ABSTRACT
As evidenced by the articles included in this special issue, group workers have been both intentional and adaptive in navigating the global transformations that have characterized this historical era. Alongside the ongoing developmental needs of students and clients, the complex challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the sociopolitical unrest of the past few years have necessitated new levels of group work innovation. This special issue represents the wide array of topics with which group workers and scholars are currently engaged. As the world continues to transform in both unprecedented and expected ways, it will be important for group facilitators to remain adaptive, committed, and innovative in both theory and practice. We hope these articles provide new insight and direction for group work scholars and practitioners and we look forward to the continued evolution of this important work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
ABSTRACT
An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss various reports within the issue on topics including evidence-based building community group curriculum that can be used by group workers to facilitate multiculturalism, social justice advocacy and civic engagement, how counselors can utilize a neuroscience-informed framework to facilitate groups for children and adolescents and the impact of groups that were offered during the COVID-19 pandemic.