Group Work with Adolescents, Third Edition 3/e

I. The Adolescent in Context 1. Adolescent Development, Risk, and Opportunity 2. Essentials for Group Work with Adolescents: Staying in the Mess II. Guidelines for Group Building 3. Strengths-Based Group Work with Adolescents 4. Planning in Group Work: Where We Begin 5. Good Beginnings in Group Work: Socializing Adolescents into the Group Culture 6. What's Going On in There?: Forming Alliances with Parents Whose Adolescent Children Join Groups 7. School-Based Group Work with Adolescents: A View from the Inside Out 8. Problem Solving in Group Work 9. The Purposeful Use of Activities in Group Work: Innovative, Expressive, and Mindful Approaches 10. The Ending Transition in Group Work III. Contemporary and Age-Old Themes in Group Work: Guidelines, Applications, and Practice Illustrations 11. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Diversity through Group Work 12. Violence and Youth: Dimensions and Interventions in Group Work 13. Group Work in the Aftermath of Traumatic Events 14. Adolescent Sexuality and Group Work 15. Group Work as a Counterforce to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse IV. Special Challenges for Group Workers 16. The Struggle to Fit In 17. On Becoming a Reflective Group Worker