{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"infed.org","provider_url":"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome","title":"Group work - expansion and professionalism 1937 - 1955 - infed.org","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bwhCBapFPx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome\/group-work-expansion-and-professionalism-1937-1955\/\">Group work &#8211; expansion and professionalism 1937 &#8211; 1955<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome\/group-work-expansion-and-professionalism-1937-1955\/embed\/#?secret=bwhCBapFPx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Group work &#8211; expansion and professionalism 1937 &#8211; 1955&#8221; &#8212; infed.org\" data-secret=\"bwhCBapFPx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TheSocialGathering_wikimediacommons.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":742,"description":"In this important (1981) piece Kenneth E. Reid explores how group work was increasingly presented as part of social work (as against informal education and recreation) and the fascinating process of delineating its boundaries. Contents:\u00a0\u00a0introduction \u00b7 developments in social work \u00b7 beginning of a professional organization \u00b7 search for a definition \u00b7 separation of group ... Read more"}