Voices From the Field: Group Work Responds

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. A compilation of work from the XVI Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, this book reflects on social work's rich tradition of diversity and offers you insight that will expand your horizons and encourage you to incorporate different techniques into your repertory. You will learn about contemporary practice, the profession's historic mission and commitment, and the evolution of group work practice and techniques with different populations.

About the Editors

ix

(2)

Contributors

xi

(2)

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1

(2)

Albert S. Alissi

Catherine G. Corto Mergins

Chapter 1. The Meaning of Social Group Work

3

(8)

Gisela Konopka

Chapter 2. Social Group Work and Developmental Group Care: Retrospect and Prospects for Both

11

(12)

Henry W. Maier

In Retrospect

12

(1)

Prospects: Human Growth and Developmental Requirements

13

(2)

Issues for the Interface of Social Group Work and Developmental Group Care

15

(1)

Children Be Children, Youth Be Youthful, and Adults Allow Themselves To Be Playful

16

(1)

Family Preservation

17

(1)

New Times, New Avenues of Service

18

(5)

Chapter 3. The Empowerment Group in Action: My Sisters' Place

23

(20)

Judith A. B. Lee with My Sister's Place group members

Ruth R. Martin

Introduction

23

(2)

The Empowerment Approach and the Empowerment Group

25

(1)

What Is Empowering in Empowerment Groups?

26

(3)

Critical Education and Conscientization

29

(1)

The Empowerment Group

30

(1)

The Code/Sociopolitical Drama

31

(7)

Conclusion

38

(5)

Chapter 4. When Worker and Member Expectations Collide: The Dilemma of Establishing Group Norms in Conflictual Situations

43

(12)

Roselle Kurland

Robert Salmon

Introduction

43

(1)

Exposition

44

(7)

Closing Statement

51

(4)

Chapter 5. Group Work with Juvenile Sex Offenders

55

(12)

Kym Crown

Dan Gates

Theoretical Orientation

55

(2)

Program Design

57

(2)

Techniques with the Offender Group

59

(3)

Techniques with the Multifamily Group

62

(3)

Conclusion

65

(2)

Chapter 6. Activity Group for Emotionally Disturbed Children

67

(26)

Mary Lou Paulsen

Kenneth F. Dunker

Joan G. Young

Introduction

67

(1)

Modality Development

68

(1)

Theoretical Orientation

68

(3)

Group Setting

71

(1)

Group Guidelines

71

(3)

Group Structure

74

(4)

Leadership

78

(1)

Projects

79

(5)

Assessment

84

(3)

Appendix

87

(6)

Chapter 7. Multiple-Family Therapy Groups: A Responsive Intervention Model for Inner-City Families

93

(20)

Mary McKernan McKay

J. Jude Gonzales

Susan Stone

David Ryland

Katherine Kohner

Review of Multiple-Family Group Literature

95

(1)

Description of Therapeutic Change Process

96

(4)

Description of the Group

100

(3)

Process of Facilitation

103

(6)

Conclusion

109

(4)

Chapter 8. Horizontes: Using Social Work with Groups in the Classroom to Serve the Needs of Latino College Students

113

(26)

Flavio Francisco Marsiglia

Statement of the Problem

113

(1)

Review of the Literature

114

(4)

Theoretical Approximation to the Problem

118

(1)

Project Horizontes

119

(3)

Social Work with Groups in the Classroom

122

(4)

Assessment of Pilot Phase

126

(8)

Recommendations

134

(2)

Appendix A

136

(1)

Appendix B

137

(2)

Chapter 9. Group Work in Group Care

139

(8)

Hans G. Eriksson

Chapter 10. Group Treatment Programs for Alcoholism in the United States and Japan

147

(16)

Kasumi K. Hirayama

Hisashi Hirayama

Yasuhiro Kuroki

Introduction

147

(2)

American and Japanese Cultural Contexts

149

(3)

Group Treatment Programs in the United States and Japan

152

(6)

Summary

158

(5)

Chapter 11. Distance Education and Social Group Work: The Promise of the Year 2000

163

(10)

John J. Conklin

Warren Osterndorf

Introduction

163

(1)

Definition of Distance Education

164

(1)

Types of Distance Education

165

(1)

Distance Education and Social Group Work Training

166

(1)

Other Applications for Social Work Schools and Agencies

167

(1)

New Courses for New Markets

168

(1)

Field Education

168

(1)

Questions for Further Discussion

169

(1)

Solutions

170

(3)

Index

173

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