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Social work with immigrants and refugees : legal issues, clinical skills, and advocacy / Fernando Chang-Muy, Elaine P. Congress, editors.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (32 entries) : 2 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786840639
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.87/530973 23
LOC classification:
  • JV6465 .S63 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
About the authors -- Contributors -- Foreword / Diane Drachman -- Foreword / Frank Sharry -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction: legal and social work issues with immigrants / Elaine P. Congress; 2. Legal classifications of immigrants / Fernando Chang-Muy -- Part II. Immigration and social work practice: 3. Culturally competent social work practice with immigrant populations / Carmen Ortiz Hendricks & Elaine P. Congress; 4. Theory and social work practice with immigrant populations / Betty Garcia; 5. Social work and physical health issues of immigrants / Sarah Blair Smith; 6. Mental health issues in immigrant communities / Denise Ziya Berte; 7. Crimes and immigration: civil advocacy for noncitizens at the intersection of criminal and immigration law / Abel Rodríguez; 8. Immigrants and employment / Marielena Hincapié, Susan Lopez, & Joshua Stehlik -- Part III. Children and family issues: 9. Immigrant children and education / Len Rieser; 10. Women, gender-based violence, and immigration / Sujata Warrier & Jennifer Rose; 11. Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants / Rachel B. Tiven & Victoria Neilson (Updated by Aaron C. Morris); 12. Older adult immigrants in the United States: issues and services / Patricia Brownell, Robin Creswick Fenley, & Jung H. Kim --
Part IV. Immigration policy: 13. Overview of immigrant eligibility for federal programs / Avideh Moussavian; 14. Social workers and immigrant advocacy / Jasmeet Kaur Sidhu -- Epilogue / Elaine P. Congress and Fernando Chang-Muy -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D.
Abstract: This second edition has been updated to reflect key policy changes at the state and federal levels affecting social work with immigrants and refugees. The authors have expanded their coverage of transnationalism, microaggressions, and public health and community issues, and each chapter features updated case studies on the most critical issues immigrants face today: legal processes, physical and mental health issues, employment difficulties, family conflicts, and more.
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Includes bibliographical references.

About the authors -- Contributors -- Foreword / Diane Drachman -- Foreword / Frank Sharry -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction: legal and social work issues with immigrants / Elaine P. Congress; 2. Legal classifications of immigrants / Fernando Chang-Muy -- Part II. Immigration and social work practice: 3. Culturally competent social work practice with immigrant populations / Carmen Ortiz Hendricks & Elaine P. Congress; 4. Theory and social work practice with immigrant populations / Betty Garcia; 5. Social work and physical health issues of immigrants / Sarah Blair Smith; 6. Mental health issues in immigrant communities / Denise Ziya Berte; 7. Crimes and immigration: civil advocacy for noncitizens at the intersection of criminal and immigration law / Abel Rodríguez; 8. Immigrants and employment / Marielena Hincapié, Susan Lopez, & Joshua Stehlik -- Part III. Children and family issues: 9. Immigrant children and education / Len Rieser; 10. Women, gender-based violence, and immigration / Sujata Warrier & Jennifer Rose; 11. Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants / Rachel B. Tiven & Victoria Neilson (Updated by Aaron C. Morris); 12. Older adult immigrants in the United States: issues and services / Patricia Brownell, Robin Creswick Fenley, & Jung H. Kim --

Part IV. Immigration policy: 13. Overview of immigrant eligibility for federal programs / Avideh Moussavian; 14. Social workers and immigrant advocacy / Jasmeet Kaur Sidhu -- Epilogue / Elaine P. Congress and Fernando Chang-Muy -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D.

This second edition has been updated to reflect key policy changes at the state and federal levels affecting social work with immigrants and refugees. The authors have expanded their coverage of transnationalism, microaggressions, and public health and community issues, and each chapter features updated case studies on the most critical issues immigrants face today: legal processes, physical and mental health issues, employment difficulties, family conflicts, and more.

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