| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 300 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sage sourcebooks for the human services series
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Sage sourcebooks for the human services series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index. |
| Contents |
Humanism and democracy -- Humanistic values and democratic norms: equal rights -- Further humanistic values and democratic norms: freedoms -- Stage themes of group development -- The dual objectives -- Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system -- Techniques for actualizing group purpose -- Further techniques for actualizing group purpose -- Techniques for developing the democratic mutual aid system and actualizing group purpose -- Assessing the member in the group -- Fields of practice and humanistic group work -- Short-term, single-session, open-ended and structured groups -- Contingencies. |
| Summary |
"The Second Edition of Group Work: A Humanistic and Skills Building Approach identifies the humanistic values and democratic norms that guide the group practitioner's interventions. The book presents seven stage themes of group development, 29 techniques for group work practice, and more than 60 new illustrations from contemporary group work. The Second Edition remains centered on the role of the social group work practitioner, who employs group work methods to further the personal growth and empowerment of members in community and institutional contexts."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social group work.
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Social group work. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Glassman, Urania. Group work. 2nd ed. Los Angeles : SAGE, ©2009 9781412966627 (DLC) 2008026116 (OCoLC)230193298 |
| ISBN |
9781452215761 (electronic book) |
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1452215766 (electronic book) |
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9781412966627 |
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1412966620 |
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9781412966634 |
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1412966639 |
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