Social Work with Groups: Comprehensive Workbook - Softcover

Zastrow, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534534813 ISBN 13: 9780534534813

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

A collection of skill-building and self evaluation exercises, the author's comprehensive, workbook style text promotes his philosophy that students learn group leadership skills best by first practicing then in the class. It will discuss topics central to a successful understanding of group leadership and its key aspects.

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Review

"The Zastrow text is actually read by students and they like to use the text for the exercises. It is easily adapted to classroom work. It is a good preparation/foundation for their masters' work."

About the Author

Charles Zastrow, MSW, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, where he chaired the Social Work Department for six years. He has also been the Assistant Director and Professor in the Social Work Program at George Williams College in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Wisconsin, Dr. Zastrow has worked as a practitioner for various agencies, chaired social work accreditation site visit teams for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and served on the Commission on Accreditation of CSWE. He also was a member of the BPD board. A leader in social work education and a bestselling author, Dr. Zastrow has written more than 45 articles in professional journals as well as nine books, including four other textbooks: THE GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS, and UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT (with Dr. Karen Kirst-Ashman).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534534813
• ISBN 13: 9780534534813
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 512