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Diversity and Pluralism - DP120016
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED345127 AUTHOR: Vacc, Nicholas A., Ed.; And Others
TITLE: Experiencing and Counseling Multicultural and
Diverse Populations. Second Edition.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 367 p.
AVAILABILITY: Accelerated Development Inc., 3400 Kilgore
Ave., Muncie, IN 47304-4896 ($25.95).
ABSTRACT: This book, which presents an overview of 12
diverse populations, was written to expose practitioners
such as counselors, teachers, college faculty, mental
health workers, and social workers to the unique and
genuine characteristics of subgroups within the United
States and to effectively assist these practitioners as
they work with clients and/or students from these
populations. Individual chapters include: (1)
"Introduction" (Nicholas Vacc, Joe Wittmer & Susan
DeVaney); (2) "A Counselor in a Multicultural World" (Janet
Larsen & Richard Downie); (3) "Older Order Amish:
Culturally Different By Religion" (Joe Wittmer); (4) "Gay
and Lesbian Populations" (Joseph Norton); (5) "Single
Parents" (Susan DeVaney); (6) "On the Reservation" (Marilyn
Jemison Anderson & Robert Ellis); (7) "Counseling Black
People" (Roderick McDavis & Woodrow Parker); (8) "Women
Entering or Re-Entering the Work Force" (Helen Wolfe); (9)
"Individuals with a Physical Disability" (Nicholas Vacc &
Kerry Clifford); (10) "Older Persons" (Harold Riker & Jane
Myers); (11) "Southeast Asian Persons" (Rhonda Rosser &
Joseph Nguyen); (12) "Asian-Americans" (Diane Sue & David
Sue); (13) "Cuban-Americans" (Gerardo Gonzalez); (14)
"Mexican-Americans" (Donald Avila & Antonio Avila); and
(15) "Preparation for Helping Professionals Working with
Diverse Populations" (Larry Loesch). The majority of
chapters begin with an Awareness Index for readers to
complete before reading the chapter. Each chapter
concludes with its own set of references. (NB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: American-Indians; Amish-; Asian-Americans;
Blacks-; Counselor-Role; Cubans-; Cultural-Differences;
Displaced-Homemakers; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Higher Education; Hispanic-Americans; Homosexuality-;
Lesbianism-; Mexican-Americans; Older-Adults;
One-Parent-Family; Physical Disabilities; Reentry-Workers;
Refugees-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Client-Characteristics-Human-Services;
*Counseling-Techniques; *Cultural-Awareness
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