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Stand together or fall apart : professionals working with immigrant families Cover Image Book Book

Stand together or fall apart : professionals working with immigrant families / Judith K. Bernhard.

Bernhard, Judith Kutscher, 1955- (author.). Michaelson, Sarah K, (editor.).

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  • ISBN: 9781552665251 :
  • Physical Description: 130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Halifax & Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2012]

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"Editing: Sarah K. Michaelson"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Subject: Western countries > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Immigrants > Social networks > Western countries.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Western countries.

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► Summaries & More
▼ Additional Content
Acknowledgments 8(1)
Foreword 9(2)
Dr. Jim Cummins
Part I Brave New World: Modern-Day Realities Of International Immigration 11(42)
1 Why This Book Matters
12(6)
But I'm Not an Immigrant!
12(1)
Facing the Growing Antipathy against Newcomer Populations
13(1)
Uninformed Consent: Am I Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
14(1)
In Conclusion: How Will This Book Help Me?
15(3)
2 Meet the Neighbours: How New Migration Patterns Are Redefining Our Society
18(12)
Who Will Pay Your Health Care? Why Western Countries Seek Immigrants
18(1)
You're Not as Young as You Used to Be: Aging Populations in Western Countries
19(1)
The Myth of the "Huddled Masses"
20(1)
Diversity Rising: Today's Real Immigrant Numbers
21(2)
Changing Times, Changing Faces: Where Today's Immigrants Come From
23(2)
When Western Countries Stand Up for Human Rights
25(1)
Money Talks, Money Walks: International Economic Changes
26(1)
Friends and Family Calling across Borders: History in Action
27(2)
In Conclusion: The New "Us"
29(1)
3 Uncomfortable Truths: How Our Social and Legal Systems Treat Newcomer Families
30(11)
The Myth of the "Illegal Immigrant": Precarious Legal Status
30(3)
Invisible Lives, Invisible Fences: Living with Precarious Status
33(1)
A Place to Call Home: Lack of Family-Friendly Housing for Newcomers
34(1)
Disease Doesn't Discriminate: Lack of Health Care for Adults and Children
35(1)
Closed Doors at School
36(2)
Mommy Far Away: Transnational Families
38(1)
In Conclusion: Ignorance Hurts Us
39(2)
4 Voices That Have Been Silenced: Day-to-Day Struggles of Newcomers
41(12)
You're Just Not Cool: Cultural Capital and Social Status for Immigrant Teens
42(1)
"Don't You Even Know English?" The Double-Edged Sword of Language
43(3)
The House Cleaner with a PhD: Employment and Identity for Newcomers
46(1)
Cracking under the Pressure: Spousal and Child Abuse
46(1)
Parenting in a Vacuum: Lack of Friends, Community and Supportive Institutions
47(2)
Paved with Good Intentions: Professionals as Expressions of a Dominant Culture
49(1)
Discrimination Is Ugly but Common
50(1)
In Conclusion: Up-Hill Battle
51(2)
Part II Reclaiming Our Future: Exploring New Paradigms Of Collaboration And Inclusion With Immigrant Children And Families 53(32)
5 Thinking Outside of the Box: Theoretical Frameworks for Meaningful Dialogue and Intervention with Immigrant Children and Families
54(6)
Paulo Freire: Learning the World through the Word
54(1)
Pierre Bourdieu: The Power of Cultural Capital
55(2)
Luis Moll: Drawing upon Unique Funds of Knowledge
57(1)
Jim Cummins: Bilingualism, Identity and Engagement
58(1)
In Conclusion: Looking through Different Eyes
59(1)
6 How Schools Are Labelling Newcomer Children: What Is "Normal"? The Example of Latinos
60(12)
Finders, Keepers: Social Dominance as the Basis for Academic Success
61(3)
Stigmatized in the Childcare Setting: Institutional Discourses and Standards for Truth
64(2)
The Russian Doll: Taking a Systemic View
66(1)
Like Branches of a Tree: Multiple Paths of "Normal" Development
67(4)
In Conclusion: The Necessity to Broaden Our Assessment Models
71(1)
7 Shifting the Focus: Identifying Present and Potential Strengths of Newcomer Children and Families
72(13)
Moving beyond a Narrow Problem Focus
73(1)
Components and Contexts in Healthy Development: The Benson Assessment Framework
74(2)
What Kind of Support from Others Is This Child Receiving in Her Development? External Asset Types
76(5)
What Individual, Internal Strengths Are Supporting This Child in Her Development? Internal Asset Types
81(2)
In Conclusion: Identifying Assets in Order to Strengthen Them
83(2)
Part III Becoming The Change We Seek 85(32)
8 Building Bridges: A Typology of Intervention Programs Involving Immigrant Families
86(15)
What Programs Help Newcomer Families? Funding and the Problems of Evidence
86(3)
Type I Interventions: Parents on the Side
89(2)
Kids out of Context: When Parents on the Side Doesn't Work
91(1)
Going beyond "I Talk, You Listen": Conclusions about Type I Interventions
92(2)
Type II Interventions: Treating Parents as Equals
94(4)
Ways of Connecting with and Motivating Parents
98(1)
Honouring and Building upon Unique Strengths: Overall Comments about Type II Interventions
99(1)
In Conclusion: Reaching Out, Reaching Up
99(2)
9 Newcomer Parents as Conscious, Active Participants in Their Children's Education: Personal Initiatives with Newcomer Families
101(12)
The Early Authors Program
102(2)
Parenting Circles
104(6)
Learning from Experience: Application to New Contexts and Future Interventions
110(2)
In Conclusion: Valuing Newcomer Parents and Children
112(1)
10 Empower Is a Verb: Putting These Ideas to Work
113(4)
References 117

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