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This volume reports the results of a large-scale survey of families who adopted children with "special needs": older children, minority children, handicapped children, or sibling groups. It assesses perceptions of social work services, parent-child relationships, family functioning, child behavior ...

This volume reports the results of a large-scale survey of families who adopted children with "special needs": older children, minority children, handicapped children, or sibling groups. It assesses perceptions of social work services, parent-child relationships, family functioning, child behavior, school performance, and other aspects of adoptive family life. Rosenthal and Groze compare outcomes for different types of adoptions, including adoptions of children of different ages, adoptions by minority families, transracial adoptions, single-parent adoptions, adoptions by less educated and less wealthy families, adoptions by foster parents, adoptions of children with handicaps, and sibling group adoptions.

Who was the first African-American senator? Who was the first woman to cast a vote in the New World? Have any gays or lesbians held state-wide office? The answers are here in Almanac of Women & Minorities in American Politics. The culmination of Mart Martin's two years of diligent research, this is ...

Who was the first African-American senator? Who was the first woman to cast a vote in the New World? Have any gays or lesbians held state-wide office? The answers are here in Almanac of Women & Minorities in American Politics. The culmination of Mart Martin's two years of diligent research, this is the first comprehensive single-volume reference to all women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, native minorities, gays, & lesbians who have served in state or national elected positions, with additional information on local elected positions. Completely non-partisan & non-judgmental in approach, this valuable resource provides a complete reference on the "political" accomplishments of these people, as opposed to taking a "biographical" approach.

A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which ...

A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which considers whether the institutions of liberal democratic government make room--or should make room--for recognizing the worth of distinctive cultural traditions, remains the centerpiece of this discussion. It is now joined by Jürgen Habermas's extensive essay on the issues of recognition and the democratic constitutional state and by K. Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality, and on the dangerous tendency of multicultural politics to gloss over such tensions. These contributions are joined by those of other well-known thinkers, who further relate the demand for recognition to issues of multicultural education, feminism, and cultural separatism.Praise for the previous edition:

In order to be effective as helping professionals, practitioners must understand individuals within their families, subgroups, and societies. Effective helpers reduce the social, economic and emotional barriers encountered by American subgroups and consider culture to be broadly comprised ...

In order to be effective as helping professionals, practitioners must understand individuals within their families, subgroups, and societies. Effective helpers reduce the social, economic and emotional barriers encountered by American subgroups and consider culture to be broadly comprised, containing elements of religion, gender, sexuality, lifestyle, ethnicity and historical context. Counseling Multicultural and Diverse Populations: Strategies for Practitioners , now in its fourth edition, presents an overview of 13 populations representative of the distinct and divergent subgroups in American society. Utilizing current research and personal experience, twenty authors convey the needs, experiences and characteristics of populations commonly encountered by counselors as well as those commonly discriminated against and misunderstood. New chapters focus specifically on Arab Americans, multiracial persons, incarcerated individuals, those in the sexual minority, and, more broadly, on men's and women's issues. This text provides a resource through which practitioners can expand their knowledge and awareness of the values and conducts of diverse populations and of themselves. By encouraging self-exploration and guided reflection, this book assists students to improve their ability to understand and counsel people from many subcultures and population groups. Nicholas A. Vacc, EdD, is the author of more than 120 scholarly publications as well as the recipient of many awards for distinguished service, mentorship, and academic excellend. He has served as Chairperson of the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at the University of North Caroline at Greensboro, president of the Association for Assessment in Counseling, editor of Measurement and Evalution in Counseling and Development, and president of Chi Sigma Iota, the International Counseling Honor Society. Susan B. DeVaney, EdD, has worked as a counselor, trainer, professor and writer since 1985. Throughout her career, her endeavors have focused on cross-cultural understanding in public schools and the workplace. She is the author of the Social and Cultural Foundations section of The Official Study Course for the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification. Johnston M. Brendel Associate Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi where he teaches and researches multicultural counseling. He has spent the last ten years working with disenfranchised youth and their families. His publications focus on adult development and counselor education