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Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, and the Life Cycle

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ISBN-10: 0231128843

ISBN-13: 9780231128841

Edition: 3rd 2005

Authors: Alex Gitterman, Lawrence Schulman, Lawrence Schulman

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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…    
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List price: $110.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/23/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.93" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Paul H. Ephross is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He is the coauthor of several works, including Group Work with Populations at Risk(with G. L. Greif) and Ethnicity and Social Work Practice(with C. B. Cox).Thomas V. Vassil is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He is the coauthor of Groups in Social Work: An Ecological Perspective(with P. R. Balgopal).Alex Gitterman is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. He is the editor of The Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations,…    

Alex Gitterman is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. He is the editor of The Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Award for excellence; the coauthor (with Carel Germain) of The Life Model of Social Work Practice: Advances in Theory and Practice, 2d ed.; and the coeditor of Public Health Social Work in Maternal and Child Health: A Forward Plan.Lawrence Shulman is a 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 Life Model
Oppression
Vulnerability and Resilience
Mutual Aid, and the Mediating Function
Group Work Method
Group Formation: Tasks
Methods and Skills
Healing Hearts: A Bereavement Group for Children
When the World No Longer Feels Safe: Helping Children through Mutual Aid
Pre-teens in Double Jeopardy: Supporting Developmental Growth Through a Natural Friendship Group
Listen to Us!: Young Adolescents in Urban Schools
Sharing the Hurt: Adolescents in a Residential Setting
No One is Alone: Groups During the Aids Pandemic
Persons with AIDS in Substance Abusing Recovery: Managing the Interaction Between the Two
Sharing Secrets: The Power of Women's Groups for Sexual Abuse Survivors
From Victim to Survivor: Group Work with Men and Women Who were Sexually Abused
Uncovering Kindness and Respect: Men Who Have Practiced Violence in Intimate Relationships
No Place to Go: Homeless Women and Children
Families Journey Towards Equilibrium: Children with Developmental Disabilities
Finding Our Way Back: Parenting Skills for Addictive Parent
Healing Hurts: A Short-term Group for Separated, Widowed, and Divorced Single Parents
Dealing with the Death of a Group Member: Visually Impaired Elderly in the Community
The Group as a Source of Hope: Institutionalized Older Persons
Accumulated Risk: Mutual Aid Groups for Elderly Persons with a Mental illness
Mutual Aid: A Buffer Against Risk
Contemporary Group Work Practice