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An Introduction to Group Work Practice [with eText Access Code]
Basic Approach
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 available in the social work field.
An Introduction to Group Work Practice, Sixth 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 thorough preparation in areas that vary from treatment to organizational and community settings. The addition of new case studies, practice examples, and guiding principles adds to the ease and readability of this popular text.
Highlights of the New Edition
MyHelpingKit: A multimedia tool that contains Video Clips, Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Flashcards, Research Navigator access, Cases, and more! (Available at no additional charge for students when value-packaged with a new textbook. Please contact your local sales representative for details:www.ablongman.com/replocator ).
New section on working with self-help groups.
Expanded and updated research-based literature throughout that exposes students to more evidence-based practice and includes many examples from the authors' real life cases.
Contains many more short case examples throughout the text allowing students to see how content can be applied in practice settings, helping to reinforce chapter content.
Greater focus on short-term psycho-educational groups.
New techniques such as visualization and deep breathing have been added to the working stage of treatment groups.
A new section on working with involuntary group members prepares students for leadership roles in groups with mandated clients in the beginning as well as the middle stages of group work.
What Your Colleagues are Saying
“I am very comfortable with the approach of this text. It feels very ordered and natural. I particularly like how the chapters move through the various phases of group work, beginning with more general information (group dynamics, leadership) and moving through the progressive stages of group development (planning, beginning, middle, and ending stages).”
— Matthew T. Theriot, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
“This text is an excellent one! There are several strengths including: a very structured approach to leading groups. The text includes both treatment/intervention groups and task groups, which is a plus! I really like the textboxes with bulleted summaries, and the short vignettes. I think that the authors have a very inviting writing style . . . which makes it a useful text to teach content.”
Nancy Kropf , Georgia State University
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 available in the social work field.
An Introduction to Group Work Practice, Sixth 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 thorough preparation in areas that vary from treatment to organizational and community settings. The addition of new case studies, practice examples, and guiding principles adds to the ease and readability of this popular text.
Highlights of the New Edition
MyHelpingKit: A multimedia tool that contains Video Clips, Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Flashcards, Research Navigator access, Cases, and more! (Available at no additional charge for students when value-packaged with a new textbook. Please contact your local sales representative for details:www.ablongman.com/replocator ).
New section on working with self-help groups.
Expanded and updated research-based literature throughout that exposes students to more evidence-based practice and includes many examples from the authors' real life cases.
Contains many more short case examples throughout the text allowing students to see how content can be applied in practice settings, helping to reinforce chapter content.
Greater focus on short-term psycho-educational groups.
New techniques such as visualization and deep breathing have been added to the working stage of treatment groups.
A new section on working with involuntary group members prepares students for leadership roles in groups with mandated clients in the beginning as well as the middle stages of group work.
What Your Colleagues are Saying
“I am very comfortable with the approach of this text. It feels very ordered and natural. I particularly like how the chapters move through the various phases of group work, beginning with more general information (group dynamics, leadership) and moving through the progressive stages of group development (planning, beginning, middle, and ending stages).”
— Matthew T. Theriot, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
“This text is an excellent one! There are several strengths including: a very structured approach to leading groups. The text includes both treatment/intervention groups and task groups, which is a plus! I really like the textboxes with bulleted summaries, and the short vignettes. I think that the authors have a very inviting writing style . . . which makes it a useful text to teach content.”
Nancy Kropf , Georgia State University
560 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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February 19, 2019
Required reading for school. Might as well have it count towards my reading challenge 😊
April 11, 2013
Great textbook on such an important subject. I kept this book from my undergrad studies to reference as needed.
May 20, 2007
Small type, boring text. The information is good, but I didn't feel like reading it. Textbooks don't have to be boring! They shouldn't be boring.
May 4, 2015
All I can say is I am super glad to be done with this book.
March 21, 2015
Basic info better directed to undergraduate students.
November 13, 2017
As textbooks go this was really expensive and wasn't the most interesting, but it also wasn't the the worst by a long shot. It was useful if you intend to be a social worker in this setting/area.
October 23, 2021
A thorough and extensive research into group work practice and the dynamics that play out in groups, which opened my eyes to different ways of seeing and facilitating group work. I will refer to this reference often over my professional career.
August 5, 2024
Oh, Toseland and Rivas, I believe I will be quoting you and your strategies on group therapy for the rest of my career!
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June 25, 2007Everything I know about effectively working with groups I learned in this text. Having Ron Toseland as a professor, well, that just made the experience even better.
June 11, 2016
An awesome beginner book for group work!
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