Social Work With Groups: A Comprehensive Worktext With Coursemate Printed Access Card (Empowerment Series)

About this book

Using a plentiful selection of skill-building and self-evaluation exercises author Charles Zastrows comprehensive workbook-style resource promotes his philosophy that you can learn group leadership skills best by practicing them in class. In this ninth edition of SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS: A COMPREHENSIVE WORKBOOK Zastrow discusses topics that are central to a successful understanding of group leadership: stages of groups group dynamics verbal and nonverbal communication types of groups and diversity in groups. With support from this book your classroom will become a "lab" where you can experience what its like to work in and lead many kinds of groups. Updated throughout with timely new topics and firsthand accounts from experienced social group work professionals this edition also includes a new chapter on treatment groups with diverse and vulnerable populations. Attention CourseMate user: Cengage support for existing users of CourseMate will end of 8/1/2020.