Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency

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Explore the latest research and practice information in group work! Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International Symposium on Social Work with Groups. Resiliency issues are explored in relation to children, couples, managers, survivors of torture, poor women, HIV/AIDS affected youth, and other... Read more

Explore the latest research and practice information in group work!

Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International Symposium on Social Work with Groups. Resiliency issues are explored in relation to children, couples, managers, survivors of torture, poor women, HIV/AIDS affected youth, and other population groups. The contributors were keynote speakers and paper presenters at the symposium. They represent a wide range of fields of practice and experience.

For social workers, students, educators, and practitioners, this volume examines how group work can improve resiliency in your community. Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:

Keynote Speaker Jeremy Woodcock's experiences in his groundbreaking resiliency work with victims of torture
Alex Gitterman's brilliant exposition of the notions of resiliency and vulnerability--he outlines the current thinking and puts it into a group work context
case examples that illustrate resiliency in children
a discussion of how residential settings can function like a 24-hour group and how to use that group effectively to strengthen the resiliency of the residents
a way to use groups to help develop social and economic capital for poor women through investment clubs
group themes and practice strategies for group work with couples who have differing HIV status

Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency also contains chapters reflecting the personal experiences of the authors. One shares her transformation from a worker who did case work in a group into a social group worker. Another shares a reminiscence of a personal journey during her formative years as a budding group worker.

From its description of how the use of group work principles and skills can benefit managers and programs to its challenge to group workers to incorporate some community work skills into their repertoire, Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is more than a fascinating read--it is a tool to help you keep abreast of the latest theory and practice in this ever-changing field. Read less

About the Editors
Contributors
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Chapter 1. Being, Noticing, Knowing: The Emergence of Resilience in Group Work
Introduction
The “Dance” Between Knowing and Not Knowing and What to Offer
Being Resilient: The Secure Base
Noticing
Knowing
Finally
Chapter 2. Vulnerability, Resilience, and Social Work with Groups
Resilience
Key Turning Points
Chapter 3. Building Resourceful Communities: A Group Worker's Guide to Community Work
The Importance of Community in the Lives of People
Seamless Practice: Community Work for Group Workers
Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Small-Group Research on Social Group Work Practice
Group Development
Social Cognition
Member Roles
Therapeutic Factors
Groupthink
Gender
Diversity
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5. Fostering Resiliency in Children Through Group Work: Instilling Hope, Courage,and Life Skills
Stories of Resiliency
Resiliency Theory
Framework for Resiliency-Enhancing Group Work
Conclusion
Chapter 6. The Web of Life: A Reminiscence of a Group Experience with Incarcerated Adolescent Females
Introduction
Group Work and Camping
The Camping Experience
Conclusion
Chapter 7. No Longer Invisible: Group Work with Children and Youth Affected by HIV and AIDS
Introduction
Conceptual Framework for This Group Work Program
The Program and Its Evolution
Concluding Comments
Chapter 8. Group Work in the Residential Setting: The Twenty-Four-Hour Group
Introduction
Population
Culture versus Behavior
Theory
Topic Groups
Stages of Group Development Throughout the Residential Setting
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Knowledge and Skills Needed by Managers and Supervisors of Social Group Work Practice in Agencies Serving Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses
Commonalities in Psychosocial That Supervisors in PSR Agencies Should Expect
Recommendations for Managers and Supervisors
Summary
Chapter 10. The Assets Group Model: Empowerment through Investment Clubs
The Problem
Literature Review
Group Program Rationale
Why Invest in Stocks and Why Participate in a Club?
Program Implementation Issues
Report on the Orientation Meeting
Discussion
Chapter 11. Group Work for Heterosexual Couples of Mixed HIV Status
Introduction
Group Issues: Experiences and Themes
Challenges for the Workers
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Social Group Work: A Journey of Discovery
Introduction
Outline of the Group
Social Group Work: A Journey of Discovery
Conclusion
Index
Reference Notes Included

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Group Work Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency

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