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Title Social work with immigrants and refugees : legal issues, clinical skills and advocacy / Fernando Chang-Muy, Elaine P. Congress, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Springer, [2009]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.87 S678SA    Check Shelf
Description xxix, 466 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: legal and social work issues with immigrants / Elaine Congress -- Legal classification of immigrants / Fernando Chang-Muy -- Culturally competent social work practice with immigrant populations / Carmen Ortiz Hendricks -- Theory and social work practice with immigrant populations / Betty Garcia -- Social work and physical health issues of immigrants / Sarah Blair Smith -- Mental health issues in new immigrant communities / Denise Michultka -- Avoiding unintended consequences in civil advocacy for criminally charged immigrants / Alina Das -- Immigrants and employment / Marielena Hincapié -- Immigrant children and education / Len Rieser -- Women, gender-based violence, and immigration / Sujata Warrier and Jennifer Rose -- Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants / Rachel B. Tiven and Victoria Neilson -- Older adult immigrants in the United States : issues and services / Patricia Brownell and Robin Creswick Fenley -- Overview of immigrant eligibility for federal programs / Tanya Broder -- Social workers and immigrant advocacy / Jasmeet Kaur Sidhu.
Subject Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Social work with immigrants -- United States.
Social service -- United States.
Crime -- United States.
Women immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Children of immigrants -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Added Author Chang-Muy, Fernando.
Congress, Elaine Piller.
ISBN 0826133355 alkaline paper
9780826133359 alkaline paper
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