Group work practice to advance social competence
Subtitle: a specialized methodology for social work
By: Norma C. Lang.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231151368; 9780231151375; 9780231522397
Subjects: Social service -- Methodology; Social group work; Social groups
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The concepts of social competence and social noncompetence; title: Individual social competence : the necessary condition for group forming and group functioning; title: Forms of socially noncompetent interaction requiring special adaptations to social work practice with groups; title: The small group in life and in social work practice : forms and functions; title: Concurrent interventions in multiple domains : the essence of social work with groups; title: The social work group as unique social form : influence of professional norms; title: A broad-range model of practice in the social work group : group forms and worker technology; title: The mainstream model of practice in social work groups; title: A specialized practice methodology to promote social competence; title: Features of the specialized methodology for practice with socially unskilled individuals and entities; title: Requirements for a specialized practice with socially unskilled populations; title: Specifics of intervention in the pregroup period with socially unskilled populations : adaptations to the technology of social work with groups; title: The centrality of actional modes : mobilizing effectance; title: The route to an achievable entity : how the specialized practice evolves; title: Portrait of practice with a socially unskilled population.