An Introduction to Group Work Practice (Connecting Core Competencies) - Softcover

Toseland, Ronald W.; Rivas, Robert F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205820042 ISBN 13: 9780205820047

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

This comprehenisve group practice text prepares students to work with either treatment or task oriented groups, this comprehensive revised edition offers the most up-to-date research available and continues to stress the importance of developing skills in group-work.

 

 Students receive a thorough grounding in areas that vary from treatment to organizational and community settings. Numerous case studies, practice examples, and guiding principles add to the ease and readability of this popular text.  Content is tied to CSWE's core competencies and practice behaviors that are necessary for generalist and specialized social work practice with groups.

About this title

From the Back Cover

An Introduction to Group Work Practice, 6/e

 

By: Ronald W. Toseland of the University at Albany, State University of New York

& Robert F. Rivas of Siena College

 

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 containsVideo 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, Universityof 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, GeorgiaState University

 

About the Author

Ronald W. Toseland, University at Albany, State University of New York      Dr. Ronald W. Toseland is Director and Professor, Institute of Gerontology, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York. He holds an MSW from Fordham University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.  He has published 6 books and over 110 articles and book chapters, many of which have focused on clinical practice with the frail and chronically ill older adults and their family caregivers. An edited book (with David Haigler and Deborah Monahan) Education and Support Group Programs for Family Caregivers: Implications for Practice, Research and Policy is in press (N.Y.:Springer). Dr. Toseland is internationally recognized for his research on social work practice with groups and effective interventions for problems faced by aging individuals. His research findings have been featured in Congress and internationally. Dr. Toseland has received more than $10 million in grants for research. He was awarded the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Career Achievement Award in 2007 for outstanding lifelong contributions’ the Society for Social Work and Research Distinguished Achievement Award in 2008 and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2010.

 

Robert F. Rivas, SienaCollege     Robert F. Rivas is Professor of Social Work at Siena College in Albany NY.  He has published 2 books, several articles, book chapters and conference papers.  He holds a BA Degree from New Mexico Highlands University and an MSW degree from Arizona State University.  His practice has focused on individual and group work with children and families as well as work with Native Americans.  Professor Rivas has served on both the Commission on Accreditation and he Board of Directors for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).   He has also been honored by the Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors in Social Work (BPD) and was awarded the BPD Presidential Medal of Honor in 2008 for his service to this organization.  Professor Rivas has consulted extensively with social work education programs across the country, specializing in curriculum development and accreditation services. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0205820042
• ISBN 13: 9780205820047
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528