Social Work Practice with War-Affected Children (eBook, ePUB)

The Importance of Family, Art, Culture, and Context
Redaktion: Denov, Myriam; Shevell, Meaghan C.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains the effects of war on children and their families, and how culturally responsive social work practice should consider the diversity and heterogeneity of their needs and lived experiences. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Family Social Work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000124279
• Artikelnr.: 59574406

Autorenporträt

Myriam Denov is Full Professor of Social Work at McGill University, Canada, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict. Her research is dedicated to children and families affected by war, migration, and their intergenerational effects. She is the author of Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (2010), and co-editor of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method and Practice (2017, with Bree Akesson). Meaghan C. Shevell holds a BA in Anthropology and Psychology from McGill University, Canada, and an MA in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, USA, where she specialized in children's rights in conflict settings.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Social work practice with war-affected children and
families: the importance of family, culture, arts, and participatory
approaches 1. Intergenerational resilience in families affected by war,
displacement, and migration: "It runs in the family" 2. Rethinking the
meaning of "family" for war-affected young people: implications for social
work education 3. Beginning at the beginning in social work education: a
case for incorporating arts-based approaches to working with war-affected
children and their families 4. Culture, migration, and identity formation
in adolescent refugees: a family perspective 5. The essential role of the
father: fostering a father-inclusive practice approach with immigrant and
refugee families