Rebuilding Communities - Harvey Bertcher, Alice E Lamont, Linda Farris Kurtz

Rebuilding Communities

Challenges for Group Work
Buch | Softcover
228 Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99707-3 (ISBN)
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Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. Social workers, students, educators, and practitioners will examine how group work can improve multicultural relations within the community. Through your use of the valuable suggestions in this book, you will discover new ways to help the poor in your community help themselves, while giving them a sense of power and self-esteem to help them battle racism, sexism, and shrinking economic opportunities. Through Rebuilding Communities, you will also discover a formula for global group work that will help you make a difference by applying your hometown skills to the global community. This valuable book discusses the need for you to combine energy with humility, offer assistance with the ability to listen, to intervene when necessary, and to comprehend diversity for successful and beneficial group programs. This informative guide brings to light the skills and values needed for effective group work and how combining knowledge-base and practice-base will assist you in making a positive impact on your community. With this important book, you will find a rich source of current thinking about group work practice in relation to women, violence, health problems, child welfare, and other areas, as well as group work theory to help you find the best way to help the various people of your community. Rebuilding Communities will provide you with specific ways to improve your group work skills and positively affect the individuals in your community, such as:


learning that your role of caring and advocacy as a group worker must be a complete and lifelong commitment and that you must be prepared to use your skills throughout your everyday life to make a difference

using the World Wide Web to form groups whose members can support one another through the anger, joy, pain, and challenges of life

learning how group work can help calm the stormy transitions that adolescent immigrants face by helping them relate to other children who are in similar circumstances

examining how parents of pediatric urology patients find solace through groups where they can address such sensitive issues as the future of sexual functioning and fertility for their children

discovering how marathon group sessions in South Africa are helping to provide basic services to the disadvantaged with programs to facilitate interracial contact and understanding among women and programs for adolescents boys in foster careRebuilding Communities offers you a deeper understanding of the total positive effect that group work can have on various sectors of your community to help you provide better services to those in need. This unique book focuses your attention on the importance of group work to community development and even provides you with a glimpse into the future of group work. With Rebuilding Communities you will discover a multifaceted approach to solving problems that communities face to help you choose the best options for your own community and give the best possible services to the people you assist.

Contents


About the Editors

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I: Keynote Speakers

Chapter 1: Strengthening Communities Through Groups: A Multicultural Perspective

Introduction

Our Perspective on Community Empowerment and Multiculturalism

Examples of Multicultural Empowerment in Groups

Commitment

Closing

Chapter 2: Community Building and Social Group Work: A New Practice Paradigm for American Cities

Community Building: What Is It?

The Approach: How Does Community Building Work?

Conclusion

Chapter 3: From Local to Global: Groups at the Heart of the Community

the Global Traveler in Group Work--An Example

Asking the Question, “Why?”

Intervention for Resistance Against Oppression

Conclusion

Section II: Invitationals

Chapter 4: Towards a Community of Care: The Development of the Family Caregivers’ Support Network

What Is Caregiving?

Who Are the Caregivers?

Why Care?

Social Programs and Supports for Caregivers

History of the Family Caregivers Support Network at the Self-Help Resource Centre

Barriers to Funding

Outcomes of the Project to Date

Implementation of an Information and Referral Service for Caregivers

Development of New Self-Help Groups for Caregivers

Development of a Database of Community Resources for Caregivers

Publication and Distribution of a Newsletter for Caregivers

Educational Workshops for Caregivers

Development of a Peer Support Service for Caregivers

Development of a Caregiver-Driven Network Structure

Implementation of New Outreach, Research, and Advocacy Initiatives for Caregivers

Development of a Self-Help/Mutual Aid Group for Professionals

Discussion

Chapter 5: Some Important Areas of Group Work Expertise

Group Workers Know About Democratic Processes

Group Workers Know About Group Leadership

Group Workers Know About Intergroup Relations

Group Workers Know About the Reduction of Violence and Conflict Management

Group Workers Know About Play

Group Workers Know About Involving People in Social Action

Group Workers Know How to Help People Enjoy Life

Group Workers Know about the Importance of the Group in a General Developmental Approach

Group Workers Know How to Understand the Groups as a Group

Section III: Papers

Chapter 6: AIDS Prevention for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Improving Perceived Sexual Self-Efficacy

Conceptual Framework

Method

Results

Discussion and Implications for Social Work Practice with Groups

Chapter 7: But Does it Really Work Like That? Verifying a Piece of Social Group Work Theory

Emerging Themes

Chapter 8: Rebuilding a Divided Community Through the Use of Marathon Groups

Introduction

Historical Perspective on Marathon Groups

Possibilities for Utilization of Marathon Groups

Description of Marathon Groups

Goals of Marathon Groups

Some Characteristics of Marathon Groups

Stages in Marathon Groups

The Worker(s) in Marathon Groups

Issues Related to Marathon Groups

The Value of Marathon Groups for Social Work with Groups

Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter 9: It’s More Than a Plumbing Problem

The Patients and Their “Waterworks”
The Multidisciplinary Health Care Team
Implementation of Strategies to Meet Identified Needs

Conclusion

Section IV: Workshops

Chapter 10: Group Work with Adolescent Immigrant Groups: Issues, Obstacles, and Principles

Adolescent Immigrants: Review of Issues

Why Group Work is a Useful Modality for Helping Adolescent Immigrants

Obstacles to Effective Group Work with Adolescent Immigrants

Principles for Effective Group Work with Adolescent Immigrants

Russian Adolescents Project: An Illustration

Summary

Chapter 11: Building P

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 216 mm
Gewicht 417 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-138-99707-2 / 1138997072
ISBN-13 978-1-138-99707-3 / 9781138997073
Zustand Neuware
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