Group work with children and adolescents
Subtitle: a handbook
By: ed. by Kedar Nath Dwivedi ; [foreword by Robin Skynner].
Contributors: Dwivedi, Kedar Nath.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; Bristol, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Social work with children.; Social work with teenagers.; Social group work.
Description: This comprehensive handbook will be a major resource for all those involved in group work with children and adolescents. Bringing together the skills, practical experience and expertise of a wide range of contributors, it provides comprehensive analysis and practical guidance on all aspects of the subject under five broad headings: theoretical and practical issues, including structures and organisational aspects, conceptual frameworks and evaluation; developmental perspectives, including emotional development, empathy and prosocial development and the historical development of group psychotherapy; tools and techniques, including the use of play and games, art psychotherapy, relaxation, drama and interpretation; subjects and themes, including bereaved children, encopresis, victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, young offenders and racial identity; and contexts and settings, including group work in schools, residential institutions, mental health services, youth services and therapeutic communities.
Notes: Includes bibligraphical references and indexes.