Description
Book SynopsisUsing a plentiful selection of skill-building and self-evaluation exercises, author Charles Zastrow's comprehensive, workbook-style resource promotes his philosophy that you can learn group leadership skills best by practicing them in class. In this ninth edition of SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS: A COMPREHENSIVE WORKBOOK, Zastrow discusses topics that are central to a successful understanding of group leadership: stages of groups, group dynamics, verbal and nonverbal communication, types of groups, and diversity in groups. With support from this book, your classroom will become a "lab" where you can experience what it's like to work in and lead many kinds of groups. Updated throughout with timely new topics and firsthand accounts from experienced social group work professionals, this edition also includes a new chapter on treatment groups with diverse and vulnerable populations.Attention CourseMate user: Cengage support for existing users of CourseMate will end of 8/1/2020.
Table of Contents1. 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. Treatment Groups with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations. 14. 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. Module 4. Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Groups. Appendix B: Answers to Group Exercises D-F in Chapter 6.
