Child abuse and culture : working with diverse families, Lisa Aronson Fontes

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Child abuse and culture : working with diverse families, Lisa Aronson Fontes

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Title remainder

working with diverse families

Statement of responsibility

Lisa Aronson Fontes

Instantiates

• Child abuse and culture : working with diverse families

Publication

• New York | London, Guilford, 2008

Note

Originally published: 2005

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Multicultural orientation to child maltreatment work. Orienting concepts -- Ecosystemic framework -- Treating clients fairly -- Poverty -- Child maltreatment -- Working with families -- Research and clinical literature on culture and child maltreatment -- Remembering the difficulty of the material and the sacredness of our work -- Working with immigrant families affected by child maltreatment. Social stressors for immigrant families -- Family life, child behavior, and discipline -- Immigrants and the child welfare system -- Domestic violence -- Basic U.S. immigration definitions -- Suggestions for improving cultural competence with immigrants -- Assessing diverse families for child maltreatment. What constitutes a suspicion, and what's culture got to do with it? -- Is it maltreatment? Is the child at risk? -- Once again: how culture matters -- Assessment instruments and structured decision making -- Interviewing diverse children and families about maltreatment. Before the interview or first session -- Building rapport and establishing trust -- During the interview -- Closure and preparation for the next steps -- Physical Discipline and Abuse. Research on group differences -- Corporal punishment and physical abuse -- Culture in discipline and abuse -- Child-raising norms -- Intervening with families who use harsh corporal punishment -- Supporting nonviolent parenting -- Prevention programming -- Child sexual abuse. Shame in child sexual abuse -- Cultural aspects of shame in child sexual abuse -- Counteracting shame -- Working with interpreters in child maltreatment. When to use an interpreter -- Finding an interpreter -- Informal interpreters -- Preparing interpreters -- Cultural asides and other reasons to pause an interview -- The interpreter's role -- The interpreted conversation -- The emotional cost of interpreting in child abuse situations -- Child maltreatment prevention and parent education. Child maltreatment prevention -- The parents' best interests -- Addressing physical abuse: parent groups and classes -- Improving the cultural competency of your child maltreatment agency or organization. Why should agencies change? -- Concluding thoughts -- A final wish -- References -- Index

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ocn857537500

Extent

239 pages

Isbn

9781593856434

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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u92906

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regular print

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• (Sirsi) i9781593856434
• (OCoLC)857537500