Francis K. O. Yuen

Gebundenes Buch

International Perspectives on Disability Services

The Same But Different

Beschreibung

International Perspectives on Disability Services: The Same but Different presents different cultural and societal contexts on services for people with disabilities. This book covers a range of topics on disabilities related to physical status, emotional conditions, and community settings. This useful introductory reference will help you develop disability services for people both locally and overseas. Informative reports of research findings, case studies, and international comparisons provide this text with a unique blend of academic deliberation and practical service information for easy accessibility by both human service professionals and students.

Autor

Francis K. O. Yuen, DSW, ACSW, is Professor for the Division of Social Work at California State University in Sacramento. He is widely published in the areas of family health social work practice, disability, grant writing, program planning and evaluation, substance abuse, international social work, and services to refugees and immigrants. He is a member of several editorial boards, including those of the Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation and the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. He has authored and edited many books, including several for The Haworth Press, Inc., such a Family Health Social Work Practice: A Knowledge and Skills Casebook (2003), Family Health Social Work Practice with Children and Family (In-Press), and the upcoming Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues. For over a decade, Dr. Yuen has been a consultant for local and government organizations on program evaluation, grant writing, proposal review, and human diversity issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780789020925
• ISBN-10: 0789020920
• Artikelnr.: 21075430