Psychology for Social Workers

Black Perspectives on Human Development and Behaviour
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-36913-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Social work education has recently undergone major changes, with anti-discriminatory practice being a high priority area in professional training. Psychology for Social Workers provides an introductory text which will help qualifying and practising social workers to:

- understand and counteract the impact of discrimination;

- work in an ethnically sensitive way;

- demonstrate an awareness of ways to combat both individual and institutional racism through anti-racist practice.

Drawing together research material and literature on black perspectives in human development and behaviour from North America and Britain, it provides a starting point that will inspire discussion and debate in the social work field and will generate future theoretical and research questions. Among the topics covered are black perspectives in group work and the family, identity development and academic achievement in black children, and mental health issues in relation to black people.

Updated throughout to cover recent legislation, this second edition is an essential introductory text for all social workers in training and practice and for their teachers and trainers.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Lena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The black perspective in psychology; Chapter 2 Forming impressions of people; Chapter 3 The emergence of a black perspective in group work; Chapter 4 The black Family; Chapter 5 Black identity development; Chapter 6 Educational achievement and the black child; Chapter 7 Black people and mental health issues; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Lena Robinson is Professor of Social Work at the University of the West of Scotland, UK.