction, head injury, divorce, mental illness, or abuse. Specific resources for further study and materials for use with each population are essential chapter components. With new chapters on internet self-help groups, group work with Asian-American immigrants, community and organizational factors, victims of school and community violence, and evidence-based practice, this nuts-and-bolts resource offers students and professionals clear, practical guidelines for applying specific skills and assessment measures to a broad range of group work environments.
Review
"...an essential guide for current and future group work practice."--Social Work With Groups
"...a useful tool for social work educators and practitioners. The volume would make an excellent companion reader for a course in group work and would communicate to students the breadth of application of group work techniques in practice. The book would also be of use to group work practitioners who are interested in expanding their work with specific populations at risk. The chapters are short, well written and referenced, and geared toward practitioners need for specific knowledge."--Families in Society
Synopsis
Group Work With Populations at Risk, Third Edition is a fundamental resource for practitioners in health and mental health settings and a comprehensive guidebook of group work skills. Geared toward students and professionals gaining a beginning understanding of groups, this volume describes how to work with vulnerable populations that include returning war veterans, Latino and Latina immigrants, women and men who were abused as children, children of divorce, and people struggling with substance abuse, AIDS, cancer, or chronic mental illness. Each chapter describes the population and reviews the relevant literature, identifies themes and practice principles, presents a case illustration, provides evaluation guidance, and refers readers to key references and web resources. Each one is designed to stand alone for easy reference, and overviews of skill building and evidence-based practice make this a timely, comprehensive resource for group leaders regardless of specialty.
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"...an essential guide for current and future group work practice."--Social Work With Groups
"...a useful tool for social work educators and practitioners. The volume would make an excellent companion reader for a course in group work and would communicate to students the breadth of application of group work techniques in practice. The book would also be of use to group work practitioners who are interested in expanding their work with specific populations at risk. The chapters are short, well written and referenced, and geared toward practitioners need for specific knowledge."--Families in Society
"...an essential guide for current and future group work practice. In this extensively revised edition, foremost social work practitioners and scholars outline approaches for working with groups that are grounded in significant theories of group work...The Second Edition is strengthened by the addition of chapters on the challenges of providing individual counseling and mediating support groups on the Internet and working with immigrant populations. Group Work With Populations at Risk, 2E is a source of new knowledge or beginning and seasoned group work practitioners alike and deserves to be on their bookshelves.this splendid 458-page resource is an excellent choice for the value-conscious professional."--Social Work With Groups
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Social Work with Groups: Practice Principles
Paul H. Ephross
PART I. HEALTH ISSUES
1. Group Work with People who Have Cancer
Steven R. Rose and Barry M. Daste
2. Group Work with People who Suffer from Serious Mental Illness
Charles Garvin
3. Group Work Services to People Living with HIV/AIDS During a Changing Pandemic
George S. Getzel and Phillip Osteen
4. Group Work in the Prevention of Alcohol and other Drug Abuse by Adolescents
Andrew Malekoff
PART II. ADJUSTING TO CHANGE
5. Children of Divorce Groups
Janice L. DeLucia-Waack
6. Group Work with Older Adults
Steve Wilson and Susan Rice
7. En Dos Culturas: Group Work with Latino Immigrants and Refugees
Luz M. López and Erika M. Vargas
8. Group Work with Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom Combat Veterans
Julie A. Ellis and Matt Camardese
9. Integrating In-person Counseling and Internet Support Communities: "E-volving" Practice Models for Social Group Work with At-Risk Populations
Andrea Meier
PART III. VIOLENCE: VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS
10. Group Work with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Carolyn Knight
11. Group Work with Victims of Hate Crimes
Joan C. Weiss and Jack McDevitt
12. Group Work with Women who have Experienced Abuse
Margot Breton and Anna Nosko
13. Group Work with African-American Youth in the Criminal Justice System: A Culturally Competent Model
Aminifu R. Harvey
14. Group Work with People who Sexually Offend
Paul H. Ephross
15. Group Work with Children Impacted by Sexual Abuse
Kay Martel Connors, Jessica Lertora, and Kyla Liggett-Creel
16. Group Work with People who Offend
Margaret M. Wright
PART IV. GAY MEN AND LESBIAN ISSUES
17. Group Work with Gay Men
Steven Ball and Benjamin Lipton
18. Group Work with Lesbians
Bonnie J. Engelhardt
PART V. SCHOOLS, THE WORKPLACE, AND THE COMMUNITY
19. Group Work with Urban African American Parents in Their Neighborhood Schools
Geoffrey L. Greif and Darnell Morris-Compton
20. Group Work with Victims in Communities Disrupted by Violence and Mass Trauma
John A. Kayser
21. Group Work in the Workplace Setting
Melissa Back Tamburo
22. Group Work with Men
Geoffrey L. Greif
23. Group Work in Context: Organizational and Community Factors
Elizabeth A. Mulroy
PART VI. EVALUATING PRACTICE AND PRACTICE SKILLS
24. Using Evidence-Based Practice and Intervention Research with Treatment Groups for Populations at Risk
Edna Comer and Andrea Meier
25. Skills for Working Across Populations at Risk
Geoffrey L. Greif and Paul H. Ephross
Index