Social Work Practice and Disability Communities An Intersectional Anti-Oppressive Approach

Designed as a main textbook for social work courses at the bachelor’s and master’s level or for social work practitioners in the field, this work moves beyond a traditional medicalized and segregated approach (i.e., chapters organized around impairments) to the exploration of disability-specific pop...

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Main Authors: Slayter, Elspeth (Author), Johnson, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA ROTEL 2024.
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - Disability Social Work Concepts and Principles
  • Chapter 2 - A Model for Social Work Practice with Disability Communities: Connecting Critical
  • Chapter 3 - Major Disability Policies in the United States
  • Chapter 4 - Health and Personal Care Services for the Disability Community
  • Chapter 5 - Disability Justice in Education and Transition to Adulthood
  • Chapter 6 - An Overview of Disabled Children and Parents in the Family Policing System
  • Chapter 7 - Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Disability
  • Chapter 8 - Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, and the Disability Community
  • Chapter 9 - Mental Health and Addictions in Disability Communities
  • Chapter 10 - Employment, Housing, Poverty and the Disability Community
  • Chapter 11 - Disability and the Criminal Legal System
  • Chapter 12 - Aging, End-of-Life, and the Disability Community
  • Chapter 13 - Violence Against People with Disabilities: Implications for Practice
  • Chapter 14 - An Intersectional Analysis of Disability Resistance Movements: Looking Back to Look Forward
  • Chapter Authour Biographies
  • Grant Information