Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families

In this fully updated second edition, social work students and practitioners gain essential knowledge about working effectively with today's culturally diverse clients and their families. Significant revisions reflect: new research on how evidence-based interventions fare with various cultural groups the best methods for incorporating clients' world views, language, ethnicity, race, national origin, and religion in a mental health setting post-9/11 concerns for recent immigrants and refugees. From the presentation of Dr. Congress's "culturagram" assessment and empowerment technique, to chapters that include information about: an Afrocentric approach to working with Afro-American families; culturally sensitive treatment ideas for Arab-American families; defining differences among Hispanic families from various parts of the globe; and help-seeking behaviors of the recent influxes of Russian, Asian, and Hispanic immigrants. This book offers all-important micro and macro perspectives that will shape the present and future course of multicultural social work in the United States.