Group work practice to advance social competence [electronic resource] : a specialized methodology for social work / Norma C. Lang.

The concepts of social competence and social noncompetence
Individual social competence : the necessary condition for group forming and group functioning
Forms of socially noncompetent interaction requiring special adaptations to social work practice with groups
The small group in life and in social work practice : forms and functions
Concurrent interventions in multiple domains : the essence of social work with groups
The social work group as unique social form : influence of professional norms
A broad-range model of practice in the social work group : group forms and worker technology
The mainstream model of practice in social work groups
A specialized practice methodology to promote social competence
Features of the specialized methodology for practice with socially unskilled individuals and entities
Requirements for a specialized practice with socially unskilled populations
Specifics of intervention in the pregroup period with socially unskilled populations : adaptations to the technology of social work with groups
The centrality of actional modes : mobilizing effectance
The route to an achievable entity : how the specialized practice evolves
Portrait of practice with a socially unskilled population.