The play’s the thing: How social group work and theatre transformed a group into a community

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 27-46

  Halperin, Diana ^a  

^a Children s Aid Society s World Trade Center Disaster Relief   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Community; Elders; Group work; Life review; Theatre

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009580949     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v24n02_03     Document Type: Article

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