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Help change the world by bringing ideas of social justice into your group work practice! Social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to troubled adolescents. Practitioners who compare First Nations talking circles with social work practice with groups. A retired professor who transforms the way her fellow senior living center residents participate in their world. Fathers of children with spina bifida who help one another through an online discussion group. These and other examples you’ll discover in Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change will help you to assist groups to gain a sense of empowerment and create change in their own lives...
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This classic introductory social work text provides a comprehensive and historical view of social work to help students better understand the profession. In its Ninth Edition, this classic text continues to blend historical and contemporary perspectives on social work, offering historical context for the development of social work while utilizing the latest theoretical constructs. Special consideration is given to AIDS, welfare reform, school violence, alcohol and drug dependence, case management, mental illness, and other challenging social problems. The text is appropriate for undergraduate students who want to increase their general understanding of social work, as well as those who have a professional interest in social work.