Psychology for Social Workers by Lena Robinson - 9780415369138

Psychology for Social WorkersBlack Perspectives on Human Development and Behaviour\nAuthor(s): Lena Robinson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415369138, 978-0415369138\nSynopsis\nSocial work education has recently undergone major changes, with anti-discriminatory practice being a high priority area in professional training. Psychology for Social Workers provides an introductory text which will help qualifying and practising social workers to:\n\nunderstand and counteract the impact of discrimination;\n\nwork in an ethnically sensitive way;\n\ndemonstrate an awareness of ways to combat both individual and institutional racism through anti-racist practice.\n\nDrawing together research material and literature on black perspectives in human development and behaviour from North America and Britain, it provides a starting point that will inspire discussion and debate in the social work field and will generate future t.