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Foreword by Peter B. Vaughn, PhD
Preface
Section One: Micro and Macro Approaches

1. Using the Culturagram to Assess and Empower Culturally Diverse Families, Elaine P. Congress, DSW, and Winnie W. Kung, PhD
2. Family and Group Approaches with Culturally Diverse Families: A Dialogue to Increase Collaboration, Elaine P. Congress and Maxine Lynn, PhD
3. Managing Agencies for Multicultural Services, Roslyn H. Chernesky, DSW

Section Two: Culturally Diverse Families Across the Life Cycle

4. The Multicultural Triangle of the Child, the Family, and the School: Culturally Competent Approaches, Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, DSW
5. Social Work Practice with African American Adolescent Girls: A Process-Person-Context Model, Portia Adams, PhD
6. Working with Culturally Diverse Older Adults, Irene A. Gutheil, DSW, and Janna C. Heyman, PhD
7. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren from a Multicultural Perspective, Carole B. Cox, PhD

Section Three: Selected Culturally Diverse Populations

8. Clinical Practice with Immigrants and Refugees: An Ethnographic Multicultural Approach, Jessica Rosenberg, PhD, Manny J. Gonzalez, DSW, and Samuel Rosenberg, PhD
9. Working with Russian-Speaking Jewish Immigrants, Robert Chazin, DSW, and Tatyana Ushakova, MSW
10. Practice with Families Where Sexual Orientation is an Issue: Lesbian and Gay Individuals and Their Families, Gerald P. Mallon, DSW
11. Arab American Families: Assessment and Treatment, Nuha Abudabbeh, PhD
12. An Afrocentric Approach to Working with Afro-American Families, Valerie Borum, PhD
13. Hispanic Families in the United States with Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children, Idalia Mapp, PhD

Section Four: Challenging Practice Issues

14. Working with HIV-Affected Culturally Diverse Families, Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, PhD
15. Evidence-Based Marriage and Family Treatment with Problem Drinkers: A Multi-Cultural Perspective, Meredith Hanson, DSW, and Yvette M. Sealy, PhD
16. The Impact of Ethnicity and Race on the Treatment of Mothers in Incest Families, Virginia C. Strand, DSW
17. Multicultural Social Work Practice with Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Patricia Brownell, PhD, and Eun Jeong Ko, MSW
18. Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Latinas: Strategies for Prevention and Intervention, Sandra G. Turner, PhD, and Carol P. Kaplan, PhD

Section Five: Conclusion

19. Spirituality and Culturally Diverse Families: The Intersection of Culture, Religion, and Spirituality, Zulema E. Suarez, PhD, and Edith A. Lewis, PhD
20. Ethical Issues and Future Directions, Elaine P. Congress

In second edition, social work and mental health students and practitioners across the full spectrum of social service settings gain essential knowledge into cutting edge issues in the assessment and treatment of families from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Fully revised, with a full third of the book completely rewritten and each chapter significantly updated, the editors bring together the latest in multicultural family research and new and improved macro and micro ways of understanding and respecting the needs of new immigrants and diverse populations. Included is an important revision of Dr. Congress's essential assessment technique, the culturagram.

• Handling post 9/11 complications for immigrants and refugees
• culturally sensitive treatment ideas for Arab-American families
• Working from an Afrocentric perspective
• Understanding the needs of the new Russian, Asian, and Hispanic immigrants
• Helping diverse HIV-affected families
• Impact of ethnicity on incest treatments
• Suicide attempts with adolescents
• Importance of spirituality