iaswg chapter summary 2015

IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee; pictures 123rf

An international organization with17 chapters on three continents

IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

11 chapters in USA IASWG Board meeting, Nov. 7th 2015, presented by T. Schmitz-Remberg, co-chair chapter development committee, pictures 123rf

Central FloridaMassachusetts

Long Island, New YorkPennsylvaniaMinnesota

FloridaIllinois

North CarolinaSouthern California

OhioRed Apple


2 chapters in Canada

Toronto

Frankophon chapter located in Montreal

(building bridges to other continents by french

language)


3 chapters in Europe

GermanyEuropeanLithuania


1 Chapter in Africa

South Africa


17 teams are working hard to bring active life into their chapters and their local

regions, all about Groupwork.


Each chapter has a board / core team, which is responsible to initiate and conduct the activities. During the year estimated 85 IASWG members are working hard to keep the chapters alive and colourful!


Most of our chapters use social media:

We have 7 homepages maintained by the chapters

themselves. We assume an average

visitor amount of 3000 for each homepage. We

have being reaching over 21.000 contacts.


You can find also 5 facebook presences. Currently these 5

facebook pages are liked by 383

people.


Currently one chapter uses twitter and has 106 follower.


Using social media by the chapters in addition to IASWG homepage/tweet our organization is, roughly estimated, recognized by 21.500 people/contacts who are interested in groupwork and IASWG.


Our chapters bring up interesting topics to

groupwork in different fields, for academics as well

as for practitioners.


Using and cooperating withunique local networks they

organize a lot of events, workshops, conferences and

tables.


universities of applied sciencescolleges

schools

agencies

hospitalsuniversities

alumni networks

cultural institutions

Networking with local..


Yoga

Motivational Interviewing

using stories and poems

Forensic Groups

groupwork in prisons

Self-coaching strategies for groupworkers

new media in groups

Sex and myths in sexuality

topics of workshops, conferences (examples)

exploring the range of support groups

Groupwork in the classroomhumor as method

groupwork with trauma-impacted members

Mindfulness and group work practice

group activities for youth and adults

teaching DBT creatively

evidence based groupwork

using an assets-based model in promoting/ evaluating youth groups

recovery - oriented GW for clients with serious mental illness

Task group meetings

Benefits of Group Involvement for Undocumented Immigrant Populations


And we don´t want to forget: annual IASWG symposium is usually hosted by a chapter!

e.g. 2016 New York City SymposiumGROUP WORK ACROSS THE GLOBE: BUILDING TRANSFORMATIVE CONNECTIONS

(supported by Long Island and Red apple Chapter)


1st European Groupwork 2015 camp in Lithuania was hosted by a chapter! And supported by other chapters...


17 chapters spread the spirit of and the knowledge about groupwork for IASWG around the world, emphasizing on local activities.


iaswg chapter summary 2015

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