Full Description
Add to your knowledge of Latino/Hispanic diversity, attitudes, behaviors, and experiences to provide more effective services!Latino-Hispanic Liaisons and Visions for Human Behavior in the Social Environment dispels pervasive historical and contemporary misconceptions and inaccuracies and highlights the diversity of Latino/Hispanic experiences to help you provide more effective services to those clients. As editors Torres and Rivera point out, "Literature on Latinos/Hispanics reflects a dysfunctional and myopic cultural view in which they are often depicted in stereotypic characteristics and as a homogenous population."In Latino-Hispanic Liaisons and Visions for Human Behavior in the Social Environment, you'll find chapters examining:
the social ecology of Mexican-American child development
caregiver well-being among Cuban and Puerto Rican mothers of mentally retarded adults
the adjustment process among Cuban refugee families
one Southwestern community's efforts to create a multiethnic neighborhood coalition against substance abuse
a study of changes related to migration, family, and work in Caribbean women's lives
and much more!
Contents
Introduction
The Social Ecology of Child Development in the Mexican American Population: Current Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Well-Being and Family Role Strains Among Cuban American and Puerto Rican Mothers of Adults with Mental Retardation
An Integral Model of Well-Being and Development and Its Implications for Helping Professions
The Adultification of Refugee Children: Implications for Cross-Cultural Social Work Practice
Latinos Participating in Multiethnic Coalitions to Prevent Substance Abuse: A Case Study
Culturally Competent Substance Abuse Treatment with Latinos
Latino Immigrants: Patterns of Survival
Voices of Hispanic Caribbean Women: Migration, Family, and Work
Another Kind of Rainbow Politics
Creating a Latino/Hispanic Alliance: Eliminating Barriers to Coalition Building
Index
Reference Notes Included
