Chapters

There are chapters and organizing areas located throughout the world. To locate the chapter nearest you, please refer to the sub-categories on this website.

Join or Start a Chapter

For information about forming a chapter in your area, please contact Chapter Development Chair at [email protected]

For more information on founding a chapter, please review the Application for Chapter Recognition and Chapter Seed Funding. Additional chapter resources: Manual for Current Chapters and Chapters-in-Development and the IASWG Chapter Bylaws General Template.

Existing Chapters

Each year, existing chapters are required to submit an Annual Chapter Report in order to receive chapter support payments. Please note that Annual Reports are due by March 3. Annual reports can be emailed to the IASWG Secretary, Joyce Webster ([email protected]).

If a chapter is interested in hosting a special event or project, additional funds may be available based on financial need and relevance to group work. Please submit an application for Special Chapter Projects Fund to IASWG Secretary, Joyce Webster ([email protected])

Hosting an upcoming IASWG event? Please have event attendees complete an IASWG Consent Form, which allows audio/videotapes, verbal/written information, and/or photographs to be used for IASWG's marketing purposes.

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Announcements

Register Now for the Fall 2021 Group Work Continuing Education Series offered by Loyola University Chicago

Seeking Participants in SPARC Study - Discover how group work practitioners can utilize diversity to promote group development.

Seeking feedback via a survey on Standards for Online Social Work with Groups - The Standards have been helpful for many people, but they are missing items about online Social Work with Groups. We need your help! We would like your comments about how group work may be different when done in an online environment.

New Member Networking Events - Meetings will occur on the third Monday and Wednesday of every month. All members who joined January 2020 or after are welcome!

NEW Publication - Group work applications across the social work curriculum Selected and updated papers from the IASWG Symposium Proceedings Archives - Edited by Carol S. Cohen, Mark J. Macgowan

This year the IASWG Board of Directors is pleased to honor Greg Tully as the 2021 IASWG Honoree.

Groupwork Journal 2021 Student Essay Prize Winners

SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS - CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL ISSUE - Origins of Social Group Work: Local Stories from Around the World

The Membership Committee is in need of a few more members to help plan programs and activities to stay connected with our IASWG members, support other IASWG committee efforts, as well as recruit new members and organizations. If interested in joining this committee, please contact Sam Benbow at: [email protected].

Teaching Group Work Online and in Hybrid Models