Members (N=40)of the 1995-1996 Leadership Team of the Association for Specialists in Group Work were surveyed to elicit descriptive accounts of the leaders' personal experience and meaning in group work leadership. Group leaders need to learn how to attribute meaning to the events and experiences occurring during the life of the group. (Author/MKA)

Responds to Waldo and Bauman's Goals and Process matrix. Underscores the increasing value of standards for group work established by the Association for Specialists in Group Work in shaping group work training, practice, and research. Points out that standards are not intended to classify independent group offerings. Suggests alternative…

Presents the revised standards for the training of group workers, recently adopted by the Association for Specialists in Group Work Executive Board in April 1991. Presentation of standards is preceded by a discussion of the context for their development. (Author/NB)

Describes the new (1991) standards of the Association for Specialists in Group Work and traces their evolution. Current standards are then contrasted with the 1983 standards. Presents implications for group work training and practice. (Author/NB)

This article underscores the value of school counselors connecting their group work practice with ecological concepts of context, collaboration, interconnection, social system maintenance, meaning-making, and sustainability (Conyne & Cook, 2004; Conyne, Crowell, & Newmeyer, in press). The authors elaborate ecological group work (Bemak & Conyne,…

Presents descriptions of 27 aphorisms designed to reflect the effectiveness of group work. These short statements include the following: group work works; group work is a major counseling intervention; group work comes in a rainbow of types; group leadership involves continual choice making; trust the process; and less is more. (RJM)

This article is one attempt to relate the general suggestions of the 1972 ACPA proposed statement on the use of group experiences in higher education to the college and university counseling center. (Author)

A multicultural adaptation of Hanson's original group process observation guidelines is presented. Several multicultural sensitizer items are added to each original process observation category. A system for processing and discussing these expanded observations within a fishbowl design is detailed. Experimentation with these sensitizers in a…

Tests the hypothesis that if direct small group experience was shown to be relatively more effective than vicarious experience in heightening attraction, then a significant assumption of T-group theory would receive support. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)

Presents the Grid for Processing Experiences and Events in Group Work so as to broaden the repertoire of group work leaders as they help members derive personal meaning from group experiences. Focuses on grid dimensions, levels of interaction, using the grid, application during a session, and eliciting sharing and discussion. (RJM)

Reviews "Association for Specialists in Group Work" training standards and describes suggestions for group work training to meet these standards, including in-class activities, internship experiences, and continuing education. (KW)

Contains a report of lessons the authors have been developing based on their group work in China. Lessons learned include understanding how cultural imperatives apply and work gets done in relation to planning, and being sensitive to the uniqueness of another culture's communication styles and attitudes about leadership. (Contains 36 references.)…

In group work little attention is paid to the environmental influences upon members. The EAI-G provides a tool for gauging the campus impact upon group participants. (Author)

Four nationally recognized experts in group counseling research, practice, and training--Robert K. Conyne, Riley L. Harvill, Rosemarie S. Morganett, and D. Keith Morran--present their views of effective group leadership. A major theme emerging from these presentations is the complexity inherent in effective group leadership, and that more…

The demand for group counseling is increasing in all sectors of society. This introductory-level text advances group work training and practice by offering examples of exemplary training models and curricula that are in compliance with recognized standards. It defines group work in comprehensive terms, reflecting the image of a "group work…