An Introduction to Group Work Practice 8th Edition by Ronald Toseland, ISBN-13: 978-0134058962

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An Introduction to Group Work Practice 8th Edition by Ronald Toseland, ISBN-13: 978-0134058962

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• Publisher: ‎ Pearson; 8th edition (March 4, 2016)
• Language: ‎ English
• 528 pages
• ISBN-10: 0134058968 ‎
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0134058962

A comprehensive, coherent, organized overview of group work practice from a generalist practice perspective.

Widely used by professionals, educators, and students in undergraduate and graduate courses in schools of social work throughout the United States and the world, this text presents a comprehensive, coherent, organized overview of group work practice from a generalist practice perspective.

Table of Contents:

Preface

New to This Edition

About Group Work

Connecting Core Competencies Series

Instructor Supplements

1 Introduction

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Organization of the Text

The Focus of Group Work Practice

Values and Ethics in Group Work Practice

Practice Values

American Values

Group Work Values

Four Key Values

Practice Ethics

Definition of Group Work

Classifying Groups

Formed and Natural Groups

Purpose and Group Work

Treatment and Task Groups

Group Versus Individual Efforts

Advantages and Disadvantages of Treatment Groups

Advantages and Disadvantages of Task Groups

A Typology of Treatment and Task Groups

Treatment Groups

Support Groups

Educational Groups

Growth Groups

Therapy Groups

Socialization Groups

Self-Help Groups

Task Groups

Groups to Meet Client Needs

Teams

Treatment Conferences

Staff Development Groups

Groups to Meet Organizational Needs

Committees

Cabinets

Boards of Directors

Groups to Meet Community Needs

Social Action Groups

Coalitions

Delegate Councils

Summary

2 Historical and Theoretical Developments

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Knowledge from Group Work Practice and Practice Research: Treatment Groups

Differences Between Casework and Group Work

Intervention Targets

The Weakening of Group Work

Current Practice Trends

Treatment Groups

Social Goals Model

Remedial Model

Reciprocal Model

Divergent and Unified Practice Models

Evidence-based Group Work Practice

The Popularity of Psycho-educational, Structured, Practice Models

Knowledge from Group Work Practice: Task Groups

Knowledge from Social Science Research

Influential Theories

Systems Theory

Psychodynamic Theory

Learning Theory

Field Theory

Social Exchange Theory

Constructivist, Empowerment, and Narrative Theories

Summary

3 Understanding Group Dynamics

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Development of Helpful Group Dynamics

Group Dynamics

Communication and Interaction Patterns

Communication as a Process

Interaction Patterns

Cues and Reinforcers.

Emotional Bonds.

Subgroups.

Size and Physical Arrangements.

Power and Status.

Principles for Practice

Group Cohesion

Reasons for Lack of Attraction to a Group

Trust and Self-Care

Principles for Practice

Social Integration and Influence

Norms

Roles

Status

Principles for Practice

Group Culture

Principles for Practice

Stages of Group Development

Summary

4 Leadership

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Leadership, Power, and Empowerment

Leadership, Empowerment, and the Planned Change Process

Theories of Group Leadership

Factors Influencing Group Leadership

Effective Leadership

An Interactional Model of Leadership

Purposes of the Group

Type of Problem

The Environment

Setting

Sponsor

Community and Social Environment

The Group as a Whole

Size

Time Limits, Open and Closed Membership, and Turnover

Group Dynamics

Stage of Development

The Group Members

Member Characteristics

Extent of Participation

Sharing Leadership

The Group Leader

Group Leadership Skills

Facilitating Group Processes

Involving Group Members

Attending Skills

Expressive Skills

Responding Skills

Focusing Skills

Making Group Processes Explicit

Clarifying Content

Cuing, Blocking, and Guiding Group Interactions

Data-Gathering and Assessment

Identifying and Describing Skills

Requesting Information, Questioning, and Probing

Summarizing and Partializing

Synthesizing

Analyzing Skills

Action Skills

Supporting Group Members

Reframing and Redefining

Linking Members’ Communications

Directing

Advice, Suggestions, and Instructions

Providing Resources

Disclosure

Modeling, Role Playing, Rehearsing, and Coaching

Confrontation Skills

Resolving Conflicts

Learning Group Leadership Skills

Leadership Style

Co-leadership

Summary

5 Leadership and Diversity

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Approaches to Multicultural Group Work

A Framework for Leading Diverse Groups

Developing Cultural Sensitivity

Assessing Cultural Influences on Group Behavior

Communication and Interaction

Cohesion

Social Integration

Group Culture

Intervening with Sensitivity to Diversity

Using Social Work Values and Skills

Using a Strengths Perspective

Exploring Common and Different Experiences among Members

Exploring Meanings and Language

Challenging Discrimination, Oppression, and Prejudice

Advocating for Members

Empowering Members

Using Culturally Sensitive Techniques and Program Activities

Principles for Practice

Summary

6 Planning the Group

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Planning Focus

Planning Model for Group Work

Establishing the Group’s Purpose

Assessing Potential Sponsorship and Membership

Assessing Potential Sponsorship

Assessing Potential Membership

Recruiting Members

Methods of Recruiting Members

Composing the Group

Homogeneity

Heterogeneity

Complementary Group Structure

Demographic and Sociocultural Factors

Size

Large Groups

Small Groups

Open and Closed Membership

Orienting Members

Explaining the Purpose of the Group

Familiarizing Members with Group Procedures

Screening Members for Appropriateness

Contracting

Contracting for Group Procedures

Contracting for Member Goals

Preparing the Environment

Preparing the Physical Setting

Making Special Arrangements

Securing Financial Support

Reviewing the Literature

Selecting Monitoring and Evaluation Tools

Preparing a Written Group Proposal

Planning Distance Groups

Special Considerations: Phone-Mediated Groups

Special Considerations: Computer-Mediated Groups

Summary

7 The Group Begins

Learning Objectives

Chapter Outline

Objectives in the Beginning Stage

Ensuring a Secure Environment

Introducing New Members

Round Robin

Variations on Round Robin

Variations in Group Beginnings

Defining the Purpose of the Group

Opening Statement

Involving Members

Confidentiality

Helping Members Feel a Part of the Group

Guiding the Development of the Group

Structure in Treatment Groups

Structure in Task Groups

Balancing Task and Socio-emotional Foci

Goal Setting in Group Work

Contracting

Facilitating Members’ Motivation

Addressing Ambivalence and Resistance

Expectations about Role Performance

Authentic Communication about Purposes and Goals

Promoting Prosocial Behaviors

Working with Involuntary Members

Anticipating Obstacles

Monitoring and Evaluating the Group: The Change Process Begins

Summary

8 Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Conducting Effective Assessments

Focus on Group Processes

External Constituencies and Sponsors

The Assessment Process

How Much Information?

Diagnostic Labels

Assessment Focus

Relationship of Assessment to the Change Process and Problem Solving

Assessing the Functioning of Group Members

Methods for Assessing Group Members

Self-Observation

Self-Monitoring.

Charting.

Logs and Diaries.

Self-Anchored Rating Scales.

Worker Observation

Naturalistic Observation.

Role Playing.

Simulations.

Program Activities.

Reports by Others

Standardized Instruments

Assessing the Functioning of the Group as a Whole

Assessing Communication and Interaction Patterns

Assessing Cohesion

Assessing Social Integration

Assessing Group Culture

Assessing the Group’s Environment

Assessing the Sponsoring Organization

Assessing the Interorganizational Environment

Assessing the Community Environment

Linking Assessment to Intervention

Summary

9 Treatment Groups: Foundation Methods

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Middle-Stage Skills

Preparing for Group Meetings

Structuring the Group’s Work

Degree of Structure

Involving and Empowering Group Members

Helping Members Achieve Goals

Awareness of Goals

Developing Treatment Plans

Overcoming Obstacles to Members’ Work

Helping Members Carry out Treatment Plans

Handling Crisis Situations

Using Empirically Based Treatment Methods in Therapy Groups

Working with Reluctant and Resistant Group Members During the Middle Phase

Monitoring and Evaluating the Group’s Progress

Summary

10 Treatment Groups: Specialized Methods

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Intervening with Group Members

Intrapersonal Interventions

Identifying and Discriminating

Recognizing Associations

Analyzing the Rationality of Thoughts and Beliefs

Changing Thoughts, Beliefs, and Feeling States

Cognitive Restructuring.

Cognitive Self-Instruction.

Thought Stopping.

Reframing.

Visualization and Cognitive Imagery Techniques.

Deep Breathing.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation.

Systematic Desensitization.

Mindfulness Meditation.

Interpersonal Interventions

Learning by Observing Models

Learning by Role Playing

Primary Role-Play Procedures

Own Role.

Role Reversal.

Autodrama, Monodrama, and Chairing.

Sculpting and Choreography.

Supplementary Role-Play Procedures

On-The-Spot Interview.

Soliloquy.

Doubling.

Mirror.

Sharing.

Environmental Interventions

Connecting Members to Concrete Resources

Expanding Members’ Social Networks

Contingency Management Procedures

Modifying Physical Environments

Intervening in the Group as a Whole

Changing Communication and Interaction Patterns

Changing the Group’s Attraction for Its Members

Using Social Integration Dynamics Effectively

Changing Group Culture

Changing the Group Environment

Increasing Agency Support for Group Work Services

Links with Interagency Networks

Increasing Community Awareness

Summary

11 Task Groups: Foundation Methods

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Ubiquitous Task Group

Leading Task Groups

Leading Meetings

Sharing Information

Enhancing Involvement and Commitment

Developing Information

Dealing with Conflict

Making Effective Decisions

Understanding Task Groups’ Political Ramifications

Monitoring and Evaluating

Problem Solving

A Model for Effective Problem Solving

Identifying a Problem

Clarifying Boundaries

Members’ Perceptions and Experiences

Problem-Solving Orientation

Defining a Solvable Problem

Specifying the Problem

Developing Goals

Collecting Data

Developing Plans

Selecting the Best Plan

Implementing the Plan

Summary

12 Task Groups: Specialized Methods

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Small Organizational Groups

Brainstorming

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Variations on Brainstorming

Reverse Brainstorming

Trigger Groups and Brainwriting

Focus Groups

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Nominal Group Technique

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Multi-attribute Utility Analysis

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Quality Improvement Groups

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Large Organizational Groups

Parliamentary Procedure

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Phillips’ 66

Procedures

Uses

Effectiveness

Methods for Working with Community Groups

Mobilization Strategies

Capacity-Building Strategies

Social Action Strategies

Summary

13 Ending the Group’s Work

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Factors That Influence Group Endings

The Process of Ending

Planned and Unplanned Termination

Member Termination

Worker Termination

Ending Group Meetings

Ending the Group as a Whole

Learning from Members

Maintaining and Generalizing Change Efforts

Relevant Situations

Helping Members Develop Confidence

Using a Variety of Situations and Settings

Using Naturally Occurring Consequences

Follow-Up Sessions

Preventing Setbacks in Unsympathetic Environments

Helping Members Solve Problems Independently

Reducing Group Attraction

Feelings about Ending

Planning for the Future

Making Referrals

Summary

14 Evaluation

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Why Evaluate? the Group Worker’s View

Reasons for Conducting Evaluations

Organizational Encouragement and Support

Time Considerations

Selecting a Data Collection Method

Evaluation Methods

Evaluations for Planning a Group

Obtaining Program Information

Needs Assessment

Evaluations for Monitoring a Group

Monitoring Methods

Monitoring by the Group Worker

Monitoring by Group Members

Evaluations for Developing a Group

Single-System Methods

Case Study Methods

Participatory Action Research Methods (PARS)

Evaluations for Determining Effectiveness and Efficiency

Evaluation Measures

Choosing Measures

Types of Measures

Self-Report Measures

Observational Measures

Products of Group Interaction

Summary

Appendix A Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups1 Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc., an International Professional Organization (AASWG)

Purpose

Introduction

Overview of the Standards

Section I Core Values and Knowledge

Section II Pre-Group Phase: Planning, Recruitment, and New Group Formation

Section III Group Work in the Beginning Phase

Section IV Group Work in the Middle Phase

Section V Group Work in the Ending Phase

Section VI Ethical Considerations

Appendix B Group Announcements

Support Group for New Parents

Sponsor

Group Leaders

Membership

Dates and Times

Child Care

Cost

Youth Center Interest Meeting

Sponsor

Meeting Place

Date and Time

Further Information

Appendix C Outline for a Group Proposal Treatment/Task

Appendix D An Example of a Treatment Group Proposal

Adolescent Discharge Group

The Children’s Refuge Home

Abstract

Purpose

Agency Sponsorship

Membership

Recruitment

Composition

Orientation

Environment

Appendix E An Example of a Task Group Proposal

Task Force on Research Utilization in Probation

References

Author Index

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