Group work : a humanistic and skills building approach / Urania Glassman.

By: Glassman, Urania Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Sage sourcebooks for the human services series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009. Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 300 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781412966627 (alk. paper); 1412966620 (alk. paper); 9781412966634 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1412966639 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781412966627Subject(s): Social group workDDC classification: 361.4 LOC classification: HV45 | .G56 2009Online resources: Table of contents only | WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Humanism and democracy -- Humanistic values and democratic norms: equal rights -- Further humanistic values and democratic norms: freedoms -- Stage themes of group development -- The dual objectives -- Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system -- Techniques for actualizing group purpose -- Further techniques for actualizing group purpose -- Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system and actualizing group purpose -- Assessing the member in the group -- Fields of practice and humanistic group work -- Short-term, single-session, open-ended and structured groups -- Contingencies.

Summary: Summary: "The Second Edition of Group Work: A Humanistic and Skills Building Approach identifies the humanistic values and democratic norms that guide the group practitioner's interventions. The book presents seven stage themes of group development, 29 techniques for group work practice, and more than 60 new illustrations from contemporary group work. The Second Edition remains centered on the role of the social group work practitioner, who employs group work methods to further the personal growth and empowerment of members in community and institutional contexts."--Jacket

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	361.4 GLG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		23885
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	361.4 GLG 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Not For Loan		23886

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index.

TOC Humanism and democracy --
Humanistic values and democratic norms: equal rights --
Further humanistic values and democratic norms: freedoms --
Stage themes of group development --
The dual objectives --
Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system --
Techniques for actualizing group purpose --
Further techniques for actualizing group purpose --
Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system and actualizing group purpose --
Assessing the member in the group --
Fields of practice and humanistic group work --
Short-term, single-session, open-ended and structured groups --
Contingencies.

Summary:
"The Second Edition of Group Work: A Humanistic and Skills Building Approach identifies the humanistic values and democratic norms that guide the group practitioner's interventions. The book presents seven stage themes of group development, 29 techniques for group work practice, and more than 60 new illustrations from contemporary group work. The Second Edition remains centered on the role of the social group work practitioner, who employs group work methods to further the personal growth and empowerment of members in community and institutional contexts."--Jacket

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