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John T. Pardeck (editor) and
John W. Murphy (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
May 9, 2005
Pages
174
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780789027146
ISBN-10
0789027143
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.11 lbs.
Original list price
$58.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientsÂtoday and in the years to come!
This groundbreaking text provides you with up-to-date, authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It will leave you better informed about aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literatureÂissues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the Âmedical model vs. social (or minority) model (of viewing disability) controversy. Youâll examine the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Courtâs narrowing of the Actâs powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability.
Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century explores:
This groundbreaking text provides you with up-to-date, authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It will leave you better informed about aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literatureÂissues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the Âmedical model vs. social (or minority) model (of viewing disability) controversy. Youâll examine the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Courtâs narrowing of the Actâs powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability.
Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century explores:
- the currentÂand potentialÂroles of spirituality and religion in the rehabilitation process
- the use of medication in treating disabilityÂwith a study focusing on children in foster care whose emotional/behavioral disabilities are medically (rather than psychologically) treated
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in college studentsÂhow it impacts them as a disability requiring academic accommodations
- disability as an aspect of cultural diversityÂwith suggested methods for educating the non-disabled about people with disabilities
- limitations on the civil rights of those with disabilitiesÂand what can be done to eliminate those limitations
- computer technologies designed to aid people with disabilitiesÂwith an examination of a health promotion Web site for children with disabilities and their families
- disability and the managed mental health systemÂwith an examination of the differences in service utilization and satisfaction in rural and urban areas
- how disability can be viewed as a social construct, rather than something that is inherent to the disabled person
Editions
Hardcover
from Routledge (May 16, 2005)
9780789027139 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $200.00
About: Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientsÂtoday and in the years to come!
About: Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientsÂtoday and in the years to come!
Paperback
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from Routledge (May 9, 2005)
9780789027146 | details & prices | 174 pages | 6.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.11 lbs | List price $58.95
About: Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientsÂtoday and in the years to come!
About: Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientsÂtoday and in the years to come!
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