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Culture and Disability

Name: Culture and Disability
Brand: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
SKU: 9780761930846
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Providing Culturally Competent Services

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By John H. Stone
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Release Date: January 10, 2005
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 272

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'Culture and Disabilty is a groundbreaking work on persons with disabilities from diverse immigrant backgrounds. It is a pioneering and practical volume dealing with topics that have been too long ignored. Using a 'cultural broker' model and written by individuals who have emigrated to the U.S. from countries such as China, Korea, Jamaica, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, Providing Cultural Competent Disability Services contains concrete examples, case studies, and recommendations that will help rehabilitation practitioners in their day-to-day activities. Providing Cultural Competent Disability Service also serves as an excellent supplemental text for undergraduate and graduate programs in rehabilitation and related disciplines' - Paul Leung, Ph.D., CRC, University of North Texas One in ten persons living in the United States was born in another country, and in many areas this percentage is much higher. Minority groups are currently underrepresented in the rehabilitation professions; consequently many persons with disabilities are served by professionals from a culture that may be very different than their own.Culture and Disabilty provides information about views of disability in other cultures and ways in which rehabilitation professionals may improve services for persons from other cultures, especially recent immigrants. Culture and Disabilty includes chapters with descriptions of the interaction of culture and disability. A model on "Culture Brokering" provides a framework for addressing problems or conflicts that often arise between service providers and clients from differing cultures. Seven chapters discuss the cultural perspectives of China, Jamaica, Korea, Haiti, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, focusing on how disability is understood in these cultures. Each of these chapters includes a discussion of the history of immigration to the United States, the role of the family and the community in rehabilitation, as well as recommendations for service providers on working with persons from each culture. Culture and Disabilty is a unique and timely text for students and instructors in disability-related programs. It is also a vital resource for service providers who work in cross-cultural environments.

Dr. Stone (Ph.D., Education (Instructional Design and Development) Florida State University, 1976) directs the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange at the University at Buffalo. He is also Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the university. In addition to teaching a wide range of graduate courses in the area of rehabilitation, many with an emphasis on diversity, he also coordinates the international activities of the Department of Occupational Therapy.

Preface - John H. Stone Introduction - John H. Stone Chapter 1. Immigrants, Disability and Rehabilitation - Nora Groce Chapter 2. Culture and Disability - Paula Sotnik, Mary Ann Jezewski Chapter 3. Disability Service Providers as Culture Brokers - Mary Ann Jezewski, Paula Sotnik Chapter 4. Best Practices: Developing Cross-Cultural Competence From a Chinese Perspective - Gloria Liu Chapter 5. An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Services Providers - Doreen Miller Chapter 6. Disability and Korean Culture - Weol Soon Kim-Rupnow Chapter 7. An Introduction to Haitian Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers - Eric Jacobson Chapter 8. An Introduction to Mexican Culture for Service Providers - Felipe O. Santana Chapter 9. An Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic for Disability Service Providers - Ana Lopez-DeFede, Dulce Haeussler-Fiore Chapter 10. An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture for Rehabilitation - Peter Hunt Chapter 11. Navigating the Sea of Culture: Life Jackets for Providers of Disability Services - John H. Stone

"With sections originally written for clinicians, Culture and Disability has expanded the scope work to include valuable information for both service providers as well as researchers. Culture and Disability is an excellent resource for both of its intended audiences." -- Patricia A. Findley * Springer Science + Business Media * "This book is a valuable text not only for physical therapists but for all professionals working with individuals who have immigrated from other countries and presents themselves for rehabilitation services. This book is timely and should be an addition to any rehabilitation professionals' library considering the increase in immigration as well as the changes in the patterns of immigration to the United States. It is an appropriate book for physical therapists and provides valuable information to the rehabilitation specialist looking to increase their knowledge of working with immigrants with disabilities and their families." -- Kim Nixon-Cave * American Physical Therapy Association *

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