Best Practices For Social Work With Refugees And Immigrants

Social work practice with refugees and immigrants requires specializedknowledge of these populations and specialized adaptations and applications ofmainstream s... » 

Social work practice with refugees and immigrants requires specializedknowledge of these populations and specialized adaptations and applications ofmainstream services and interventions. Because they are often confronted withcultural linguistic political and socioeconomic barriers these groups areespecially vulnerable to psychological problems. Among these problems areanxiety depression alienation grief even posttraumatic stress disorder aswell as biological concerns stemming from inadequate or underutilized medicalservices. Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants is thefirst book to offer a comprehensive guide to social work with foreignbornclients that evaluates many different strategies in light of theirmethodological strengths and weaknesses.Part I sets forth the context for empirically based service approaches to suchclients by describing the nature of these populations relevant policiesdesigned to assist them and service delivery systems. Part II addressesspecific problem areas common to refugees and immigrants and evaluates avariety of assessment and intervention techniques for each area. Maintaining arigorous empirical and broadly pancultural approach throughout MiriamPotockyTripodi seeks to identify the most practical best practices to meetthe various and pressing needs of uprooted peoples. «