Disability and Social Work Education (eBook, ePUB)

Practice and Policy Issues
Redaktion: Yuen, Francis K. O.; Tower, Kristine; Cohen, Carol B.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues presents insightful strategies from leading experts that address the gaps between social work and individuals with disabilities, and offers different perspectives on how to integrate practice with social justice, accessibility to services, and human rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136425554
• Artikelnr.: 38251257

Autorenporträt

Francis K. O. Yuen, DSW, ACSW, is Professor for the Division of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento. He has authored and edited many books, and is a member of several editorial boards for peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Yuen is widely published in the areas of family health social work practice, disability, program evaluation and planning, and services to refugees and immigrants. Carol B. Cohen, PhD, LCSW-C, is an Associate Professor for the MSW program at Gallaudet University. Deafened as a young adult, Dr. Cohen has spent several decades of her career advocating and providing services for deaf and hard of hearing populations. Her publications and research interests are in disability, deafness, and clinical practice. Kristine Tower, EdD, MSW, (1951-2005) was an Assistant Professor for the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests included persons with disabilities, sexuality, school social work, and consumer issues in social work. Dr. Tower was actively involved in disability-related concerns in the community and in local schools through legislative activity, training, advisory committees, assistive technology council, and public education.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Contributors. Preface: Disability and Social Work Education,
Carol B. Cohen. Acknowledgments. An Approach to Learning About Social Work
with People with Disabilities, Nancy L. Mary. Everything You Never Wanted
to Know Special Education... and Were Afraid to Ask (IDEA), Sandra
Altshuler. MiCASSA-My Home, Reiko Hayashi. Resources Ancillary Services and
Classroom Instruction: Thoughts of a Deaf-Blind Social Work Student and Her
Teacher, Teresa V. Mason and Ashleigh Smith. An Overview of and Comments on
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), John T. Pardeck and Jean A.
Pardeck. Planned Change in the Disability Community, Randall R. Myers.
Integrating a Family-Centered Approach into Social Work Practice with
Families of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities, Diana
Strock-Lynskey and Diane W. Keller. Adjustment to Disability, Carol B.
Cohen and Donna Napolitano. The Impact of Sight Loss in Social Work
Practice, Cathy Orzolek-Kronner. Disability and Spirituality in Social Work
Practice, Jane Hurst. The Implications of Disability Protests for Social
Work Practice, Sharon N. Barnartt. Applications of a Capability Approach to
Disability and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF) in Social Work Practice, Patricia Welch Saleeby. Research
Methods with Disabled Populations, Elizabeth Eckhardt and Jeane Anastas.
Index. Reference Notes.