Description
Group Work with Populations a Risk, Fourth Edition is a fundamental resource for practitioners in health and mental health settings and a comprehensive guidebook of group work skills. Geared toward students and professionals gaining a beginning understanding of groups, this volume describes how to work with vulnerable populations. The first chapters, new additions to this edition and written by a new co-editor, provide overarching skills and techniques that apply across group work settings and populations. These skills, along with case examples, provide a template for practice with groups. The vulnerable populations that are addressed include returning war veterans, immigrants, the aging and their caregivers, children and adults who have been abused, and people struggling with substance abuse issues, cancer, and chronic mental illness. New chapters have been added for survivors of sex trafficking, children in need of social skills training, people who experienced intimate partner violence, parents who are homeless, and fathers who are incarcerated. Each chapter (designed to stand alone for easy reference) describes the population and reviews the relevant literature, identifies themes and practice principles, presents case illustrations, provides evaluation guidance, and refers readers to key references and web resources.
Table of Contents
ContributorsChapter 1: Introduction: The Context of Contemporary Group Work Practice and EducationChapter 2: Group Work Practice: Phases of Work and Associated Skills and TasksChapter 3: A Summary: Skills for Working in Groups across Populations at RiskPart One: Health IssuesChapter 4: Group Work With People Who Have CancerChapter 5: Group Work With People Who Suffer from Serious Mental IllnessChapter 6: Group Work with Individuals Living With HIV/AIDS during a Changing PandemicChapter 7: Group Work to Address Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug AbuseChapter 8: The Use of Group Work in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among Older AdultsPart Two: Adjusting to ChangeChapter 9: Social Skills Groups for Children and AdolescentsChapter 10 Group Work With Older AdultsChapter 11: Culturally Responsive Group Work With Immigrant Family CaregiversChapter 12 Group Work With Immigrants and RefugeesChapter 13: Group Work With Combat Veterans: Vietnam through the Persian Gulf EraChapter 14: Group Work With Super Computers in our Pockets: Integrating Smartphones into In-person Group InterventionsPart Three: Violence: Victims and PerpetratorsChapter 15: Group Work With Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual AbuseChapter 16: Group Work With Victims of Hate CrimesChapter 17: Group Work with Survivors of Sex TraffickingChapter 18: Group Work with Survivors of Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 19: Group Work With Children Impacted by Sexual AbusePart Four: The CommunityChapter 20: Group Work With Urban African American Parents in Their Neighborhood SchoolsChapter 21: Group Work with Children and Adolescents in Response to Community Violence and/or TraumaChapter 22: Group Work With Gay MenChapter 23: Group Work With Fathers who are IncarceratedChapter 24: Group Work With Homeless ParentsChapter 25: Group Work in Context: Organizational and Community FactorsPart Five: Evaluating Practice and Practice SkillsChapter 26: Using Evidence-Based Practice and Intervention Research With Treatment Groups for Populations at RiskIndex
