Theory and Practice in Social Group Work: Creative Connections

Abstract

Contents Foreword * Introduction * I. Theory, Practice, and Education * Creative Connections Between Theory and Practice * All Lives Are Connected to Other Lives: The Meaning of Social Group Work * Maximizing the Potential of Social Group Work Method * Issues in Education for Social Work With Groups * II. Health * Social Work With Groups in Health Settings: Past, Present, and Future * Content and Process Issues in a Pain Management Group Using Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions * Group Therapy With People With AIDS/Kaposi's Sarcoma * AIDS Anxiety: Techniques and Skills With a Worried-Well Group * III. Practice and Intervention * Group Work With the Homeless Mentally Ill: In Shelters, Drop-In Centers, and SRO Hotels * Group Treatment for Adults Molested as Children: An Educational and Therapeutic Approach * Group Work for Parents, Siblings, and Relatives of Developmentally Delayed Children * IV. Transitions in Life * Self-Help Socialization Groups for Adolescents in Residential Treatment * Facilitating Adult Life Transitions Through Usee of Groups * V. Vulnerable Populations and Communities * Parameters of Group Work: A Model of Practice With Reference to Minority Populations * An Exploratory Model for Group Work With Refugees and Immigrants * Advancing Community Group Work Theory Through Action-Research * Index