Crossing boundaries and developing alliances through group work / Jocelyn Lindsay, Daniel Turcotte, Estelle Hopmeyer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lindsay, Jocelyn, 1944-

Turcotte, Daniel, 1952-

Hopmeyer, Estelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Teamwork.

Social service.

Social service--Technological innovations.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Beyond Our Frontiers: The Development of Alliances Through Group Work / Jocelyn Lindsay, Daniel Turcotte, Estelle Hopmeyer 1

Chapter 1. Towards an International Development of Group Work: Establishing Cultural and Linguistic Border Crossings / Paul Taylor 5

Internationalising Group Work 8

Arriving at the Group Work Frontier 14

The Cross-National Encounter 17

From "Inter"- to "Trans"-Cultural 19

Chapter 2. Crossing Boundaries: Group Work with Persons with AIDS in Early Recovery from Substance Abuse / Lawrence Shulman 27

Literature Review 29

The Work 32

The Authority Theme 35

The Intimacy Theme: Helping Yourself by Helping Others 37

Chapter 3. Where Has Real Group Work Gone? Reasserting the Fundamentals / David Ward 53

What Has Happened to Group Work? 54

How Should We Respond? 56

Chapter 4. Group Field Consulting: Building a Learning Community / Ellen Sue Mesbur 59

Development of Supervision and Field Instruction in Social Work 60

The Group Field-Consulting Model 64

Appendix Field-Consulting Methodology and Outcomes 70

Chapter 5. Night of the Tortured Souls: Integration of Group Therapy and Mutual Aid for Treated Male Sex Offenders / Dennis Kimberley, Louise Osmond 75

Integrating Continued Therapy with Supervised Mutual Aid 75

A Philosophy of Treating and Supporting the Treated 79

Group Practice in Integrating Therapy and Mutual Aid with Treated Sex Offenders 83

Chapter 6. Pushing the Boundary and Coming Full Circle: A Contemporary Role for Social Group Work in Service Education / Joanne Gumpert, Sue Burrus, John M. Duffy 99

Literature Review 100

The Field Placement 104

Effects of the Group Work Intervention 107

Future Directions 111

Appendix Levels of Transcendence Identified in Group Interaction 112

Chapter 7. The Use of Teleconferencing Focus Groups with Families Involved in Organ Donation: Dealing with Sensitive Topics / Sandra Regan 115

Why Teleconferencing Focus Groups? 115

Dealing with Sensitive Topics 117

Reactivity in the Screener Questionnaire 119

Motivation of the Participants 122

Moderators' Self-Disclosure and Credibility 123

Group Members' Self-Disclosure 126

Normalisation of Emotions 127

Legitimisation of Participants' Comments 128

Building on Preparation and Beginning the Focus Group 129

Chapter 8. Using Groups for Research and Action: The Asian Mothers' Support Project / Lorraine Gutierrez, Izumi Sakamoto, Tom Morson 133

The North Campus Outreach Project 134

A Program and a Process for Change 136

Programming 139

Survey and Program Data 140

Results 141

Synergy Through Groups 142

Chapter 9. Families for Reunification: A Mediating Group Model for Birth Parent Self-Assessment / Michael W. Wagner 147

Partners in the Plan 147

Program Development 149

Program Design 152

Analysis 157

Appendix Families for Reunification

Partners in the Plan, Final Assessment 162

Chapter 10. Efficacy of Group Interventions with Seriously Mentally Ill Parents: A Literature Review / Gordon MacDonald 167

The Population 170

Seriously Mentally Ill Parents and Group Intervention 174

Implications 181

Chapter 11. Post-Legal Adoption Treatment Groups: Intervening with Families Who Experience Failed Adoptions / Karen V. Harper-Dorton 193

Adoption Disruption/Dissolution: Definitions and Overview 194

Demographics of the Population Studied 196

The Importance of Post-Legal Adoption Intervention 197

Group Services 198

Program Design 199

Curriculum 199

Outcome and Follow-Up 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0789018497

0789018500

OCLC:

51544133