| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Series |
Multicultural Aspects of Counseling And Psychotherapy |
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Multicultural aspects of counseling and psychotherapy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Introduction and Overview; 1 -- Immigrants, Disability, and Rehabilitation; 2 -- Culture and the Disability Services; 3 -- Disability Service Providers as Culture Brokers; 4 -- Best Practices; 5 -- An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers; 6 -- Disability and Korean Culture; 7 -- An Introduction to Haitian Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers; 8 -- An Introduction to Mexican Culture for Service Providers; 9 -- An Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic for Disability Service Providers |
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10 -- An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers in the United States11 -- Understanding Immigrants With Disabilities; About the Editor; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
Culture and Disability 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. The book 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, f |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Minority people with disabilities -- Services for -- United States
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People with disabilities -- Services for -- United States
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Social work with minorities -- United States
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Minorities -- Services for -- United States
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Ethnic attitudes -- United States
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Ethnic attitudes.
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Minorities -- Services for.
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People with disabilities -- Services for.
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Social work with minorities.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452266961 |
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1452266964 |
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