THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN School of Social Work

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN School of Social Work S.W. 811 Professor Charles Garvin Group Intervention for Individual and System Change Office: 2847 SSW Winter, 1998 Phone: Course Description This course reviews and critically analyzes contemporary group methods utilized to achieve individual and/or systems change. Empirical and theoretical bases for assumptions and outcome research at the individual, group, and larger system levels will be discussed. Topics will include major models and procedures as applied to the behaviors of individual members, modification of group structures, processes, norsm, tasks and reciprocal interactions between the group and its environment. Attention will be paid to qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting data; how group interventions lead to changes in individuals, groups, and larger systems; the effects of ethnic and gender composition upon group functioning; the use of groups for rehabilitation, skill development, personal enhancement, and prevention; areas requiring further research; and ethical and value issues. Students will have the opportunity, as a class project, to work on a model of group practice related to their areas of intertest. Course Objectives Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to 1. Describe major approaches to and models of group work practice 2. Indicate the empirical support for several models of group work practice with reference to specific populations. 3. Specify and critique the interventions utilized in a range of group approaches 4. Describe research methodologies for the study of group approaches. 5. Generate a group approach for use with a particular population through drawing upon existing knowledge, personal experience, and social science theory. Course Texts There will be no text. However, many of the articles assigned in this course will be available in a course pack. Session Outline 1

2 1-3. The Current Status of Practice Theory for Social Work with Groups. A. Garvin, Charles. Contemporary Group Work, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997, pp B. Garvin, Charles and Beth Reed, Sources and Visions for Feminist Group Work: Reflective Processes, Social Justice, Diversity, and Connection, Feminist Practice in the 21st Century, Nan Van Den Bergh, ed. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press, 1995, pp C. Richard L. Bednar and Theodore Kaul, Experiential Group Research, in Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, 4th ed. eds. Allen Bergin and Sol Garfield. new York: Wiley, 1994, pp D. Janice Schopler and Maeda Galinsky, Group Practice Overview, Encyclopedia of Social Work, Vol 2, 19th ed. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press, 1995, pp E. Paul Ephross and Thomas Vassail. Groups That Work: Structure and Process. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988, pp. 1-54; F. Salvatore Imbrogno, Group Work Practices in a Policy System Design, Social Work with Groups, 10. 3, Fall, 1987, G. Salvatore Imbrogno, Small Group Dynamics and a Dialectic Discourse, Social Work with Groups. 16, 1/2, 1993, G. Cnaan, Ram A. and Hadasa Adar, An Integrative Model for Group Work in Community Organization Practice, Social Work with Groups, 10, 3, Fall, 1987, 5-24 H. Michael Reisch, The Social Worker in Politics as a Multi-Role Group Practitioner, Social Work with Groups, 16, 1/2, 1993, Developmental Research in the Creation of Group Work Technologies A. Specification/Proceduralization 1. Eleanor Tolson, William Reid, and Charles Garvin. Generalist Practice: A Task- Centered Approach. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994, pp Charles Garvin, Developmental Research for Task-Centered Group Work with Chronic Mental Patients, Social Work with Groups, 9, 3, 1986, B. Evaluation 1. Aaron Brower and Charles Garvin, Design Issues in Social Group Work Research, Social Work with Groups, 12, 3, 1989,

3 2. Sheldon Rose, etal, A Multi-Method Group Approach: Program Development Research, Social Work with Groups, 9, 3, 1986, Aaron Brower and Sheldon Rose, The Group Work Research Dilemma, Journal of Social Service Research, 13, 2, 1989, Richard M. Tolman and Christian Molidor, A Decade of Social Group Work Research: Trends in Methodology, Theory, and Program Development, Research on Social Work Practice, 4, 2 April, 1994, For weeks 6-12 we will discuss a range of group interventions that have substantial empirical support and discuss the theoretical rationale of the interventions as well as the validity of the designs. 6. Empirical approaches to model development 1. Lawrence Shulman. Interactional Social Work Practice: Toward an Empirical Theory. Itasca, Ill: Peacock, Pp Lawrence Shulman, Group Work Method, in Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable Populations, and the Life Cycle, 2nd ed. eds. Alex Gitterman and Lawrence Shulman. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1994, pp Prevention/Treatment of Addictive and Self-Destructive Behaviors 1. Michael Moncher and Steven Schinke, Group Intervention to Prevent Tobacco Use among Native American Youth, Research on Social Work Practice, 4,2, April, 1994, John Flowers, Timothy Miller, Nick Smith, and Curtis Booraem, The Repeatibility of a Single-Session Group to Promote Safe Sex Behavior in a Male At-Risk Population, Research on Social Work Practice, 4,2, April, 1994, Timothy J. O Farrell., A Behavioral Marital Therapy Couples Group Program for Alcoholics and their Spouses, in Treating Alcohol Problems, ed. Timothy J. O Farrell. New York: Guilford Press, 1993, pp Treatment of the Perpetrators and Victims of Violence 1. Leslie M. Tutty, Bruce A. Bidgood, and Michael Rothery, Evaluating the Effect of Group Process and Client Variables in Support Groups for Battered Women, Research on Social Work Practice, 6,3, July, 1996,

4 2. Nancy Richter, Elizabeth Snider, and Kevinn Gorey, Group Work Intervention with Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Research on Social Work Practice, 7,1, January, 1997, Jeffrey Edleson and Richard Tolman, Intervention for Men Who Batter: An Ecological Approach. Newbury Park: Sage, 1992, pages to be assigned. 9. Treatment of Persons with Serious Mental Illness 1. William Bradshaw, Structured Group Work for Individuals with Schizophrenia, A Coping Skills Approach, Research on Social Work Practice, 6, 2, April, 1996, Joanne Turnbull, Maeda Galinsky, Margaret Wilner, and Diane Meglin, Designing Research to Meet Service Needs: An Evaluation of Single Session Groups for Families of Psychiatric Inpatients, Research on Social Work Practice, 4, 2, April, 1994, Robert Liberman, William DeRisi, and Kim Mueser, Social Skills Training for Psychiatric Patients. New York: Pergamon, 1989, pp Groups for the Enhancement of Social Skills 1. Juanita B. Hepler, Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Social Skills Program for Pre- Adolescents, Research on Social Work Practice, 4,4, October, 1994, Juanita Hepler and Sheldon Rose, Evaluation of a Multi-Component Group Approach for Improving the Social Skills of Elementary School Children, Journal of Social Service Research, 11, 4, 1988, Sheldon Rose, Group Therapy with Troubled Youth, Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1998, pages to be assigned. 11. Groups for Educational/ Psychoeducational and Support Purposes 1. Janice Schopler, Maeda Galinsky, Larry Davis, and Mathieu Despard, The RAP Model: Assessing a Framework for Leading Multiracial Groups, Social Work with Groups, 19, 3/4, 1996, Carl Bentelspacher, Evelyn DeSilva, Terrence Leng Chuang Goh, and Karl LaRowe, A Process Evaluation of the Cultural Compatibility of Psychoeducational Family Group Treatment with Ethnic Asian Clients, Social Work with Groups, 19, 3/4, 1996, Myra Glajchen and Randy Magen,. Evaluating Process, Outcome, and Satisfaction in Community-Based Cancer Support Groups, in Support Groups: Current Perspectives on Theory and Practice, eds. Maeda Galinsky and Janice Schopler. New York: Haworth Press, 1995, pp Task, community, and social action groups 4

5 1. Sandra Regan and Glenn Lee, The Interplay among Social Group Work, Community Work, and Social Action, Social Work with Groups 15, 1, 1992, Elizabeth Cooley, Training an Interdisciplinary team in Communication and Decision-Making Skills, Small Group Research, 25,1,February, 1994, Barbara K. Chesney and Mark Chesler, Activism Through Self-Help Group Membership, Small Group Research, 24,2, May, 1993, Research on Curative Factors in Group Therapy 1. Charles Garvin, Contemporary Group Work, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997, Nancy Weinberg, Janet Uken, John Schmale, and Margaret Adamek, Therapeutic Factors: Their Presence in a Computer-Mediated Support Group, Social Work with Groups, 18, 4, 1995, Presentation of student projects 5