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Learning Objectives: 8.1 Compare and contrast one’s emotional and cognitive reactions to three case studies.

Website: There's a Place for "Us" -- How Community Fits into Social Work.

 

Learning Objectives: 8.2 Define small groups and identify some of their uses in social work practice.

Website: Types of Groups Commonly Used in Substance Abuse Treatments

 

Learning Objectives: 8.4 Identify dimensions of small group structure, composition, and processes.

Website: What Is Group Work?

 

Learning Objectives: 8.5 Critique five theories of small group processes (psychodynamic, symbolic interaction, status characteristics and expectation states, exchange, and self-categorization).

Website: Self Categorization

 

Learning Objectives: 8.6 Define formal organizations.

Website: Difference between Formal and Informal Groups

 

Learning Objectives: 8.9 Define community, territorial community, relational community, and sense of community.

Video: The Secret to Lasting Community Change

Audio: Transnational Lives

 

Learning Objectives: 8.10 Critique five theoretical approaches to community (contrasting types, spatial arrangements, social systems, social capital, and conflict).

Video: Social Capital: The Key to Community

 

Learning Objectives: 8.11 Apply knowledge of small groups, formal organizations, and communities to recommend guidelines for social work assessment and intervention.

Read: Working with Small Groups

 

Learning Objectives: 8.7 Critique four theoretical perspectives on formal organizations (rational, systems, interactional/ interpretive, and critical).

Read: Formal Organizations

 

Learning Objectives: 8.8 Recommend uses of information and communication technologies in social service organizations.

Audio: Around the Next Curve: Using Technology in Addiction Social Work Practice