Theory and Practice in Social Group Work

Creative Connections

Kenneth L. Chau, Marie Weil, Dannia Southerland, Kenneth L Chau

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781138998230
• eBook ISBN: 9781317739692
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health

Here is an important look at creative ways to successfully blend theoretical knowledge with skillful intervention in social group work. Theory and Practice in Social Group Work represents leading works in conceptual development that creatively connect practice with theory and also reflect the current diversity of interventions in group work practice. The book calls for more carefully articulated connections between knowledge and action and maps a strategy for strengthening social work curriculum and expanding group work practice. Some of the areas discussed include group work in medical and health settings, group work with people undergoing life cycle transitions, and group work interventions with vulnerable populations. A wide range of possibilities for applying theories in group work situations are presented in this thought-provoking volume. Some specific examples discussed include group work interventions with persons affected by the AIDS crisis and persons at high risk of contracting HIV, a group model for the management of chronic pain, group intervention services for the homeless mentally ill delivered through a mobile outreach team, a bingo group in an SRO hotel, group work with adults molested as children, and a model of practice for work with minority populations and communities.

Index

1. Accountability, 54, 195, 203-205
2. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 8. See also Kaposi’s sarcoma patients’ group
   1. homophobia related to, 122, 133
   2. incidence, 121
   3. mortality rate, 107
   4. public’s fear of, 121-122
   5. “worried-well” support group, 121-135
      1. as closed group, 126
      2. first session, 126-128
      3. group formation, 124-125
      4. group size, 125
      5. intimacy phase, 131
      6. objectives, 124
      7. second session, 128-131
      8. termination, 132-133
      9. third session, 131
      10. as time-limited group, 126
3. Acting out, 211
4. Addams, Jane, 228
5. Adolescence. See also Socialization group, for adolescent delinquents
   1. as developmental stage, 35-36
6. Adults molested as children, 9, 153-169
   1. group treatment, 154-168
      1. closure skill, 159
      2. communication pattern improvement, 163
      3. emotions/behavior identification, 160-162
      4. empathy capability, 162
      5. goal-setting, 157-159, 162-163
      6. group developmental stages, 159-168
      7. group process, 160-166
      8. initial interviews, 156-159
      9. power issues, 155, 164
      10. self-disclosure, 161-162, 163, 167
      11. termination of group, 166-168
      12. therapeutic refraining, 167-168
      13. therapeutic setting, 157
      14. trust, 155
   2. sexual identity, 154-155, 161, 164-165
7. Advocacy, for minority populations, 237
8. Agencies
   1. for mentally ill homeless, 142
   2. resource allocation procedures, 236-237
   3. social group work utilization by, 61-62
9. Alcoholics Anonymous, 222
10. Altruism, in support groups, 123
11. American Association of Group Workers, 73...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• About the Editors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Theory, Practice, and Education
• Health
• Practice and Intervention
• Transitions in Life
• Vulnerable Populations and Communities
• Index