Group Work with Adolescents

Principles and Practice

Andrew Malekoff (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

378 Seiten

2007 | 2nd edition
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-59385-466-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This popular text provides essential knowledge and skills for conducting creative, strengths-based group work with adolescents. A rich introduction to the field, enlivened by numerous illustrations from actual sessions, the book provides principles and guidelines for practice in a wide range of settings. Andrew Malekoff covers all phases of group work, from planning to leavetaking, and highlights the value of self-reflection for successfully handling even the most challenging group situations.

Autor

Andrew Malekoff, MSW, CASAC, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, Roslyn Heights, NY, USA.

Inhalt

Part I: The Adolescent in Context. Adolescent Development, Risk, and Opportunity. Between Adolescent and Group Worker: Uncertainty, Fluidity, and Learning from the Inside Out. Part II: Guidelines for Group Building. Strengths-based Group Work with Adolescents. Planning in Group Work: Where We Begin. Good Beginnings in Group Work: Socializing Adolescents into the Group Culture. What’s Going On in There?: Alliance Formation with Parents Whose Adolescent Children Join Groups. Groups on the Go: Spontaneously Formed School-based Mutual Aid Groups for Adolescents in Distress. The Use of Problem Solving in Group Work. The Use of "Program" in Group Work: Cultivating a Sense of Competence, Belonging, and Creativity. Leavetaking, Moving On, and Looking Back: The Ending Transition in Group Work. Part III: Contemporary and Age-old Themes in Group Work: Guidelines, Applications, and Practice Illustrations. Prejudice Reduction, Intergroup Relations, and Group Identity: Spontaneous and Planned Interventions to Address Diversity in Group Work. Violence and Youth I: Dimensions and Interventions in Group Work. Violence and Youth II: When World Stage and Group Work Intersect. Adolescent Sexuality and Group Work: Variations on a Theme. Group Work as a Counterforce to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. Loneliness, Social Isolation, Scapegoating, and Group Work: The Adolescent’s Struggle to Fit In. Part IV: Special Challenges for Group Workers. On Becoming a Reflective Group Worker.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Social Work Practice with Children and Families
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 548 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-59385-466-8 / 1593854668
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59385-466-9 / 9781593854669
• Zustand: Neuware