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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis pioneering book represents a creative and signficant contribution to the social group work literature. Social Work with Groups This book will be a useful resource for those working in group work where the ability to engage with others is a real challenge. -- Ken McMaster Aotearoa
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 Social Competence and Social Noncompetence 1. The Concepts of Social Competence and Social Noncompetence 2. Individual Social Competence: The Necessary Condition for Group Forming and Group Functioning 3. Forms of Socially Noncompetent Interaction Requiring Special Adaptations to Social Work Practice with Groups Part 2 Group Work Practice Theory Essential to Practice with Both Socially Competent and Socially Unskilled Populations 4. The Small Group in Life and in Social Work Practice: Forms and Functions 5. Concurrent Interventions in Multiple Domains: The Essence of Social Work with Groups 6. The Social Work Group as Unique Social Form: Influence of Professional Norms 7. A Broad-Range Model of Practice in the Social Work Group: Group Forms and Worker Technology 8. The Mainstream Model of Practice in Social Work Groups 9. A Specialized Practice Methodology to Promote Social Competence Part 3 A Specialized Practice Methodology for Socially Unskilled Populations 10. Features of the Specialized Methodology for Practice with Socially Unskilled Individuals and Entities 11. Requirements for a Specialized Practice with Socially Unskilled Populations 12. Specifics of Intervention in the Pregroup Period with Socially Unskilled Populations: Adaptations to the Technology of Social Work with Groups 13. The Centrality of Actional Modes: Mobilizing Effectance 14. The Route to an Achievable Entity: How the Specialized Practice Evolves 15. Portrait of Practice with a Socially Unskilled Population References Index
