Social Work Practice with Lgbtqia Populations: An Interactional Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138672420 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 302 str.

Claire Dente

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1: Introduction: Background & Assumptions, Claire L. Dente; 2: Marriage Equality, Relationships & Divorce, Karen Myers; 3: Family & Parenting, Mohan Vinjamuri; 4: Adoption Considerations, Becky Duddy-Burke, Sara A. Chominski, Claire L. Dente; 5: Social Services, Tiffany Y. Lane; 6: Education & Schools, Karen Myers; 7: Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity, Terrence O. Lewis; 8: Working with Transgender and Non-binary Client Populations, Erin Hipple, Austin J. Angiollilo, Ona H. Grant; 9: Addiction & Mental Health, Anthony Estreet, Tonya C. Phillips, Michelle G. Thompson; 10: Healthcare Access & Disparities, Lisa E. Cox, Kimberly A. Furphy; 11: Legal Systems & Violence, Casey Bohrman; 12: Economics & the Workplace, Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis; 13: Religion & Spirituality, Claire L. Dente; 14: Aging, Noell Rowan, Sandra Butler; 15: Global Issues, Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak, Michele Eggers​ Barison; About the Contributors; Glossary of Terms; Index

O autorze

Claire L. Dente is a licensed clinical social worker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She received a BA from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA, an MSW from The National Catholic School of Social Service at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and a Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Her social work practice has included work in physical rehabilitation and ability services, college mental health and diversity issues. She is especially interested in the intersection of religion and spirituality with sexual orientation and gender identity. She has worked as a social worker on a stroke unit, as director of a university counseling center and disability services office, and as a social work faculty member.