Part 1 Overview of theoretical and practical issues: introduction, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; structional and organizational aspects, Kedar Nath Dwivedi, Suzanne Lawton and Sarah Hogan; conceptual frameworks, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; evaluation, Kedar Nath Dwivedi and Diddy Mymin. Part 2 Developmental perspectives: developmental needs and considerations for therapeutic provisions, Peter Harper; emotional development, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; empathy and prosocial development, Malcolm Walley; historical development of group psychotherapy, Patrick McGrath. Part 3 Tools and techniques: play, activities, exercises and games, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; art psychotherapy groups, Tessa Dalley; relaxation, visulization and nourishment, Fredi Harrison; use of drama, Cherry Stephenson; use of interpretation, Kedar Nath Dwivedi. Part 4 Subjects and themes: bereaved children and adolescents, Sue Smith and Sister Margaret Pennells; encopresis, Kedar Nath Dwivedi and Sue Bell; victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, Andrew Howard; young offenders, Julie Harrower; race identity and culture, Barbara Coward. Part 5 Contexts and settings: group work in schools, Carol Coppock, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; group work in residential child care, Bernie Evans and Paul Cook; group work in child mental health services, Kedar Nath Dwivedi; group work in the youth service, Janet Adams; groupwork with children and adolescents in a therapeutic community, Jane Wright-Watson.