Overview

The contributors to this volume examine the role of mutual aid groups and social workers in helping members of oppressed, vulnerable, and resilient populations regain control over their lives. The chapters reveal the ways in which mutual aid processes help individuals overcome social and emotional trauma in contemporary society by reducing isolation, universalizing individual problems, and mitigating stigma. Using the life cycle as a framework the editors establish a theoretical model for practice and demonstrate how social workers as group leaders can foster the healing and empowering process of mutual aid. The contributors also consider the fundamentals of the mutual aid process, the institutional benefits of group service, and specific clinical examples of mutual aid groups. Each chapter offers detailed case materials that illustrate both group work skills and developmental issues for a variety of populations and settings, including HIV-positive and AIDS patients, the homeless, and perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse and family violence. New chapters in this completely revised and updated third edition illustrate the power of mutual aid processes in dealing with children traumatized by the events of September 11, adult survivors of sexual abuse, parents with developmentally challenged children, people with AIDS in substance recovery, and mentally ill older adults.

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Author:   Alex Gitterman (University of Connecticut) ,  Lawrence Schulman
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Edition:   third edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.063kg
ISBN:  

9780231128841

ISBN 10:   0231128843
Pages:   672
Publication Date:   23 February 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. The Life Model, Oppression, Vulnerability and Resilience, Mutual Aid, and the Mediating Function, by Alex Gitterman & Lawrence Shulman 2. Group Work Method, by Lawrence Shulman 3. Group Formation: Tasks, Methods and Skills, by Alex Gitterman 4. Healing Hearts: A Bereavement Group for Children, by Carolyn Knight 5. When the World No Longer Feels Safe: Helping Children through Mutual Aid, by Maxine Lynn and Danielle Nisivoccia 6. Pre-teens in Double Jeopardy: Supporting Developmental Growth Through a Natural Friendship Group, by Carol Irizarry and Yetta H. Appel 7. Listen to Us!: Young Adolescents in Urban Schools, by Lois Levinsky and Kathleen McAleer 8. Sharing the Hurt: Adolescents in a Residential Setting, by Alice Schaeefer Nadelman 9. No One is Alone: Groups During the Aids Pandemic, by George S. Getzel 10. Persons with AIDS in Substance Abusing Recovery: Managing the Interaction Between the Two, by Lawrence Shulman 11. Sharing Secrets: The Power of Women's Groups for Sexual Abuse Survivors, by Linda Yael Schiller and Bonnie Zimmer 12. From Victim to Survivor: Group Work with Men and Women Who were Sexually Abused, by Carolyn Knight 13. Uncovering Kindness and Respect: Men Who Have Practiced Violence in Intimate Relationships, by Dale Trimble 14. No Place to Go: Homeless Women and Children, by Judith A.B. Lee 15. Families Journey Towards Equilibrium: Children with Developmental Disabilities, by Judith Bloch, Joan Weinstein and Martin Seitz 16. Finding Our Way Back: Parenting Skills for Addictive Parent, by Beatrice R. Plasse 17. Healing Hurts: A Short-term Group for Separated, Widowed, and Divorced Single Parents, by Lawrence Shulman 18. Dealing with the Death of a Group Member: Visually Impaired Elderly in the Community, by Alberta L. Orr 19. The Group as a Source of Hope: Institutionalized Older Persons, by Toby Berman-Rossi 20. Accumulated Risk: Mutual Aid Groups for Elderly Persons with a Mental illness, by Timothy B. Kelly 21. Mutual Aid: A Buffer Against Risk, by Judith A.B. Lee and Carol R. Swenson 22. Contemporary Group Work Practice, by Varsha Pandya

Reviews

[An] excellent contribution to the literature on social work with groups and deserves to be read by every social worker. Social Work With Groups Fall 2006

[An] excellent contribution to the literature on social work with groups and deserves to be read by every social worker. -- Social Work With Groups

Author Information

Alex Gitterman is professor of social work at the University of Connecticut. He is the coauthor (with Carel Germain) of The Life Model of Social Work Practice, 2nd edition, and the editor of Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, 2nd edition. Lawrence Shulman is professor at the School of Social Work at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author or coeditor of seven books, including The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups, 4th edition, and interactional Social Work Practice: Toward an Empirical Theory.

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