Lesbian and gay issues : a resource manual for social workers /

"First and foremost, the purpose of this manual is to help social work practitioners to become more effective in their practice with clients who 'happen to be homosexual.' An equally important purpose, but one still having to be hidden, is to offer homosexual social workers a way of g...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hidalgo, Hilda (Editor), Peterson, Travis L. (Editor), Woodman, Natalie Jane, 1931- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Silver Spring, Maryland : National Association of Social Workers, [1985]
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Populations at risk : interventive strategies. Third world / Hilda Hidalgo
  • Lesbian and gay adolescents / Sue Kaplan and Sue Saperstein
  • Parents of lesbians and gays : concerns and intervention / Natalie Jane Woodman
  • The lesbian or gay couple as a family : principles for building satisfying relationships / Travis L. Peterson and Josephine H. Stewart
  • Lesbian mothers / Audrey I. Steinhorn
  • People who are gay or lesbian and disabled / Kirby Wohlander and Marla A. Petal
  • Social service needs and resources in rural communities / Breeze
  • Interventive strategies and realities in working with military personnel / Anonymous
  • Rewriting a bad script : older lesbians and gays / Raymond M. Berger
  • Gay health issues : oppression is a health hazard / Caitlin Conor Ryan
  • Sexually transmitted diseases / Paul A. Paroski, Jr.
  • Psychosocial issues related to the diagnosis of AIDS / Gary G. Treese
  • Substance abuse (of being queer, magic pills, and social lubricants) / E. Sue Blume
  • Some legal considerations in domestic relationships / Kathleen Mayer
  • Some legal issues related to outside institutions / Fern H. Schwaber
  • Crisis intervention and suicide counseling with gay and lesbian clients / Christian A. Frandsen
  • Social growth groups for lesbians and gays / Harry R. Lenna
  • Residential treatment for youth / Pat Terry
  • Section II. Macro intervention. Model for institutional change / Bernice Goodman
  • Changing the traditional human service agency on behalf of lesbian and gay male clients / Ron Balint
  • Section III. Professional relationships and professional development. Administrative, personnel, and professional policies of social work agencies and institutions : lesbian and gay issues / Hilda Hidalgo
  • Coming out in social work : worker survival, support, and success / John Grace
  • Out of the therapeutic closet / Bernice Goodman
  • A prototype for a comprehensive continuing education program on gay and lesbian issues / Travis L. Peterson
  • Some guidance and advice for a continuing education session on gay and lesbian issues / Margaret Nichols and Michael Shernoff
  • Two-hour in-service training session on homophobia / A. Elfin Moses and Robert O. Hawkins, Jr.
  • Appendixes. NASW code of ethics
  • NASW public social policy statement on gay issues
  • NASW public social policy statement on AIDS
  • Goals of the NASW National Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Issues
  • Purpose and history of the NASW National Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues
  • CSWE action
  • Two NASW presidents address lesbian and gay issues
  • Professional development program proposal / Carol Tully
  • Trainer's (facilitator's) planning worksheets
  • Organizational membership questionnaire
  • Personal learning objectives
  • Sample program meeting
  • Heterosexual questionnaire / Martin Rochlin
  • It's a fact, it's a fact ; Values clarification exercise / Carol Tully
  • The pink triangle, USA / Hilda Hidalgo.