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Empowering women with chronic, physical disabilities: a pedagogical/experiential group model
- Authors:
- VAIL Svetlana, XENAKIS Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 46(1), 2007, pp.67-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Past research on group work in the hospital setting has focused on traditional psycho-educational support group models. This article describes an effective group model developed in the Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a hospital-based outpatient program for women with chronic physical illnesses or conditions in the United States. The group model integrates concepts of humanistic and self-psychology with pedagogical methods and experiential learning. A Women's Writing group and Women's Assertiveness group each with 10 sessions were designed and conducted according to this model. The group leader presented as a pedagogue and self-object that created a group experience that affirms humanistic values and fosters self-growth, socialization, and interpersonal change. The results of a self-administered survey suggest that the participants responded favourably to the format, structure and content of the groups, skills learned, and the identification of past and present issues. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The child protection handbook: the practitioner's guide to safeguarding children
- Editors:
- WILSON Kate, JAMES Adrian, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Balliere Tindall
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 609p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
Practical, evidence based text, divided into three sections: understanding, managing, and intervention and training issues in child protection. This edition contains new material on: institutional abuse; gender issues; policy guidance for assessment and working together; training for professionals in child protection; and developments in legislation. The text aims to cover both policy and practice, and contains specialist chapters for different professionals.