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Provides an introduction to working with treatment or task groups incorporating the most up-to-date research and technology available. Group Social Work, ongoing and special focus groups, group-dynamics, group leadership. Professional Group Social Work practioners and students seeking a thorough grounding in group-dynamics and working with people in both task- and treatment-oriented groups in a variety of settings.

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The perfect text for preparing students to work with either treatment (ongoing) or task (special focus) groups, this newly revised edition offers the most up-to-date research and technology available in the social work field.

An Introduction to Group Work Practice, Fifth Edition, continues to stress the importance of developing skills in group-work and provides the most comprehensive information available on the market today. Students receive a thorough grounding in areas that vary from treatment to organizational and community settings. Chapters on the history of groups, group dynamics, group leadership, and diversity help the reader build a solid knowledge base about groups and it apply to real-life social work practice. The addition of new case studies, practice examples, and guiding principles add to the ease and readability of this popular text.

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  • Special attention to the problem-solving stages used in social work practice better prepare students for leadership roles in groups.
  • Expanded research-based literature throughout exposes students to more evidence-based practice.
  • More practice problems and short case examples allow students to apply content and obtain feedback, helping to reinforce chapter content.
  • Newly revised material on group dynamics, including information on work with organizations and communities, assessment, group leadership, and diversity students can use in both HBSE, Practice courses and across the baccalaureate curriculum.

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Ronald W. Toseland, University at Albany, State University of New York

Robert F. Rivas, Siena College

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  • PublisherAllyn & Bacon
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 0205376061
  • ISBN 13 9780205376063
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number5
  • Number of pages560
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