The New Social Worker Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2013

Riding the Mutual Aid Bus and Other Adventures in Group Work A “Days in the Lives of Social Workers” Collection Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW, and Jennifer Clements, Ph.D., LCSW, Co-Editors Foreword by Steven Kraft, Past President of IASWG (formerly AASWG) Groups come in all kinds.Therapy groups. Support groups.Task groups. Psychoeducational groups. Online groups. Play groups. Experiential groups. Art groups. Drumming groups. Co-facilitated groups. Child groups. Adult groups. Family groups.The list goes on. Regardless of what setting you are in, if you are a social worker, you will work with groups at some time in your career. You may have a picture in your mind of what a social work group looks like. It probably has people sitting in a circle, talking about their feelings. There certainly are groups described in this book that fit that image of a traditional group. 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