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Battered And Betrayed: A Report Of Visit To Muzaffarnagar Camps, Saumya Uma, Hasina Khan Dec 2013

Battered And Betrayed: A Report Of Visit To Muzaffarnagar Camps, Saumya Uma, Hasina Khan

Dr. Saumya Uma

In September 2013, there were anti-Muslim attacks in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh - a state in India. This report is based on a visit to relief camps in January 2014, and recounts the present status of victim-survivors of the violence, more particularly women and girls - the challenges they face and the extent to which reparative justice has been rendered.

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Queer Communities (Competency And Positionality).Pdf, Michael P. Dentato Phd, Msw Dec 2013

Queer Communities (Competency And Positionality).Pdf, Michael P. Dentato Phd, Msw

Michael P. Dentato

No abstract provided.

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The Effect Of Marginalization On The Healthy Aging Of Lgbtq Older Adults, Jeanne E. Sokolec, Michael P. Dentato Dec 2013

The Effect Of Marginalization On The Healthy Aging Of Lgbtq Older Adults, Jeanne E. Sokolec, Michael P. Dentato

Michael P. Dentato

The intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, healthy aging, and community resources can be framed as a human rights issue that affects the psychological well-being of people within the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) population. Depending on the country and/or culture in which one resides, being an older adult can be celebrated or stereotyped as chronically ill, useless, or uninterested, as well as by other demeaning characteristics. Members of the LGBTQ community may have arrived at stages of older adulthood after experiencing life-long marginalization within a heteronormative environment, geographical location and/or social groups throughout their development. Thus, …

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Group Work With Adolescents: Principles And Practice, Brian Kelly Dec 2013

Group Work With Adolescents: Principles And Practice, Brian Kelly

Brian L.Kelly

No abstract provided.

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‘How Does That Itsy Bitsy Spider Do It?’: Severely Traumatized Children’S Development Of Resilience In Psychotherapy, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor Dec 2013

‘How Does That Itsy Bitsy Spider Do It?’: Severely Traumatized Children’S Development Of Resilience In Psychotherapy, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor

Katherine Tyson McCrea

This paper explores the ways in which traumatized children make use of a treatment relationship to develop their resilience. First, the concept of resilience is deepened by synthesizing elements from two theories: 1) Self-Determination Theory’s emphasis on the importance for a person’s well-being of her/his choices of goals of relatedness, autonomy, and competence (Ryan & Deci, 2008), and 2) Hope Theory’s formulation that central constituents of hope are the ability to conceptualize pathways towards goals and a conviction of competence in goal attainment (Snyder, 2002). Applying this understanding of resilience to long-term child-centered psychotherapy, this study describes how the therapist …

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“IʼM A Leader Of All Of Them To Tell The Truth”: Participatory Action Principles For Uplifting Social Work Research Partnersʼ Identities, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor Dec 2013

“IʼM A Leader Of All Of Them To Tell The Truth”: Participatory Action Principles For Uplifting Social Work Research Partnersʼ Identities, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor

Katherine Tyson McCrea

Identity, understood from many vantage points, is continually evolving based on relationship experiences, including those relationships established in social and behavioral research. Whether rendered anonymous in large quantitatively-studied samples, or intimately known in qualitative studies, those contributing to science in a role termed “subject” receive, through the research, definitions of their identities. Because those identities are part of published social research, identities created in the research process become part of the public discourse about persons in the “subjects’” situations, and also influence policies that in turn influence persons’ lives. For their part, the identities of social and behavioral researchers also …

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Clients’ Hope Arises From Social Workers’ Compassion: Young Clients’ Perspectives On Surmounting The Obstacles Of Disadvantage, Deanna Guthrie Asst. Orofessor, Victoria Ellison, King Sami, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor Dec 2013

Clients’ Hope Arises From Social Workers’ Compassion: Young Clients’ Perspectives On Surmounting The Obstacles Of Disadvantage, Deanna Guthrie Asst. Orofessor, Victoria Ellison, King Sami, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor

Katherine Tyson McCrea

While social workers strive to build disadvantaged African-American youth’s resilience by improving services, rarely are those youths’ perspectives included in research. In a previous participatory action evaluation of an after school program, disadvantaged African-American youth prioritized instructors’ compassion, and said compassion engendered hope. This study explores their connection between compassion and hope more deeply. After summarizing the literature and focusing on Snyder’s hope theory, this study examines the connection between compassion and hope as individual traits (using standardized scales), and as relational, action-based experiences (using qualitative analysis of interview data). Instructor actions youth identified as compassionate and as engendering hope …

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Technology In Environment Approach - Social Work.Pdf, Lauri Goldkind, Lea Wolf Dec 2013

Technology In Environment Approach - Social Work.Pdf, Lauri Goldkind, Lea Wolf

Lauri Goldkind

human experience is mediated with and by technology. Social work offers a panoramic perspective on individuals and issues, insisting on the importance of the ecology of interaction between person and environment. Given this historic strength, social workers cannot ignore the explosive growth and pervasive impact of technology or fail to recognize its role in shaping culture. Beyond its capacity to enhance what we offer to our clients, technology is a prompt, a demand to re-imagine our core values in the context of a changing social space and to develop a mechanics of practice that is amenable to rapid evolution. With …

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Youth Homelessness: Prevalence And Mental Health Correlates, Staci Perlman, Joe Willard, Janette E. Herbers, J. J. Cutuli, Karin M. Eyrich Garg Dec 2013

Youth Homelessness: Prevalence And Mental Health Correlates, Staci Perlman, Joe Willard, Janette E. Herbers, J. J. Cutuli, Karin M. Eyrich Garg

J. J. Cutuli

National data suggest the rate of youth homelessness has been increasing over the last several years. However, estimates of the true prevalence of youth homelessness vary greatly based on counting method and definitions of homelessness. The purpose of the present study is to demonstrate how the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) could be used to understand the prevalence of youth homelessness, characteristics of homeless experiences, and how these experiences relate to mental health problems among youth. Findings demonstrate the number of youth identified as homeless by the YRBS are considerably higher than the number identified by traditional counting methods. Furthermore, …

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