Abstract
Bridging the chasm between the disabled and a just and fair society takes skill, dedication, and a deep understanding of the issues. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issuespresents leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the current gaps in the system between social work and those individuals with disabilities. Diverse perspectives on all levels of social work practice are integrated with the basic tenets of social justice, accessibility to services, and human rights. Specific challenges and issues are addressed in work with disabled populations. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issuesexamines the social construction of disability that connotes inferiority and highlights practical strategies for change. This creative resource gives social work educators, students, and practitioners the opportunity to embrace diverse and creative ways for integrating a generalist social work model in their work with various size systems that are related to disability. Chapters include extensive references, appendixes, tables, and figures to clearly illustrate topics. Topics in Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issuesinclude:
model curriculum on disabilities that incorporates diverse perspectives of social work practice with individuals who have physical, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities
protecting the legal rights of children and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
empowering disabled individuals for civil rights to have access to community living
the academic process of helping students who are disabled achieve their academic goals
components of the Americans with Disabilities Act-and key decisions made by the Supreme Court
strategies of intervention for macro change
historical overview of family policy and practice as it relates to children and adolescents who are disabled
the biopsychosocial framework as an assessment tool to develop interventions
the use of the therapeutic relationship and psychodynamic and ecological approaches to social work practices
helping clients with disabilities develop adaptive religious and spiritual beliefs
disability protests and movements and their implications on social work practice
the Capacity Approach and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as social work tools
basic guidelines for undertaking research about and with people who have disabilities
Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues is a valuable, unique resource for social work educators, students, and practitioners.