SOWK 487 Spring 2022 - Week 11 - Group Work Approaches Related to Purpose

A presentation at Heritage University @ CBC Week 11 in in Pasco, WA 99301, USA by Jacob Campbell

Week 11’s focused on two types of groups and relating them to the task they are attempting to address. In this week’s readings, Root (2017) explains some of the considerations around psychoeducational groups, and Marshiglia and Kiehne (2017) dive into an example of prevention groups. The agenda for class today includes the following:

  • Psychoeducational groups
  • Public Health Framework
  • Other prevention frameworks and models
  • Designing a school-based intervention

Reference

Root, J. (2017). Chapter 10 - Psychoeducational groups. In C. D. Garvin, L. M. Gutierrez, & M. J. Galinsky Handbook of Social Work with Groups (pp. 171-185). The Guilford Press.

Marsiglia, F. F., & Kiehne, E. (2017). Chapter 11 - Social work with groups and drug abuse prevention with youth: Rich history and untapped potential. In C. D. Garvin, L. M. Gutierrez, & M. J. Galinsky Handbook of Social Work with Groups (pp. 186-200). The Guilford Press.