Group Work in Schools (3^rd Ed.)

The third edition of Group Work in Schools is designed to prepare counselors in school settings to successfully implement task, psycho-educational, and counseling groups in public and private educational settings.

The chapters of this book are written by experts in the counseling profession and cover foundational, systemic, and applied topics essential to training top-caliber school counselors. Providing state of practice information and case examples that help readers see how theory translates to practice in the field, additions to this newly updated third edition include discussion topics, activities, case examples, practitioner perspectives, and integrated CACREP (2024) standards and learning outcomes, as well as an overall update to reflect the most recent research and knowledge, including pandemic coverage and advances in technology.

Updated comprehensively and thoughtfully and featuring a wide range of contributor perspectives, the much-anticipated third edition of this book is essential reading for school counselors-in-training.

PART 1:Foundations of Group Work 1. The Value of Group Work: Functional Group Models and Historical Perspectives 2. Ethical and Legal Foundations of Group Work in Schools 3. Multicultural Issues in Group Work 4. Distinguishing Group Member Roles 5. Leading Groups in Schools PART 2: Systemic Group Work: Planning and Process 6. Planning for Group Work in Schools 7. Forming and Orienting Groups 8. The Transition Stage in Group Work 9. The Working Stage 10. Termination in the School Setting PART 3: Group Work in Action: Models and Special Issues 11. Leading Task Groups in Schools 12. Psychoeducational Groups in Schools 13. Theoretically Based Group Models Used in Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups 14. Special Issues in Group Work in Schools 15. Using Activities and Expressive Arts in Group Work 16. Accountability in Group Work and School Counseling 17. Outcome Research in Group Work

Bradley T. Erford is a fellow and the 61st president of the American Counseling Association, and author/editor of more than 40 counseling books, 110 scholarly articles, and 180 book chapters.