Social Work with Latinos: A Cultural Assets Paradigm

by Melvin Delgado

Book Overview

The booming Latino population is changing the face of the United States, driving the need for innovative, culturally competent social and mental health services tailored to this diverse community. The first authoritative book of its kind, Social Work with Latinos outlines a solid framework for understanding and helping Latino clients. Unlike any other textbook, this practical guide focuses on cultural assets, illustrating how helping professionals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195301188
• ISBN13: 9780195301182
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 6.3"

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This is a recent book that has very useful information. Anyone who works with Hispanics in the USA needs this book. It is a well prepared, easy to read even for novices book that is a great resource. It is difficult to find information that gives you a good insight into the facts and figures that no one else has taken the time to present in such a way as to give you the "big picture" of the Hispanic situation in the USA. I can recommend this book as one that you will not put down and a great resource for facts and figures. There is not a better resource out there, trust me. With this book, you most likely will not be needing another for awhile. I like that it brings up issues that are largely ignored when looking at demographics and the Hispanic presence in the USA.