Contents -- To Learners and Faculty -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: LEARNING GROUP BASICS -- 1. Introducing You to Group Work -- Why Groups Are Important -- The Group and Systems Theory -- Types of Groups -- Concerns of All Group Leaders -- Qualities of an Effective Group Leader -- Effective and Ineffective Groups -- Ways of Learning About Group Function -- Simulated Exercises -- 2. Using Basic Group Concepts and Process -- Group Process Theories and Research -- Group Content and Process -- Tension and Anxiety in the Group -- Group Conflict -- Group Apathy -- Norms and Cohesiveness -- Themes -- Simulated Exercises -- 3. Working to Achieve Group Goals -- Phases of Group Movement -- Decision Making and Problem Solving -- Leadership Skills -- Team Building and Cohesiveness -- Postmeeting Reaction Form -- Planned Change -- Simulated Exercises -- PART II: BEGINNING AND GUIDING GROUPS -- 4. Beginning, Guiding, and Terminating a Group -- Premeeting Preparation -- Early Group Meetings -- Guiding the Group -- Terminating the Group -- Simulated Exercises -- 5. Dealing With Special Group Problems -- Monopolizing -- Scapegoating -- Silence -- New Members -- Transference and Countertransference -- Physical Aggression -- Nonverbal Groups or Group Members -- Absences -- Manipulation -- Simulated Exercises -- PART III: DEVELOPING GROUP LEADERSHIP SKILLS -- 6. Obtaining Supervision and Working With a Coleader -- Developing Skills as a Supervisor -- Developing Skills as a Coleader -- Simulated Exercises -- 7. Using Behavioral Approaches -- Assertiveness -- Changing Unwanted Habits -- Increasing Cooperative Behaviors -- Working With Parents -- Simulated Exercises -- 8. Recording and Analyzing Group Process -- Recording Methods -- The Group Recording Guide -- Events -- Analysis of Events -- Evaluation of Leader Action -- Alternative Actions -- Using Recordings.

Sample Recordings and Evaluations -- Simulated Exercise -- PART IV: WORKING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROUPS -- 9. Working With the Older Adult -- The Older Adult Population Grows -- Group Work With Depressed Older Adults -- Reality Orientation -- Remotivation Therapy -- Health Promotion Groups -- Writing Groups in Nursing Homes -- Guided Autobiography With Older Adults -- Creative Communication Groups -- Leadership Training for the Retired -- Life Review Groups -- Older Adult Group Simulated Exercise -- 10. Working With Focal Groups -- Codependency Groups -- Focal Groups for Specific Problems or Conditions -- Focus Groups -- Focus Group Research -- Simulated Exercises -- 11. Working With Organizations -- The Highly Creative Organization -- Diagnosing Organizational Systems -- Organizational Interventions -- Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Change -- Conducting Interactions and "Doings" -- Lead From Within -- Power and Politics in Organizations -- Healing Betrayal of Trust -- Simulated Exercise -- 12. Working With Communities -- Community Organization -- A Wellness View of Community -- Community Assessment -- Examples of Community Organization Efforts and Research -- Organizational Leadership Simulated Exercise -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- F -- G -- H -- I -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.