Social Work Practice with African American Families: An Intergenerational Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780789033925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 204 str.

Cheryl Waites

Opis

Social workers looking to provide competent practice with African American families may be more effective by using a new strengths-based approach from an intergenerational perspective. This text presents a comprehensive look at this new approach to view, assess, and provide services to multigenerational families and communities.

Spis treści

Part I: The Intergenerational Perspective  1. African-American Families Across Generations  2. Intergenerational Perspective  Part II: Intergenerational Practice and Programs  3. Genograms with African-American Families  4. Health: Intergenerational Insights and Action  5. Raising Saints in Exile: Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in a Storefront-Sanctified Church  6. The Increase in Intergenerational African-American Families Headed by Grandmothers  7. Intergenerational Family Influences on the Education of African-American Children  8. Family Survival: Passing the Intergenerational Torch

O autorze

Cheryl Waites, EdD, MSW, is an associate professor and associate dean of the School of Social Work, at Wayne State University. She received her BA in sociology from Hunter College (CUNY), her MSW from Fordham University, and her EdD in counselor education from North Carolina State University. Dr. Waites is a Hartford Faculty Scholar. Her areas of research include healthy aging, health disparities, intergenerational relationships, and culturally appropriate and responsive practice. She has also studied promising practices for enhancing gerontological social work education and training. Dr.Waites received a grant from the Institute of Geriatric Social Work at Boston University and conducted a capacity-building project to provide training opportunities for practitioners interested in developing competencies in working with older adults and their families. She was also a recipient of a Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education grant, sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Council on Social Work Education. She instituted and evaluated an educational change process designed to infuse aging content across the socialwork curricula. Dr.Waites has received several other grants in the areas of family-centered practice, cultural competency, and social work education. Dr. Waites has numerous publications in refereed journals, and has written several book chapters, teaching/training books, and technical reports. Dr. Waites has also presented her research at numerous international, national, and regional conferences.