Group work practice to advance social competence : a specialized methodology for social work / Norma C. Lang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, Norma C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Methodology.

Social service.

Social group work.

Social groups.

Physical Description:

xvi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]

Contents:

The concepts of social competence and social noncompetence

Individual social competence : the necessary condition for group forming and group functioning

Forms of socially noncompetent interaction requiring special adaptations to social work practice with groups

The small group in life and in social work practice : forms and functions

Concurrent interventions in multiple domains : the essence of social work with groups

The social work group as unique social form : influence of professional norms

A broad-range model of practice in the social work group : group forms and worker technology

The mainstream model of practice in social work groups

A specialized practice methodology to promote social competence

Features of the specialized methodology for practice with socially unskilled individuals and entities

Requirements for a specialized practice with socially unskilled populations

Specifics of intervention in the pregroup period with socially unskilled populations : adaptations to the technology of social work with groups

The centrality of actional modes : mobilizing effectance

The route to an achievable entity : how the specialized practice evolves

Portrait of practice with a socially unskilled population.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231151368

0231151365

9780231151375

0231151373

9780231522397

0231522398

OCLC:

500818299