The practice of group work. / William Schwartz and Serapio R. Zalba, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, William, 1916- compiler.

Contributor:

Zalba, Serapio R., compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social group work.

Physical Description:

x, 284 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 1971.

Contents:

Foreword, by the editors.

Introduction: On the use of groups in social work practice, by W. Schwartz.

Single-room occupancy: Group work with urban rejects in a slum hotel, by J. Shapiro.

The school: Group work in the public schools, by A. Gitterman.

The neighborhood: The settlement house, mediator for the poor, by B. E. Farris, G. Murillo, and W. M. Hale.

The hospital: The social worker as mediator on a hospital ward, by H. Lipton and S. Malter.

Public welfare: Group work with adolescents in a public foster care agency, by J. B. Peterson and C. H. Sturgies.

The trade union: A group approach to link community mental health with labor, by H. J. Weiner.

The community: A function for the social worker in the antipoverty program, by D. Heymann.

Residential treatment: The skills of child care, by D. Birnbach.

The prison: Group work in a maximum security prison, by G. J. Forthun and R. E. Nuehring.

Program: "Program" in group work; another look, by L. Shulman.

Recording: The "record of service"; describing social work practice, by G. P. Garfield and C. R. Irizarry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0231032439

OCLC:

119178