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• Title:An introduction to group work practice / Ronald W. Toseland, University at Albany, State University of New York, Robert F. Rivas, Siena College.
  
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• Author/Creator:Toseland, Ronald W., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Rivas, Robert F., author.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Pearson, [2017]
  

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  • Call Number: HV45 .T68 2017
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Social group work.
  
• Edition:Eighth edition.
  
• Description:xv, 509 pages ; 26 cm
  
• Series:Connecting core competencies series.
  
• Summary: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. The new Eighth Edition continues to include typologies illustrating group work practice with task and treatment groups at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition of An Introduction to Group Work Practice includes research on virtual groups, updated and deeper content on practice with treatment and task groups, the most current literature on working with reluctant and resistant group members, updated and expanded sections on working with individuals who have difficulty engaging in and sustaining work in groups, updated material on leadership and diversity, and thoroughly updated reference material and new content from evidence-based practice sources.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-290) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780134058962 (alk. paper)
  0134058968 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Historical and theoretical developments
  Understanding group dynamics
  Leadership
  Leadership and diversity
  Planning the group
  Group begins
  Assessment
  Treatment groups: foundation methods
  Treatment groups: specialized methods
  Task Groups: foundation methods
  Task groups: specialized methods
  Ending the group's work
  Evaluation.