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Title Multicultural perspectives in social work practice with families / Elaine P. Congress, Manny J. González, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2013]
©2013

Item Status

Edition Third edition.
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 386 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Peter B. Vaughan -- Using the culturagram to assess and empower culturally diverse families / Elaine P. Congress and Winnie W. Kung -- Family and group approaches with culturally diverse families : a dialogue to increase collaboration / Elaine P. Congress and Maxine Lynn -- Evidence-based practice with ethnically diverse clients / Manny J. González -- Managing agencies for multicultural services / Manoj Pardasani and Lauri Goldkind -- Multicultural triangle of the child, the family, and the school : culturally competent approaches / Carmen Ortiz Hendricks -- Clinical practice with multicultural adolescents / Samuel R. Aymer -- Contingent but resilient : the plight of young, male day laborers in the United States / Gregory Acevedo and Rafael Perez -- Working with culturally diverse older adults / Irene A. Gutheil and Janna C. Heyman -- Grandparents raising grandchildren from a multicultural perspective / Carole B. Cox -- Afrocentric approach in working with African American families / Samuel R. Aymer -- Clinical practice with Hispanic individuals and families : an ecological perspective / Manny J. González and Gregory Acevedo -- Practice with Asian immigrant families and intergenerational issues / Irene W. Chung -- Assisting Native American families : striving for well-being in the seventh generation / Hilary N. Weaver -- Working with Arab Americans / Wahiba Abu-Ras -- Practice with families where gender or sexual orientation is an issue : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans individuals and their families / Gerald P. Mallon -- Spirituality and culturally diverse families : the intersection of culture, religion, and spirituality / Zulema E. Suárez and Edith A. Lewis -- Legal issues in practice with immigrants and refugees : clinical social service practice with vulnerable newcomer communities : women, youth and regugees / Fernando Chang-Muy -- Utilizing an ethnographic lens in clinical social work practice with immigrants and refugees / Jessica Roseberg, Manny J. González, and Samuel Rosenberg -- Clinical work with survivors of torture / Marianne Joyce, Mary Bunn, and David Engstrom -- Latino families affected by HIV/AIDS : some practical practice considerations / Claudia Lucia Moreno -- Evidence-based marriage and family treatment with problem drinkers : a multicultural perspective / Meredith Hanson and Yvette M. Sealy -- Multicultural social work practice with immigrant victims of domestic violence / Patricia Brownell and Eun Jeong Ko -- Multicultural populations and suicide / Dana Alonzo and Robin Gearing -- Ethical issues and future directions / Elaine P. Congress.
Summary "Encompassing the most current issues faced by multicultural families across the lifespan and the social workers who serve them, this popular textbook contains ten new chapters and provides content that has been significantly expanded throughout. These new and reconceived chapters offer professors and social work graduate students a broader and more comprehensive take on the key issues that arise when treating families from diverse cultural backgrounds and current, evidence-based models for assessment and treatment"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Family social work -- United States.
Family social work.
United States.
Minorities -- Services for -- United States.
Minorities -- Services for.
Ethnicity -- United States.
Ethnicity.
Multiculturalism -- United States.
Multiculturalism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Congress, Elaine Piller, editor.
González, Manny J., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Multicultural perspectives in social work practice with families. 3rd ed. New York : Springer Pub. Company, ©2013 9780826108296 (DLC) 2012025044 (OCoLC)779259709
ISBN 9780826108302 (electronic book)
082610830X (electronic book)
9780826108296 (paperback)
0826108296 (paperback)