Mutual aid groups, vulnerable and resilient populations, and the life cycle / edited by Alex Gitterman, Lawrence Schulman.

Revised edition of: Mutual aid groups, vulnerable populations, and the life cycle. 2nd ed. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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. The contributors also consider the fundamentals of the mutual aid process, the institutional benefits of group service, and specific clinical examples of mutual aid groups. Each chapter offers detailed case materials that illustrate both group work skills and developmental issues for a variety of populations and settings, including HIV-positive and AIDS patients, the homeless, and perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse and family violence. New chapters in this completely revised and updated third edition illustrate the power of mutual aid processes in dealing with children traumatized by the events of September 11, adult survivors of sexual abuse, parents with developmentally challenged children, people with AIDS in substance recovery, and mentally ill older adults.

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributing Authors; Preface; PART 1: Mutual Aid: An Introduction; 1. The Life Model, Oppression, Vulnerability and Resilience, Mutual Aid, and the Mediating Function; 2. Group Work Method; 3. Group Formation: Tasks, Methods, and Skills; PART 2: Mutual Aid and Vulnerable and Resilient Children; 4. Healing Hearts: A Bereavement Group for Children; 5. When the World No Longer Feels Safe: Helping Children Through Mutual Aid; PART 3: Mutual Aid and Vulnerable and Resilient Adolescents.

6. Preteens in Double Jeopardy: Supporting Developmental Growth Through a Natural Friendship Group7. Listen to Us! Young Adolescents in Urban Schools; 8. Sharing the Hurt: Adolescents in a Residential Setting; PART 4: Mutual Aid and Vulnerable and Resilient Adults; 9. No One Is Alone: Groups During the AIDs Pandemic; 10. Persons with AIDS in Substance-Abusing Recovery: Managing the Interaction Between the Two; 11. Sharing the Secrets: The Power of Women's Groups for Sexual Abuse Survivors; 12. From Victim to Survivor: Group Work with Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused.

13. Uncovering Kindness and Respect: Men Who Have Practiced Violence in Intimate Relationships14. No Place to Go: Homeless Women and Children; 15. Families Journey Toward Equilibrium: Children with Developmental Disabilities; 16. Finding Our Way Back: Parenting Skills for Addictive Parents; 17. Healing the Hurts: A Short-term Group for Separated, Widowed, and Divorced Single Parents; PART 5: Mutual Aid and Vulnerable and Resilient Elderly; 18. Dealing with the Death of a Group Member: Visually Impaired Elderly in the Community.

19. The Group as a Source of Hope: Institutionalized Older Persons20. Accumulated Risk: Mutual Aid Groups for Elderly Persons with a Mental Illness; PART 6: Historical and Contemporary Themes; 21. Mutual Aid: A Buffer Against Risk; 22. Contemporary Group Work Practice; Index.

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