This comprehensive handbook aims to serve as a major resource for all those involved in group work with children and adolescents. Bringing together the skills, practical experience and expertise of a wide range of contributors, it provides comprehensive analysis and practical guidance on all aspects of the subject under five broad headings: theoretical and practical issues - including structures and organizational aspects, conceptual frameworks and evaluation; developmental perspective - including emotional development, empathy and prosocial development and the historical development of group psychotherapy; tools and techniques - including the use of play and games, art psychotherapy, relaxation, drama and interpretation; subjects and themes - including bereaved children, encopresis, victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, young offenders and racial identity; contexts and settings - including group work in schools, residential institutions, mental health services, youth services and therapeutic communities.