Skills for Group Practice: A Response to Diversity contains role play exercises for students learning the skills needed to practice with treatment and task groups. Throughout, it empha­sizes working with widely diverse communities and people.   The exercises focus on all levels of practice - macro, mezzo, and micro levels of practice with  diverse groups, including: sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, race, ethnic back­ground, language, national origin, religion, marital status, class, health status, mental or phys­ical ability, age, socio-economic status, and political belief.

Table of Contents:
PREFACE Acknowledgments CONTRIBUTOR NOTES   SECTION 1: USING THE TEXTChapter 1: Introduction & What To Expect  The Chapters: Deconstructed The Joker(s) Reflection/Process Prompts  Theory Review Person in Environment Perspectives System Theories The Ecological Model Ecological Perspective Field Theory Structural Functionalism Feminist Theories Queer Theory Strengths Perspective Empowerment Perspective Cognitive/Behavioral Theories Psychodynamic Theory   Skills Chart:  Group and Individual Skills Stages of Group Development Brief Checklist of Items to Remember When Facilitating a Group     SECTION 2: OPEN MEMBERSHIP TREATMENT GROUPS  Chapter 2:  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Instersex, Queer/Questioning (LGBTIQ) Adolescents “Coming Out” group. Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources Chapter 3:School-based Social Worker and At Risk Adolescents Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 4: Social, Economic, and Cultural Context of African Americans living with HIV/AIDS in the Open Community Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 5: Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 6: Younger and Older Adolescents in Residential Treatment Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources    SECTION 3: CLOSED AND TIME LIMITED TREATMENT GROUPS  Chapter 7: Single Mothers who Have Experienced Episodic Homelessness Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 8:  Bi-Racial Couples Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 9:  Post-Adoption Family Group Before You Begin         Scenario                 Group Facilitator Tasks                 Roles for Group Members                 Observer Tasks                 Reflecting on the Group Session                 Summary, Key Concepts and Principles                 Web Resources   Chapter 10: Adults With Substance Abuse Disorders Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 11:  Demonstrating the Use of Group Supervision Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principles Web Resources   Chapter 12:  Hospice Planning for Loss: Children With a Parent Who Has a Terminal Illness Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources   Chapter 13:  Couples Who have One Partner With a Terminal Form of Cancer Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources   Chapter 14:  Adult Parolees Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources   SECTION 4: TASK GROUPS  Chapter 15:  A Social Action Committee Addressing Neighborhood Gang Violence Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources  Chapter 16:  A Social Work Political Action Committee Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources Chapter 17:  A Community Health Coalition Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources Chapter 18:  An Intra-Agency Grant Writing Team Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources Chapter 19:  A Community Council in a Refugee Camp in an Unnamed Country in Southern Africa Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources Chapter 20: Promotion and Support of the Practice of Self Care and Social Work Before You Begin Scenario Group Facilitator Tasks Roles for Group Members Observer Tasks Reflecting on the Group Session Summary, Key Concepts and Principle Web Resources APPENDICES Appendix 1:  Sample Treatment Group Agenda Appendix 2: Sample Task Group Agenda Appendix 3: Central State Voting Guide (For use in Chapter 16) REFERENCES