Best practices for social work with refugees and immigrants
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Best practices for social work with refugees and immigrants
Columbia University Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-523) and index
LCCN:2001058111
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780231115827
Description
-- Jose A. Sisneros, University of Denver, Social Work Today
Table of Contents
Part 1: Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction 2. Immigration and Refugee Policies 3. Service Delivery Systems Part 2: Best Practices 4. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice 5. Health 6. Mental Health 7. Family Dynamics 8. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being 9. Interethnic Relations 10. Summary and Conclusions
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: pbk ISBN 9780231115834
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Social work practice with refugees and immigrants requires specialized knowledge of these populations, and specialized adaptations and applications of mainstream services and interventions. Because they are often confronted with cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic barriers, these groups are especially vulnerable to psychological problems. Among these problems are anxiety, depression, alienation, grief, even post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as biological concerns stemming from inadequate or underutilized medical services. Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants is the first book to offer a comprehensive guide to social work with foreign-born clients that evaluates many different strategies in light of their methodological strengths and weaknesses. Part I sets forth the context for empirically based service approaches to such clients by describing the nature of these populations, relevant policies designed to assist them, and service delivery systems. Part II addresses specific problem areas common to refugees and immigrants and evaluates a variety of assessment and intervention techniques for each area.
Maintaining a rigorous empirical and broadly pan-cultural approach throughout, Miriam Potocky-Tripodi seeks to identify the most practical, "best practices" to meet the various and pressing needs of uprooted peoples.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction 2. Immigration and Refugee Policies 3. Service Delivery Systems Part 2: Best Practices 4. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice 5. Health 6. Mental Health 7. Family Dynamics 8. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being 9. Interethnic Relations 10. Summary and Conclusions
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