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

By: Fontes, Lisa Aronson.
Publisher: New York ; London : Guilford, 2008Description: 239 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781593856434; 1593856431.Subject(s): Child abuse -- Cross-cultural studies | Interviewing in child abuse | Child welfare workers | CHILD ABUSE | Child Welfare | Cross-Cultural ComparisonGenre/Form: Cross-cultural studies.Online resources: Table of contents | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
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.
Summary: Highly readable and accessible, this book provides a framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. It offers vital knowledge and tools to help professionals from any background play a more positive, effective role in the lives of diverse children and families.
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Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Highly readable and accessible, this book provides a framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. It offers vital knowledge and tools to help professionals from any background play a more positive, effective role in the lives of diverse children and families.

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