Priscilla Dass Brailsford

Crisis and Disaster Counseling

Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina and Other Disasters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides professionals with the skills needed to effectively assist survivors of disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, with healing, recovery, and resilience. This comprehensive collection includes powerful, direct accounts of first responders and the organizations they represent. Taking a practical, skill-building approach, it offers clear and pragmatic recommendations to help providers, educators, advocates, and policymakers better understand how to meet the needs of children, families, and communities in the aftermath of disasters. Key Features Provides a substantial review of the current theoretical and research literature on disasters and disaster response Emphasizes multicultural competency in the aftereffects of disasters Uses a practical skill-building approach to develop competencies in crisis work Covers the spiritual dimensions of healing as well as funeral practices to encourage discussion on grief and mourning Intended Audience This book is a must-have reference for mental health practitioners. For graduate students of counseling, psychology, or social work, Crisis and Disaster Counseling will clarify how theory and research can be applied to practice and policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B65071P
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781412965088
• ISBN-10: 141296508X
• Artikelnr.: 26016889

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Ch 1. A Historical Overview of Disasters and the Crisis Field - Priscilla
Dass-Brailsford
Ch 2. Hurricane Katrina: What Went Wrong? - Priscilla Dass-Brailsford
Ch 3. Effective Disaster and Crisis Interventions - Priscilla
Dass-Brailsford
Ch 4. Ignore the Dead: We Want the Living - Priscilla Dass-Brailsford
Ch 5. Families Affected by Hurricane Katrina and Other Disasters: Learning
from the Experience of African American Survivors - Nancy Boyd-Franklin
Ch 6. Children and Crisis - Kenyon Knapp
Ch 7: Provider Perspectives on Serving the Needs of Displaced Disaster
Survivors Following Hurricane Katrina - J.Brian Houston, Gilbert Reyes,
Betty Pfefferbaum, Karen Fraser Wyche
Ch 8: Older Adults and Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita - Katie Cherry, Priscilla Allen, Sandro Galea
Ch 9. The Spiritual Dimensions of Caring for People Affected by Disasters -
Harriett McCombs
Ch 10. Working With Rural and Other Communities After Disasters - Beth
Boyd, Randal Quevillon, Ryan Engdahl
Ch 11. Voices of Hope: A Commentary on Dislocation and Relocation - Sylvia
Moratta
Ch 12. The Federal Government in Disaster Mental Health Response: An
Ever-Evolving Role - Daniel Dodgen, Jessica Meed
Ch 13. A Community-Based Approach to Coping With Crisis in Africa - Karen
Carr
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