This resource focuses on the group as a whole. The material described will show how a group can often achieve results that each individual could not achieve alone. It explores the criteria which makes a group effective; it identifies the individual roles and skills that produce a successful group and techniques for building trust, support and feelings of positive self-esteem.

Contents include: Characteristics of successful groups, clearly laid out skill training sessions, suggesions for effective journal keeping, activities to discover personal qualities needed for groupwork, games to help build confidence and promote ideas that get the most out of a group, examination of important group skills such as communication, empathy, assertiveness and relaxation through activities and games.