Social work practice with LGBTQIA populations : an interactional perspective / edited by Claire L. Dente.

Contributor(s):

Dente, Claire L [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019Description: xiv, 301 pages, 24 cmISBN:

9781138672437 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Social work practice with LGBTQIA populationsDDC classification:

362.896 SOC

Contents:

Introduction : background and assumptions / Claire L. Dente -- Marriage equality, relationships & divorce / Karen Myers -- Family & parenting / Mohan Vinjamuri -- Adoption considerations / Becky Duddy-Burke, Sara A. Chominski, Claire L. Dente -- Social services / Tiffany Y. Lane -- Education & schools / Karen Myers -- Race, ethnicity and sexual orientation & gender identity / Terrence O. Lewis -- Working with transgender and non-binary client populations / Erin Hipple, Austin J. Angiollilo, Ona H. Grant -- Addiction & mental health / Anthony Estreet, Tonya C. Phillips, Michelle G. Thompson -- Healthcare access & disparities / Lisa E. Cox, Kimberly A. Furphy -- Legal systems & violence / Casey Bohrman -- Economics & the workplace / Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis -- Religion & spirituality / Claire L. Dente -- Aging / Noell Rowan, Sandra Butler -- Global issues / Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak, Michele Eggers-Barison.

Summary: "Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA Populations provides an overview of key issues for social workers working with LGBTQIA clients. Each chapter considers the experiences of LGBTQIA clients in different social and interpersonal contexts. This text encourages students to think critically about the barriers and discriminations LGBTQIA clients might face in their lives and how social workers can be equipped to address these issues. Students are challenged to develop approaches that extend support to these clients and that remove structural barriers that clients face within these systems. Utilizing intersectionality theory, students will gain in understanding of the risks and protective factors unique to this population in social work contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	362.896 SOC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3280

GBP 44.99
TRP40/242

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA Populations provides an overview of key issues for social workers working with LGBTQIA clients. Each chapter considers the experiences of LGBTQIA clients in different social and interpersonal contexts. This text encourages students to think critically about the barriers and discriminations LGBTQIA clients might face in their lives and how social workers can be equipped to address these issues. Students are challenged to develop approaches that extend support to these clients and that remove structural barriers that clients face within these systems. Utilizing intersectionality theory, students will gain in understanding of the risks and protective factors unique to this population in social work contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

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