Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families

Ecological Perspectives
Herausgeber: Mercier, Lucy R; Harold, Rena D

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the variety of social systems with which lesbian parent families interact, with a focus on implications for improved, diversity-affirming service delivery and policy development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9781138867574
• ISBN-10: 1138867578
• Artikelnr.: 42787868

Autorenporträt

Lucy R. Mercier is Associate Professor of Social Work and Youth Services and Field Education Coordinator at Saginaw Valley State University. Rena D. Harold is Professor and Associate Director of the School of Social Work at Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface: We Are Family: Lesbian Parenting Lucy R. Mercier and Rena D.
Harold
2. Becoming Parents: Lesbian Mothers' Adoption Experience Scott Ryan and
Courtney Whitlock
3. Lesbian Parents and Work: Stressors and Supports for the Work-Family
Interface Lucy R. Mercier
4. A Model for Policy Analysis Applied to the Goodridge Case Misty L.
Wall
5. Lesbian Parent Activism and Meaning-Making in the Current Political
Environment: One Community's Story Barbara L. Jones and Tanya M. Voss
6. How Heterosexism Plagues Practitioners in Services for Lesbians and
Their Families: An Exploratory Study Sandra C. Anderson and Mindy
Holliday