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Cultural Diversity A Primer for the Human Services

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ISBN-10: 0495127647

ISBN-13: 9780495127642

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Jerry V. Diller

List price: $83.95
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Offering a balance of clinical and theoretical information, Jerry Diller's practical book focuses on effective methods of providing cross-cultural services. The book covers the general principles of cultural diversity, the process of cross-cultural service delivery, and cultural information on specific client populations. Throughout, Diller builds a general understanding of what cultural diversity is and why it is important, and he also helps students to better understand their own prejudices so that they can be more effective counselors when working with clients of cultures different than their own.
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Book details

List price: $83.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jerry V. Diller has been teaching for over 30 years and has taught at all levels of higher education. He is currently on the faculty at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, where he teaches courses in clinical psychology, cultural diversity, and cross-cultural services delivery. He has also taught at the University of Oregon and at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, where he was awarded the Innovation of the Year Award for teaching. He has worked with clients from a variety of different ethnic groups in private practice and public mental health settings and is the author of two books on ethnic identity as well as CULTURAL COMPETENCE: A PRIMER FOR EDUCATORS (Brooks/Cole,…    

Preface
A Word About Diversity
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What It Means to Be Culturally Competent
Demographics
Reactions to the Changing Demographics
A Model of Cultural Competence
Assessing Agency Cultural Competence
Individual Cultural Competence Skill Areas
Defining Professional Standards
Why Become Culturally Competent?
The Fear and Pain Associated with Moving Toward Cultural Competence
Speaking Personally About Cultural Competence
Summary
Activities
Understanding Racism, Prejudice, and White Privilege
Defining and Contextualizing Racism
Individual Racism and Prejudice
Traits and Tendencies Supporting Racism and Prejudice
Psychological Theories of Prejudice
Implications for Providers
Institutional Racism
Determining Institutional Racism
Consciousness, Intent, and Denial
Implications for Providers
Cultural Racism
Implications for Providers
Racial Consciousness Among Whites
White Privilege
White Racial Attitude Types
A Model of White Racial Identity Development
Identity Development in the Classroom
Becoming a Cultural Ally
Summary
Activities
Understanding Culture and Cultural Differences
What Is Culture?
Culture Versus Race in the Definition of Group Differences
The Dimensions of Culture
Comparing Cultural Paradigms in America
Nature and the Environment
Time Orientation
People Relations
Work and Activity
Human Nature
Are Theories of Helping Culture Bound?
Key Aspects of the Helping Process
Verbal Expressiveness and Self-Disclosure
Setting Long-Term Goals
Changing the Client Versus Changing the Environment
Definitions of Mental Health
Conflicting Cross-Cultural Service Models
Summary
Activities
Introduction to Chapters 5 through 7
Children and Parents of Color
Three Scenarios
Child Development
Temperament at Birth
Development of Racial Awareness
Racial Awareness and Self-Esteem
Clarifying the Question
Adolescent Racial Identity
Academic Performance and Learning Styles
Cultural Issues in Therapeutic Interventions with Children
Parenting
Creating a Buffer Zone
Parenting for Self-Esteem
Preparing the Child Emotionally for Racism
Preparing the Child Cognitively for Racism
Bicultural Children and Families
Bicultural Couples
Patterns of Bicultural Relationships
Bicultural Children
Adopted Children
Summary
Activities
Mental Health Issues
Racial Identity and Group Belonging
The Inner Dynamics of Ethnic Identity
Models of Racial Identity Development
Racial Identity Development and the Helping Process
Assimilation and Acculturation
Views of Acculturation
Immigration and Acculturation
Acculturation and Community Breakdown
Stress
Psychological Trauma
Drug and Alcohol Use
Comparing Latinos/as and Asian Americans
The Cultural Meaning of Recovery
Summary
Activities
Bias in Service Delivery
The Impact of Social, Political, and Racial Attitudes
Who Are the Providers?
Underrepresentation in the Professions
Dissatisfaction Among Providers of Color
The Use of Paraprofessionals
The Use of Traditional Healers
Cultural Aspects of Mental Health Service Delivery
Bias in Conceptualizing Ethnic Populations
Bias in Assessment
Bias in Diagnosis
Cultural Variations in Psychopathology
Cultural Attitudes Toward Mental Health
Cultural Differences in Symptoms, Disorders, and Pathology
The Case of Suicide
Summary
Activities
Working with Culturally Different Clients
How Is Cross-Cultural Helping Different?
Conceptualizing Cross-Cultural Work
Understanding Difference
Understanding Power
Preparing for Cross-Cultural Work
Assessing Culturally Different Clients
Establishing Rapport and the First Session
Two Case Studies
Summary
Activities
Addressing Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, and Mass Violence
Historic Trauma and Unresolved Grief among Native Americans
Brave Heart's Cultural Intervention
PTSD in Native American Males
South Africa and Its Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Impact on Victims
Impact on Victims
Impact on Perpetrators
Institute for the Healing of Memories
Forgiveness
Reparations
Holocaust Survivors, Nazis, Their Children, and Reconciliation
Summary
Activities
Introduction to Chapters 10 through 14
Avoiding the Stereotyping of Individual Group Members
The Interviews
Working with Latino/a Clients: An Interview with Roberto Almanzan
Demographics
Family and Cultural Values
Our Interviewee
The Interview
Working with Native American Clients: An Interview with Jack Lawson
Demographics
Family and Cultural Values
Our Interviewee
The Interview
Working with African American Clients: An Interview with Veronique Thompson
Demographics
Family and Cultural Values
Our Interviewee
The Interview
Working with Asian American Clients: An Interview with Dan Hocoy
Demographics
Family and Cultural Values
Our Interviewee
The Interview
Working with White Ethnic Clients: An Interview with the Author
Demographics and Cultural Similarities
Our Interviewee
The Interview
Some Closing Thoughts
Gaining More Knowledge
Learning About Client Cultures
Finding Support for Cross-Cultural Work
Summary
Activities
Case of Elena
Case of Theo
Selected Bibliography on Diversity
Ablism and Disability
Aging
Classism
Gender
Sexual Orientation: Gay, Lesbians, Transsexuals
Glossary
References
Index