Whiting & Birch is pleased to announce that they will be publishing the Proceedings of the AASWG Symposia starting from 2003.

The AASWG Symposium is the largest annual event in the groupworkcalendar. papers. The best papers from the San Diego conference are presented in this volume, which will inspire anyone who uses groupwork in their professional practice.

Introduction
Marcia B. Cohen

Common elements in philosophy and method:
A brief history of social group work in the United States
Janice Andrews-Schenk

Innovations in groupwork with abusive men:
Theories that promote engagement and empowerment
Michael George Chovanec

‘I have a dream’:
A visioning group for adolescent First Nations girls
Arielle Dylan

Using literature groups to teach diversity
Mari Ann Graham

The use of ‘twelve-step’ concepts of recovery in group work with mentally retarded and developmentally disabled adults
Juli Kempner

Group supervision: Motivation for social action
Carol F. Kuechler and Jennifer Schwartz

‘As if by magic’:
Women with breast cancer, dragon boats and healing in a group
Paule McNicoll

‘SAVE’ Students Against Violence at Emery
A whole school initiative: A small group approach
Lynne Mitchell and Dianne Cullen

Group work with refugee children in a multicultural
bereavement program
David Prichard

Creating connections among disadvantaged youth
Toward participation in policy development for social change
Nancy E. Sullivan and E. Michelle Sullivan

Lucia Berman-Rossi