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Print Price: $115.99

Format:
Paperback
560 pp.
155 mm x 234 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190212124

Copyright Year:
2017

Imprint: OUP US


Group Work with Populations At-Risk

Fourth Edition

Edited by Geoffrey Greif and Carolyn Knight

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.

Readership : MSW students and, potentially, BSW students; group work practitioners.

Contributors
1. Introduction: The Context of Contemporary Group Work Practice and Education
2. Group Work Practice: Phases of Work and Associated Skills and Tasks
3. A Summary: Skills for Working in Groups across Populations at Risk
Part One: Health Issues
4. Group Work With People Who Have Cancer
5. Group Work With People Who Suffer from Serious Mental Illness
6. Group Work with Individuals Living With HIV/AIDS during a Changing Pandemic
7. Group Work to Address Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
8. The Use of Group Work in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among Older Adults
Part Two: Adjusting to Change
9. Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents
10. Group Work With Older Adults
11. Culturally Responsive Group Work With Immigrant Family Caregivers
12. Group Work With Immigrants and Refugees
13. Group Work With Combat Veterans: Vietnam through the Persian Gulf Era
14. Group Work With Super Computers in our Pockets: Integrating Smartphones into In-person Group Interventions
Part Three: Violence: Victims and Perpetrators
15. Group Work With Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
16. Group Work With Victims of Hate Crimes
17. Group Work with Survivors of Sex Trafficking
18. Group Work with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
19. Group Work With Children Impacted by Sexual Abuse
Part Four: The Community
20. Group Work With Urban African American Parents in Their Neighborhood Schools
21. Group Work with Children and Adolescents in Response to Community Violence and/or Trauma
22. Group Work With Gay Men
23. Group Work With Fathers who are Incarcerated
24. Group Work With Homeless Parents
25. Group Work in Context: Organizational and Community Factors
Part Five: Evaluating Practice and Practice Skills
26. Using Evidence-Based Practice and Intervention Research With Treatment Groups for Populations at Risk
Index

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Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW, is Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He has authored numerous books and more than 125 journal articles and book chapters. His research on relationships has been cited in news outlets throughout the world, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The Times of London. He has made personal appearances on CBS This Morning, BBC, CNN, and NPR.

Carolyn Knight, PhD, MSW, is Professor in the School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has more than 25 years of experience providing individual and group treatment to adult survivors of childhood trauma. She has extensive experience facilitating groups for bereaved children and currently runs a group in a shelter for homeless parents. She has written and presented extensively on the group modality, including strategies for teaching group work in the classroom and the field practicum.

Group Work With Populations at Risk - Edited by Geoffrey L. Greif and Paul H. Ephross
Group Work Research - Charles Garvin, Richard Tolman and Mark Macgowan
A Guide to Evidence-Based Group Work - Mark J. Macgowan

Special Features

  • Refers readers to key references and web resources.
  • Each chapter is designed to stand alone for easy reference.
  • Reviews relevant literature on vulnerable populations.
  • Identifies themes and practice principles and presents case illustrations.