Includes bibliographies.

Foreword, by the editors.--Introduction: On the use of groups in social work practice, by W. Schwartz.--Single-room occupancy: Group work with urban rejects in a slum hotel, by J. Shapiro.--The school: Group work in the public schools, by A. Gitterman.--The neighborhood: The settlement house, mediator for the poor, by B. E. Farris, G. Murillo, and W. M. Hale.--The hospital: The social worker as mediator on a hospital ward, by H. Lipton and S. Malter.--Public welfare: Group work with adolescents in a public foster care agency, by J. B. Peterson and C. H. Sturgies.--The trade union: A group approach to link community mental health with labor, by H. J. Weiner.--The community: A function for the social worker in the antipoverty program, by D. Heymann.--Residential treatment: The skills of child care, by D. Birnbach.--The prison: Group work in a maximum security prison, by G. J. Forthun and R. E. Nuehring.--Program: "Program" in group work; another look, by L. Shulman.--Recording: The "record of service"; describing social work practice, by G. P. Garfield and C. R. Irizarry.