IASWG Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups: Development, Application, and Evolution

Cohen, Carol S.; Olshever, Amy

doi:10.1080/01609513.2012.763107

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“…Participants who matriculated in the new curriculum did better on the IC-SWG than students under the old curriculum. Group work scholars recommend that the Standards be part of social work with groups' curriculum (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013;Macgowan, 2012Macgowan, , 2013Macgowan & Vakharia, 2012;Macgowan & Wong, 2015;Shera et al, 2013).…”

Section: Discussion and Applications For Social Work Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Groups for social work consumers are on the rise (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013;Sweihach & LaPorte, 2009. They include groups of the following populations: cancer survivors; parents; substance users; people with mental or physical disabilities; those experiencing grief and loss; victims of interpersonal violence; veterans; youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer; immigrants; children; and older adults, and so on.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Groups for social work consumers are on the rise (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013; Sweihach & LaPorte, 2009, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This practice methodology derives from the settlement house, education, and recreation movements of the early 20th century (Abels, 2013); group work scholarship; and evidence-based practices. The writers of the Standards were prominent group work scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries, who were also members of the IASWG, the only international social work organization whose mission is to “promote excellence in group work practice, education, field instruction, research and publication” (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013, p. 112).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These researchers did find that school social workers who had a group work class were more confident in their facilitation of school-based groups than the 20% of respondents who had not taken a group work class in their MSW educational programs (Sweifach & LaPorte, 2013). Furthermore, academics and practitioners who facilitate groups and who are even members of IASWG are unfamiliar or have minimal knowledge of the IASWG Standards (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013).…”

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Social Work With Groups’ Practice Ethics and Standards

Lee

2016

Research on Social Work Practice

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Objective: The purpose of this research was to (a) learn how confident social work students were with social work with groups' ethics and standards, (b) explore strengths and challenges, (c) examine if group work experience impacts results, and (d) discover if confidence improved when the International Association of Social Work with Groups (IASWG) Standards became required class reading. Method: Social work students (n ¼ 234) were given the Inventory of Foundation Competencies in Social Work with Groups (IC-SWG) at the beginning and end of 15-week group work classes. Descriptive statistics, analyses of variance, and t tests were conducted. Results: Students' scores improved from pretest to posttest (p ¼ .000). They were confident in their ability to respect and highly value diversity (mean ¼ 3.5/4) but were challenged employing special skills with and understanding dynamics of mandated clients (2.99/4). Conclusion: Incorporation of the IASWG Standards and group work experience were associated with greater competencies. The IC-SWG identified challenges that can be addressed in classrooms, field internships, and group work practice settings.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Groups for social work consumers are on the rise (C. S. Cohen & Olshever, 2013; Sweihach & LaPorte, 2009, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Work With Groups’ Practice Ethics and Standards

Lee

2016

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Assessment and re-design of learning activities from young social work students’ perceptions and experiences: an empirical study on the subject “social work with groups” of the University of Alicante (Spain)

Domenech-López

Giménez-Bertomeu

2019

Social Work Education

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Improving Student Confidence in Using Group Work Standards

Macgowan

Wong

2015

Research on Social Work Practice

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Objective: This is a replication of a study that examined the effects of teaching foundation competencies in group work to social work students and assessed their self-confidence in applying these skills. This study improves on the first by utilizing a controlled design. Method: Twenty-six master of social work students were taught group work competencies derived from the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups' (IASWG) Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups using didactic activities and micro-skill exercises. Students were assessed 4 times on their confidence in group work competencies using a validated 70-item inventory. Group work skills were divided into three blocks and taught successively in an abbreviated multiplebaseline design. Results: The t-tests indicated significant increases in confidence ratings after training on the respective skills but not before skills training. Conclusion: The results provide additional support for the effectiveness of the teaching approach in building student confidence in using IASWG Standards.

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IASWG Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups: Development, Application, and Evolution

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Social Work With Groups’ Practice Ethics and Standards

Social Work With Groups’ Practice Ethics and Standards

Assessment and re-design of learning activities from young social work students’ perceptions and experiences: an empirical study on the subject “social work with groups” of the University of Alicante (Spain)

Improving Student Confidence in Using Group Work Standards

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