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| Group Work Practice Kit: How to Improve the Everyday Practice of Group Work Contributor(s): Conyne, Robert K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1452203288 ISBN-13: 9781452203287 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Binding Type: Paperback Published: October 2013 Click for more in this series: Group Work Practice Kit |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Counseling - General |
| Series: Group Work Practice Kit |
| Physical Information: 800 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Authored and edited by leading experts in the field of group work and endorsed by the Association for Specialists in Group Work, this kit is a collection of brief, research-based practice volumes designed to provide practitioners, instructors, students, and trainees concrete direction for improving group work. Coverage spans the entire group work process from conceiving an idea for a group and delivering it to evaluating its conduct and effectiveness. The nine individual books address critical practical areas within group work and follow a general outline prepared by the editor which includes: theoretical aspects of the process, the evidence base and support, the topic highlighted, two real case studies, and five learning exercises. Each book in the kit also covers diversity and multicultural issues as well as accreditation or specialty standards. 1. What Is Group Work? 2. Effective Planning for Groups 3. How to Form a Group 4. Groups: Fostering a Culture of Change 5. How to Select and Apply Change Strategies in Groups 6. How to Help Leaders and Members Learn from Their Group Experience 7. How Leaders Can Assess Group Counseling 8. Groups in Community and Agency Settings 9. Group Work in Schools |
Contributor Bio(s): Conyne, Robert K.: - Robert K. Conyne, Ph.D., William A. Allen Boeing Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor, Seattle University, 2013-14 and Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati, is a licensed psychologist, clinical counselor, and fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association. He has amassed 42 years of professional experience as a university professor and department head, counselor, administrator, consultant, and trainer, and, most recently, as a consultant to military personnel and their families at U.S. installations both at home and overseas. Bob has received many awards, including Eminent Career Award from the ASGW; Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention, Society of Counseling Psychology of the APA; Distinguished Alumni Award of Distinction from Purdue University; and has been designated a Soros International Scholar. He was the 2009 president of the APA's Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, and in 1996 was president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. With over 200 scholarly publications and presentations including 14 books in his areas of expertise (group work, prevention, and ecological counseling), along with broad international consultation in these areas, Bob is recognized as an expert in working with people and systems. With colleague (and wife), Lynn S. Rapin, Ph.D., he also helps people plan and prepare psychologically for their upcoming retirement, using the holistic approach they developed, "Charting Your Personal Future." His most recent publication is the Prevention Practice Kit, co-edited with Arthur M. Horne, Ph.D., immediately preceded by the Handbook of Group Counseling (edited, Oxford University Press, 2011). Forthcoming is the Group Work Practice Kit (edited, Sage). In all these edited books, Bob also authored contributions. |
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