How to Form a Group

<strong><em>Form groups that empower growth learning and change<br /></em></strong>Drawing on the latest research on group work this accessible book will help you master key concepts and skills. Providing insightful coverage of diversity and multicultural issues <strong>How to Form a Group</strong> focuses on all aspects of forming an effective group including:<br /><br /><ul> <li>Strategies for overcoming environmental roadblocks to group formation such as agency staff lack of support for groups </li> <li>Key practices to consider when organizing groups </li> <li>Practical guidance on how to attract the “right” members to the “right” groups </li> <li>Concrete suggestions for organizing marketing recruiting screening selecting and composing groups </li> <li>Differentiation between groups that are remedial in purpose from those that are more preventive in scope </li></ul><strong>How to Form a Group</strong> is part of the <em>Group Work Practice Kit: Improving the Everyday Practice of Group Work</em> a collection of nine books each authored by scholars in the specific field of group work. To promote a consistent reading experience the books in the collection conform to editor Robert K. Conyne’s outline. Designed to provide practitioners instructors students and trainees with concrete direction for improving group work the series provides thorough coverage of the entire span of group work practice.<br /><br />This book is endorsed by the <em>Association for Specialists in Group Work</em>.