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Group Work: A Practical Guide to Developing Groups in Agency Settings
Group Work: A Practical Guide to Developing Groups in Agency Settings
Lupe Alle-Corliss, LCSW, California State University, Fullerton, CA and San Bernardino, CA
Randall Alle-Corliss, LCSW, California State Universtiy, Fullerton, CA and Kaiser-Permanente, Fontana, CA
ISBN: 978-0-470-28896-2
©2009
400 pages
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Because of its cost-effective nature, group work has become the treatment approach of choice in a broad range of human service agencies. This practical guide offers the skills and awareness needed to effectively navigate the many intricacies of working in groups within diverse agency settings. Its unique agency perspective includes coverage of agency structure, policies, history, staff, politics, and client demographics. Practitioners are equipped with strategic planning in ways that can positively maximize their use of available resources within themselves, their agencies, and the surrounding community.  

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