Directed to teachers, facilitators, and counselors, offers more than 170 cooperative activities for classrooms, summer camps, and family occasions designed to improve children's problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate.

Product Description: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process...read more

Product Description: Health and human services depend upon working groups for their development and allocation of resources, their standards of quality, and the evaluation of their success or failure. With that in mind, Ephross and Vassil combine innovative group theory and practice in this "how-to" guide for professionals...read more

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Participatory Video is a comprehensive guide to using video in group development work. Used in a participatory way, video can be a powerful tool, which allows clients to examine the world around them, gain awareness of their situation and become more actively involved in decisions which affect their lives.Based on an innovative approach researched over twelve years, the book sets out a complete programme for workers in a range of social work, community, education and health settings. It features over 60 exercises, explaining clearly the procedure to follow, the time needed and the value of each activity. It includes practical advice on:* workshop planning* video equipment and how to use it* teaching technical skills to group members* running long-term projectsParticipatory Video is a practical handbook for a wide range of professionals, including social workers, teachers, extension workers, therapists, community artists and video trainers.

Basic Groupwork is a simple, practical guide to the processes of groupwork. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised to reflect the changes which have taken place in society and social behaviour since it was first published in 1978, but in essence it remains an accessible and friendly text for the novice practitioner.In logical sequence the book follows the progress of one group from inception to close and exposes how groups work. Basic group processes explained include: how individuals bring their personal habitual responses to situations into a group how group constraints enhance or restrain group behaviour and achievement how a group is affected by the way in which it has originated how leadership and membership roles interact. Basic Groupwork provides students with a sound and solid basis for any kind of groupwork, in any context.

This text presents the values, theories, and skills essential to effective practice with growth-oriented groups, incorporating updated theory and research. Northen offers an integrated method, based on a clinical approach, that can be applied to a variety of situations. Her ecosystem orientation considers the biological, psychological, and social functioning of group members, the social processes and development of groups, and environmental factors. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Zastrow's book is a rich resource and hands-on guide that students like to keep for future reference. This ten-part book has each chapter module broken down into a particular format. First, the goal of the chapter is stated; then the chapter provides the theoretical material for the class; and then, exercises are given to illustrate the key concepts in the chapter...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This issue examines service learning-the emerging form of higher education bringing together students, teachers, and community partners in ways that foster the student's responsible citizenship and promotes a lifelong involvement in civic and social issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by McLennan, J. S.

Product Description: Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. Social workers, students, educators, and practitioners will examine how group work can improve multicultural relations within the community...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Self-help groups have encountered fierce criticism as places where individuals join to share personal problems and to engage in therapeutic intervention without the aid of skilled professionals. These groups have flourished since the 1970s and continue to serve more people than professional therapy...read more

Product Description: Focusing on how groupwork can be learnt and taught, the authors of this accessible and lively book consider what is essential in effective work with groups. They develop a practice model which is applicable to a wide range of approaches and actively promotes anti-oppressive groupwork...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers specific and practical techniques and direction for workers in nearly every social work setting. While the group settings are as varied as the needs and difficulties of the people in the group, certain fundamental approaches and principles remain constant. Brandler and Roman offer many theoretical frameworks and intense examinations of the of the application of theory to real practice with actual examples from group settings. This book examines developmental stages in individual treatment. In each phase of treatment, issues are discussed as they relate to members and to workers, emphasizing the means by which workers can successfully intervene with particular populations in order to accomplish the goals of the group. Potential questions of social workers are addressed, such as how to analyze thoughts anbd feelings about the group, how to help the group understand itself and its members, and even how to best arrange the furniture. Chapters also deal with special areas including the therapeutic use of program, an activity resource section, group planning, co-therapy, and problems arising from the unusual structures and difficult populations. An activity guide serves as a glossary to this book.

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Product Description: A guide to developing mutual-aid groups, in which people help each other to think about and resolve problems. They range from self-help groups of trauma survivors to parent groups and committees addressing institutional issues. Steinberg also reviews the theoretical background. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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