Become a better practitioner with CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING DIVERSE GROUPSandJUSTICE ISSUES! With coverage of topics such as cultural differences and the importance of cultural competence to human service professions, this social work text provides you with the skills necessary to understand, measure, and evaluate cultural competence. Case studies are integrated throughout and follow two families, the Hernandez family and the Abdullah family, to help you master the knowledge and skills necessary to lead your clients through the process stages and develop cultural competence. Practical and informative, Tools for Student Learning are found throughout and include questionnaires, pre-tests, and post-tests.

This textbook helps students of social work prepare to work with diverse groups. It begins with an examination of the realities of racism, sexism, homophobia, discrimination, and oppression and then teaches various ways of building cultural competence. The final six chapters deal with cultural competence when working with specific cultural and ethnic groups. The third edition contains new sections on ethics, ageism, and intergenerational acculturation.
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This textbook helps students of social work prepare to work with diverse groups. It begins with an examination of the realities of racism, sexism, homophobia, discrimination, and oppression and then teaches various ways of building cultural competence. The final six chapters deal with cultural competence when working with specific cultural and ethnic groups. The third edition contains new sections on ethics, ageism, and intergenerational acculturation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Earlier editions of CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE broke new ground by presenting a model for understanding, measuring, and evaluating cultural competence. This model, as well as the book's practical, experiential approach and numerous exercises, continue to make it informative and accessible to students at all levels. The book not only presents cultural differences, but also explains why cultural competence is important to human service professionals, and demonstrates how to develop skills necessary to become culturally competent.

Doman Lum is professor emeritus of social work at California State University, Sacramento. He was recently featured in a book, CELEBRATING SOCIAL WORK: FACES AND VOICES OF FORMATIVE YEARS, commemorating social work and social work education. His previous books include SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR: A PROCESS-STAGE APPROACH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PRACTICE: DIVERSITY IN CONTEXT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE, PRACTICE STAGES AND CLIENT SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY APPROACH; SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH CARE POLICY; and RESPONDING TO SUICIDAL CRISIS. He has written articles on Asian Americans, health care delivery and health maintenance organizations, culturally diverse social work practice, suicide prevention, and pastoral counseling. Dr. Lum is a consulting editor for THE JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SOCIAL WORK and ARETE, and has been on the board of directors and the Commission on Accreditation for the Council on Social Work Education. He received the Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education award from the Council on Social Work Education in 2000. He is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, Northern California Conference.

PART ONE: CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE. 1. Culturally Competent Practice. 2. Social Context. 3. Advancing Social and Economic Justice. 4. A Framework for Cultural Competence. PART TWO: CULTURAL COMPETENT FRAMEWORK. 5. Cultural Awareness. 6. Knowledge Acquisition. 7. Skill Development. 8. Inductive Learning. PART THREE: CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSE GROUPS. 9. Cultural Competence with First Nations People. 10. Cultural Competence with African Americans. 11. Cultural Competence with Latino Americans. 12. Cultural Competence with Asian Americans. 13. Cultural Competence with Women of Color. 14. Cultural Competence with Gay and Lesbian Persons of Color. PART FOUR: REFLECTIONS ON CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE. 15. Some Reflections on Culturally Competent Practice.