Evidence-based group work in community settings /

Pollio, David E

Evidence-based group work in community settings / edited by David E. Pollio and Mark J. Macgowan. - London : Routledge, 2011. - xii, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Group Models Developed from Collaborations Between Researchers and Community Agencies 1 Real Groups: The Design and Immediate Effects of a Prevention Intervention for Latino Children 2 Implementing Evidence-Based Multiple-Family Groups with Adolescent Substance Abusers 3 ""I'm not lazy. It's just that I learn differently"": Development and Implementation of a Manualized School-Based Group for Students with Learning Disabilities 4 Releasing the Steam: An Evaluation of the Supporting Tempers, Emotions, and Anger Management (STEAM) Program for Elementary and Adolescent-Age Children 5 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Building Social Skills in Group, School, and Community Settings Part II: Issues Around Instruction and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Group Work in Practice Settings 6 The Andragogy of Evidence-Based Group Work: An Integrated Educational Model. 7 Finding and Integrating the Best Available Evidence into the Group Work Field Practicum: Examples and Experiences from MSW Students 8 ""We may not like it but we guess we have to do it:"" Bringing Agency-Based Staff on Board with Evidence-Based Group Work 9 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice to Administrative Groups: The Professional Academy of Evidence-Based Practice 10 Motivating Clients in Treatment Groups


There has been a strong recent trend towards incorporating evidence into Social Work practice in general, and into group work in particular. This trend has focused on the education of students in the use of evidence, development of evidence-based interventions, and discussion of how evidence can be used to improve practice. A limitation of most of this literature is that it has been written by researchers for the Read more...

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Social work with children.
Social work with youth.
Social group work.
Evidence-based social work.
Community-based social services.

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