Culture and disability : providing culturally competent services
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Culture and disability : providing culturally competent services
（Multicultural aspects of counseling series, 21）
Sage, c2005
- : hardcover
- : pbk
Available at 21 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Culture and Disabilty is a groundbreaking work on persons with disabilities from diverse immigrant backgrounds. It is a pioneering and practical volume dealing with topics that have been too long ignored. Using a 'cultural broker' model and written by individuals who have emigrated to the U.S. from countries such as China, Korea, Jamaica, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, Providing Cultural Competent Disability Services contains concrete examples, case studies, and recommendations that will help rehabilitation practitioners in their day-to-day activities. Providing Cultural Competent Disability Service also serves as an excellent supplemental text for undergraduate and graduate programs in rehabilitation and related disciplines. -Paul Leung, Ph.D., CRC, University of North Texas One in ten persons living in the United States was born in another country, and in many areas this percentage is much higher. Minority groups are currently underrepresented in the rehabilitation professions; consequently many persons with disabilities are served by professionals from a culture that may be very different than their own. Culture and Disabilty provides information about views of disability in other cultures and ways in which rehabilitation professionals may improve services for persons from other cultures, especially recent immigrants.
Culture and Disabilty includes chapters with descriptions of the interaction of culture and disability. A model on "Culture Brokering" provides a framework for addressing conflicts that often arise between service providers and clients from differing cultures. Seven chapters discuss the cultural perspectives of China, Jamaica, Korea, Haiti, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, focusing on how disability is understood in these cultures. Each of these chapters includes a discussion of the history of immigration to the United States, the role of the family and the community in rehabilitation, as well as recommendations for service providers on working with persons from each culture.
Culture and Disabilty is a unique and timely text for students and instructors in disability-related programs. It is also a vital resource for service providers who work in cross-cultural environments.
Table of Contents
Preface - John H. Stone
Introduction - John H. Stone
Chapter 1. Immigrants, Disability and Rehabilitation - Nora Groce
Chapter 2. Culture and Disability - Paula Sotnik, Mary Ann Jezewski
Chapter 3. Disability Service Providers as Culture Brokers - Mary Ann Jezewski, Paula Sotnik
Chapter 4. Best Practices: Developing Cross-Cultural Competence From a Chinese Perspective - Gloria Liu
Chapter 5. An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Services Providers - Doreen Miller
Chapter 6. Disability and Korean Culture - Weol Soon Kim-Rupnow
Chapter 7. An Introduction to Haitian Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers - Eric Jacobson
Chapter 8. An Introduction to Mexican Culture for Service Providers - Felipe O. Santana
Chapter 9. An Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic for Disability Service Providers - Ana Lopez-DeFede, Dulce Haeussler-Fiore
Chapter 10. An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture for Rehabilitation - Peter Hunt
Chapter 11. Navigating the Sea of Culture: Life Jackets for Providers of Disability Services - John H. Stone
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