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- Title
The Association for Specialists in Group Work.
- Authors
Carroll, Marguerite R.; Levo, Lynn
- Abstract
The Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) was chartered by the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) on December 7, 1973. The mission of the association is to serve the needs of professionals for whom the specialty of group work is a means of helping others. <BR> The phenomenon of the growing use of groups as vehicles of learning and growth experiences initiated the establishment of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) a decade ago. Today the idea of growth and productivity through groups continues catch the public imagination. ASGW has been and continues to be a one-of-a-kind organization whose mission is to serve the needs of a wide variety of professionals for whom group work is a means of making a difference. <BR> Although the need for skills development had been the prime reason for the early interest groups to form, there was a tentativeness in the initial by-laws of ASGW, which did not state group skills training needs specifically. According to these by-laws (ASGW, 1973), the purpose of ASGW is "to assist and further the interest of children, youth and adults by providing effective services though the group medium to prevent problems, to facilitate maximum development, and to remediate disabling behaviors." In 1983, the ASGW Executive Board revised the by-laws to include, "In addition, the Association shall encourage group leaders to increase their skills, provide a forum for innovative and developing concepts in group work, and extend counseling effectiveness by the use of techniques unique to the group process" (ASGW, 1983).
- Subjects
AMERICAN Personnel &; Guidance Association; SOCIAL group work; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; BY-laws; CHILD development
- Publication
Journal of Counseling & Development, 1985, Vol 63, Issue 7, p452
- ISSN
0748-9633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1556-6676.1985.tb02830.x