Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Social Work with Groups

Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Social Work with Groups
ISBN-10
1305162889
ISBN-13
9781305162884
Series
Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series
Category
Social Science
Pages
672
Language
English
Published
2014-01-01
Publisher
Cengage Learning
Author
Charles Zastrow

Description

Using a plentiful selection of skill-building and self-evaluation exercises, author Charles Zastrow's comprehensive, workbook-style text promotes his philosophy that you can learn group leadership skills best by practicing them in class. In this ninth edition of SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS: A COMPREHENSIVE WORKBOOK, Zastrow discusses topics that are central to a successful understanding of group leadership: stages of groups, group dynamics, verbal and nonverbal communication, types of groups, and diversity in groups. With support from this book, your classroom will become a lab where you can experience what it's like to work in and lead many kinds of groups. Updated throughout with timely new topics and firsthand accounts from experienced social group work professionals, this edition also includes a new chapter on treatment groups with diverse and vulnerable populations. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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