For courses in Group SocialWork PracticeWidely used by professionals, educators, and students in undergraduate andgraduate courses in schools of social work throughout the world, this textpresents a comprehensive, coherent, organized overview of group work practicefrom a generalist practice perspective. The new Ninth Edition,Global Edition, continues to include typologiesillustrating group work practice with task and treatment groups at the micro-,meso-, and macro-levels. Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition of AnIntroduction to Group Work Practice includes research on virtual groups,updated and deeper content on practice with treatment and task groups, the mostcurrent literature on working with reluctant and resistant group members,updated and expanded sections on working with individuals who have difficultyengaging in and sustaining work in groups, updated material on leadership anddiversity, and thoroughly updated reference material and new content fromevidence-based practice sources.