Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, and the Life Cycle

The Contributors To This Volume Examine The Role Of Mutual Aid Groups And Social Workers In Helping Members Of Oppressed, Vulnerable, And Resilient Populations Regain Control Over Their Lives. The Chapters Reveal The Ways In Which Mutual Aid Processes Help Individuals Overcome Social And Emotional Trauma In Contemporary Society By Reducing Isolation, Universalizing Individual Problems, And Mitigating Stigma. Using The Life Cycle As A Framework The Editors Establish A Theoretical Model For Practice And Demonstrate How Social Workers As Group Leaders Can Foster The Healing And Empowering Process Of Mutual Aid.--jacket. Mutual Aid : An Introduction. Life Model, Oppression, Vulnerability And Resilience, Mutual Aid, And The Mediating Function / Alex Gitterman, Lawrence Shulman -- Group Work Method / Lawrence Shulman -- Group Formation : Tasks, Methods, And Skills / Alex Gitterman -- Mutual Aid And Vulnerable And Resilient Children. Healing Hearts : A Bereavement Group For Children / Carolyn Knight -- When The World No Longer Feels Safe : Helping Children Through Mutual Aid / Maxine Lynn, Danielle Nisivoccia -- Mutual Aid And Vulnerable And Resilient Adolescents. Preteens In Double Jeopardy : Supporting Developmental Growth Through A Natural Friendship Group / Carol Irizarry, Yetta H. Appel -- Listen To Us! Young Adolescents In Urban Schools / Lois Levinsky, Kathleen Mcaleer -- Sharing The Hurt : Adolescents In A Residential Setting / Alice Schaeffer Nadelman -- Mutual Aid And Vulnerable And Resilient Adults. No One Is Alone : Groups During The Aids Pandemic / George S. Getzel -- Persons With Aids In Substance-abusing Recovery : Managing The Interaction Between The Two / Lawrence Shulman -- Sharing The Secrets : The Power Of Women's Groups For Sexual Abuse Survivors / Linda Yael Schiller, Bonnie Zimmer -- From Victim To Survivor : Group Work With Men And Women Who Were Sexually Abused / Carolyn Knight -- Uncovering Kindness And Respect : Men Who Have Practiced Violence In Intimate Relationships / Dale Trimble -- No Place To Go : Homeless Women And Children / Judith A.b. Lee -- Families Journey Toward Equilibrium : Children With Developmental Disabilities / Judith Bloch, Joan Weinstein, Martin Seitz -- Finding Our Way Back : Parenting Skills For Addictive Parents / Beatrice R. Plasse -- Healing The Hurts : A Short-term Group For Separated, Widowed, And Divorced Single Parents / Lawrence Shulman -- Mutual Aid And Vulnerable And Resilient Elderly. Dealing With The Death Of A Group Member : Visually Impaired Elderly In The Community / Alberta L. Orr -- Group As A Source Of Hope : Institutionalized Older Persons / Toby Berman-rossi -- Accumulated Risk : Mutual Aid Groups For Elderly Persons With A Mental Illness / Timothy B. Kelly -- Historical And Contemporary Themes. Mutual Aid : A Buffer Against Risk / Judith A.b. Lee, Carol R. Swenson -- Contemporary Group Work Practice / Varsha Pandya. Edited By Alex Gitterman, Lawrence Schulman. Rev. Ed. Of: Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable Populations, And The Life Cycle. 2nd Ed. C1994. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.