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Social Work Practice with Refugee and Immigrant Youth in the United States
Melvin Delgado, Boston University
Kay Jones, Boston University
Mojdeh Rohani, International Institute of Boston

ISBN-10: 0205398839
ISBN-13:  9780205398836

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2005
Format:  Paper; 304 pp
Published:  09/27/2004
Status: Instock


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This text addresses a growing population group whose situation presents social work practitioners with a number of opportunities and challenges.

Social-cultural developments within the U.S. in the last decade have witnessed the emergence of two distinct and yet potentially beneficial trends: the influx of immigrant and refugee youth and the popularity of youth development as a paradigm and field of practice. Social Work Practice with Refugee and Immigrant Youth in the United States puts the newcomer experience into context and provides a guide for social workers developing interventions using a youth development paradigm.


Features

  • The authors' use of a youth development paradigm as an organizing theoretical orientation increases the applicability of this text for social work practice.
  • Cases and examples in every chapter discuss the rewards and challenges associated with youth development and immigrant youth, and provide examples of successful programs.
  • Chapter-opening quotes, chapter introductions, and illustrative charts help provide students with a conceptual understanding of working with newcomer youth.


Table of Contents

All chapters contain an “Introduction” and a “Conclusion.”

I. CONTEXT SETTING.

1. Overview.

Types of Newcomers to the United States.

At-Risk Youth & the Field of Youth Development.

Book Goals.

Book Outline.

Book Limitations.

Use of Terms.

2. Demographic Profile & Trends.

Global Perspective.

Historical Overview of Newcomers to the United States.

National Perspective/Profile/Trends.

Newcomer Youth in the United States.

Newcomer's Country of Origin.

Undocumented Newcomers and Consequences of Deportation.

Remittance and Gross National Product.

Telecommunication and Business Opportunities.

California and Newcomers

Urban Resettlement for Newcomers: Los Angeles, Miami and New York City as Case Illustrations.

3. Overview of Services for Immigrant and Refugee Youth in the United States: Legal Status & Entitlements.

Legal Status & Entitlements.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, (PRWORA).

Entitlements.

Access and Entitlements.

Newcomers awaiting entrance into the Country.

Employment.

Ineligibility.

Youth.

4. Key Issues, Needs, Concerns, and Challenges in Reaching and Serving Newcomer Youth.

Contextual Variables.

Issues Related to Specific/Age/Developmental Stage.

Issues Related to Gender.

Issues Related to Family Relationships.

Family Composition—Loses, Separations, Reunions and Reconfigurations.

Changing Roles within the Family.

Intergenerational Conflicts.

Adaptive Family Responses.

Issues Related to Acculturation and Ethnic Identity Formation.

Issues Related to Peer Relationships.

Issues Related to Education.

Issues Related to Economics.

Issues Related to Health.

Language Barriers.

Cultural Barriers.

Special “Situational” Issues.

Eligibility Issues.

Adaptive Health Care Program Models and Strategies.

Issues Related to Mental Health.

Issues Related to Spirituality and Religion.

Issues Related to Political Realities.

II. MAJOR ELEMENTS AND BUILDING BLOCKS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

5. Best Practices in the Field of Youth Services.

What are Best Practices?

Key Elements of Best Practices.

Challenges to Using Best Practices.

Best Practices with Immigrant and Refugee Youth.

6. Refugee and Immigrant Social Navigational Skills and Community Assets.

Social Death.

Social Navigational Skills.

7. Building on Culturally Competent Practice with Newcomer Youth.

What is Cultural Competence?

Historical Roots of Cultural Competence Framework.

Emergence of the Cultural Competence Framework.

Key Domains and Core Competencies.

Elaboration of the Cultural Competence Framework.

Cultural Competence and Newcomer Populations.

Special Aspects of Culturally Competent Practice with Newcomers.

III. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM AND ITS ATTRIBUTES.

8. Youth Development Paradigm.

Definition of Youth Development.

Historical Roots of Youth Development.

Youth Assets.

Vision and Goals of Youth Development.

Youth Social Characteristics and Youth Development.

Core Elements.

Social Arenas.

Interventions.

Inherent Challenges in using this Paradigm with Newcomer Youth.

9. Reflections from the Field: ROCA Case Illustration.

Rationale for Case Selection.

Setting the Context.

Mission, Descriptions of Program Components & Funding.

Peacemaking Circles.

Best Practices.

Role of Social Workers at ROCA.

IV. THEMES FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

10. Epilogue.

Terms, Labels, We Cannot Live With Them but Cannot Live Without Them.

Talent, Success, and the “World is an Oyster.”

Social Work and Best Practices with Newcomer Youth—Are We There Yet?

Can This Nation Really Exist Without the Contributions of Newcomers?

Racial Dynamics and Relations in This Century—Will They Ever be the Same?

Where is Social Work? A Call to Action.

Mutual Learning—What Can We Learn from Newcomers and Their Cultures?

Bicultural/Bilingual Social Workers: Please Apply Here!

Luxury of Learning, Contagion of Passion, and Lives of Hope.



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Social-cultural developments within the U.S. in the last decade have witnessed the emergence of two distinct and yet potentially beneficial trends: the influx of immigrant and refugee youth and the popularity of youth development as a paradigm and field of practice. Social Work Practice with Refugee and Immigrant Youth in the United States puts the newcomer experience into context and provides a guide for social workers developing interventions using a youth development paradigm.

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