Social Work 261: Inclusive Practice with Groups, Organizations, and Communities

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Subjects: Asian Conversations, Asian Studies, Chinese, Economics, Education, Family Studies, Japanese, Political Science, Psychology, Public Affairs Conversation, Public Health, Social Work, Social Work and Family Studies

The Encyclopedia of Social Work
From Catalyst, click on "Oxford Reference Library" to access the e-book. Then, use the "Search within work" box to search only within the Encyclopedia of Social Work. Use the “In this Entry” sidebar as you're reading individual entries (Group Work & Groups respectively). Consider looking up relevant bibliography entries at the end of each page.
Social Workers' Desk Reference
From Catalyst, click on "Ebook Central Academic Complete" to access the e-book. From there, click on "Part IX Guidelines for Specific Interventions" and then "94 Best Practices in Social Work with Groups." Feel free to also try searching with keywords within this reference title.

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