Full Description
What are the differences between individuals with disabilities who flourish and those who never really adjust after a trauma? How do those born with a disability differ from individuals who acquire one later in life? Fully updated and revised, this second edition of a unique rehabilitation counseling text reflects growing disparities among "haves" and "have-nots" as they bear on the psychosocial aspects of disability. New content focuses on returning veterans afflicted with physical and mental health problems, persons with disabilities living in poverty, and the need for increased family and community-based engagement. The book provides updated information about assisted suicide, genetic testing, new legislation, and much more.
Using a minority model perspective, the text provides students and practitioners of rehabilitation and mental health counseling with vivid insight into the experience of living with a disability. It features first-person narratives from people living with a variety of disabling conditions, which are integrated with sociological and societal perspectives toward disability, and strategies for counseling such individuals. The text encompasses a historical perspective, psychological and sociological research, cultural variants regarding disability, myths and misconceptions, the attitudes of special interest and occupational groups, the use of positive psychology, and adjustments to disability by the individual and family. A wealth of counseling guidelines and useful strategies is geared to individuals with specific disabilities. Designed for a 15-week semester, the book also includes thought-provoking discussion questions and exercises.
New to the Second Edition:
Reflects the growing disparities between "haves" and "have-nots" as they impact people with disabilities
Includes new content on veterans with physical and mental disabilities
Describes the experience of impoverished individuals with disabilities
Examines the need for increased family and community-based engagement
Discusses strengths and weaknesses of the Americans With Disabilities Act
Covers assisted suicide, genetic testing, and recent legislation
Includes expanded coverage of sexual identity
Provides an Instructor's Manual and PowerPoints as supplemental downloads
Key Features:
Provides 16 personal narratives demonstrating the "normalcy" of individuals with different types of disabling conditions
Includes stories of people living with blindness, hearing impairments, spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, mental illness, and other disabilities
Delivers counseling strategies geared toward specific disabilities, with "do's" and "don'ts"
Discusses ongoing treatment issues and ethical dilemmas for rehabilitation counselors
Contents
Foreword, by Michael J. Leahy
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Disability From a Sociological Perspective
1. The History of Treatment Toward People With Disabilities
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Patricia E. Moniot
Discussion Questions and Exercise
2. Societal Attitudes and Myths About Disability: Improving the Social Consciousness
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Linda Napolitano
Discussion Questions and Exercises
3. Culturally Different Issues and Attitudes Toward Disability
Michael J. Millington
Insider Perspective: The Story of Elvia Susana Prieto Armendariz
Discussion Questions and Exercise
4. Attitudes Toward Disability by Special Interests and Occupational Groups
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Miriam Kimmelman
Discussion Questions and Exercises
Part II: The Psychology of Disability Surrounding the Individual and Family
5. Theories of Adjustment and Adaptation to Disability
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Michael Hoenig
Discussion Questions and Exercises
6. Family Adaptation Across Cultures Toward a Loved One Who Is Disabled
Noreen M. Graf
Insider Perspective: The Story of Francia Malone
Discussion Questions and Exercises
7. Sexuality and Disability
Noreen M. Graf
Insider Perspective: The Story of Jennifer L. Addis
Discussion Questions and Exercises
8. The Psychosocial World of the Injured Worker
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Gino Sonego
Discussion Questions and Exercises
Part III: Pertinent Topics Concerning Psychosocial Issues of Disability
9. Disability and Quality of Life Over the Life Span
Noreen M. Graf
Insider Perspective: The Story of Richard Daggett
Discussion Questions and Exercises
10. Implications of Social Support and Caregiving for Loved Ones With a Disability
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Verne Sanford
Discussion Questions and Exercises
11. Thriving Versus Succumbing to Disability: Psychosocial Factors and Positive Psychology
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Dave Shannon
Discussion Questions and Exercises
Part IV: Counseling Strategies and Insights for Working With Persons With Disabilities
12. Which Counseling Theories and Techniques Work Best With Different Disability Populations and Why
Michael J. Millington
Insider Perspective: The Story of Kristine Stebler
Discussion Questions and Exercise
13. Social Justice, Oppression, and Disability: Counseling Those Most in Need
Irmo Marini
Insider Perspective: The Story of Claudia Smith as reported by Olivia Perez
Discussion Questions and Exercises
14. Counseling Families in the Community
Michael J. Millington
Insider Perspective: The Story of Kathleen Prime
Discussion Questions and Exercise
15. Ethical Responsibilities in Working With People With Disabilities and Our Duty to Educate
Noreen M. Graf
Insider Perspective: The Story of Patricia (Allen) Konczynski
Discussion Questions and Exercises
16. Basic Dos and Don'ts in Counseling Persons With Disabilities
Michael J. Millington
Insider Perspective: The Story of Michael Hineberg
Discussion Questions and Exercise
Index
