PhD Manny J. Gonzalez – författare
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Multicultural Perspectives in Social Work Practice with Families is in its thirdedition and continues to expand the depth and breadth with which culturemay be understood and the impact of culture in working with families.Congress, Gonzalez, and their contributors have updated this text to includea focus on evidence-based practice, 10 additional chapters, revision of avaluable assessment tool, and a culturagram. This book clearly is an essentialresource for social workers committed to culturally sensitive practice."--Journal of Teaching in Social Work
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.
New chapters include:Evidence-based models of care for ethnically-diverse familiesPractice with Asian-American familiesPractice with Native American and indigenous familiesPractice with Hispanic familiesPractice with Arab familiesPractice with adolescentsPractice with families when there is risk of suicide Practice with families dealing with substance use and abusePractice with families around health issuesLegal issues with immigrantsContributors to the text are leaders in the field of multicultural issues that encompass a wide range of racial and ethnic populations. Updated case studies, vignettes, and statistical data illustrate the book''s content.
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In second edition, social work and mental health students and practitioners across the full spectrum of social service settings gain essential knowledge into cutting edge issues in the assessment and treatment of families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Fully revised, with a full third of the book completely rewritten and each chapter significantly updated, the editors bring together the latest in multicultural family research and new and improved macro and micro ways of understanding and respecting the needs of new immigrants and diverse populations. Included is an important revision of Dr. Congress''s essential assessment technique, the culturagram.
New and updated chapters provide evidence-based and specialized perspectives, including:Handling post 9/11 complications for immigrants and refugeesculturally sensitive treatment ideas for Arab-American familiesWorking from an Afrocentric perspectiveUnderstanding the needs of the new Russian, Asian, and Hispanic immigrantsHelping diverse HIV-affected familiesImpact of ethnicity on incest treatmentsSuicide attempts with adolescentsImportance of spirituality