Knowing and Serving Diverse Families
Knowing and Serving Diverse Families provides relevant content, discussion, issues, and strategies needed by teachers and others in human services to understand and work with today’s diverse families.\ Working with Culturally Diverse Families. Several chapters in this book provide insights into working with culturally and ethnically diverse families such as African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Arab American, Native American, and others.\ Working with Families with Diverse...
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Knowing and Serving Diverse Families addresses the need to understand diversity in families from racial, ethnic and lifestyle dimensions. Based on up-to-date research and years of practice, the book takes a systems approach and examines family structure, ecology, roles, values and interactions with various institutions. This edition includes the most recent human and family developmental research, references the latest government statistics, contains new references, and additional reading selections. It thoughtfully summarizes the realities of diverse families and the responsibilities of helping professionals in promoting their progress, harmony, peace, and human rights. Booknews An introductory textbook for early undergraduate students who are going into the helping professions (loosely defined as social services, law enforcement, health care, teachers, counselors, and others who encounter diverse populations). The material is organized into four sections which focus on basic issues of human and civil rights, racial and ethnic diversity, families with specific structures and memberships, and the role of helping professionals in meeting the needs of different populations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction1Ch. 1Knowing and Serving the Human Family: An Introduction3Ch. 2Serving Individuals and Families: Equal Protection17Ch. 3Systems for Knowing Families33Ch. 4African-American Families53Ch. 5Hispanic-American Families69Ch. 6Asian-American Families93Ch. 7Arab-American Families119Ch. 8Native American Indian Families135Ch. 9Amish-American Families155Ch. 10Single Teenage Parent Families171Ch. 11Divorced Single-Parent Families207Ch. 12Stepfamilies237Ch. 13Families with Challenged Members263Ch. 14Other Family Forms297Ch. 15Serving Families325Name Index335Subject Index339
\ BooknewsAn introductory textbook for early undergraduate students who are going into the helping professions (loosely defined as social services, law enforcement, health care, teachers, counselors, and others who encounter diverse populations). The material is organized into four sections which focus on basic issues of human and civil rights, racial and ethnic diversity, families with specific structures and memberships, and the role of helping professionals in meeting the needs of different populations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
