Connecting across cultures : the helper's toolkit / Pamela A Hays.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, Description: ix, 123 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452217918
  • 1452217912
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8 23
LOC classification:
  • HM1271 .H397 2013
Contents:
Diversity is unavoidable, and that's a good thing -- The starting place: knowing who you are -- Creating a new awareness: what you didn't learn in school -- The invisible boundary: how privilege affects your work and life -- But everyone I know agrees with me: the influence of family and friends -- That's not what I mean: effective, respectful communication -- Say what?: why words matter -- Making the connection: the four relationship vitals -- Keeping a connection, even when the signal is faulty -- When the golden rule isn't working: respectful conflict resolution.
Summary: "Chock-full of fun exercises, surprising tips, and real-world case examples, Pamela A. Hays' Connecting Across Cultures: The Helper's Toolkit provides both students and professionals in health care and social service with the skills to develop respectful, smooth relationships with their clients and with the community at large. The book provides practical, hands-on strategies for connecting with people across differences related to ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, and class. Since cross-cultural relationships add a level of difficulty to all the usual relationship challenges, this book will be applicable for almost every relationship you may encounter"-- Goodreads.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.

Diversity is unavoidable, and that's a good thing -- The starting place: knowing who you are -- Creating a new awareness: what you didn't learn in school -- The invisible boundary: how privilege affects your work and life -- But everyone I know agrees with me: the influence of family and friends -- That's not what I mean: effective, respectful communication -- Say what?: why words matter -- Making the connection: the four relationship vitals -- Keeping a connection, even when the signal is faulty -- When the golden rule isn't working: respectful conflict resolution.

"Chock-full of fun exercises, surprising tips, and real-world case examples, Pamela A. Hays' Connecting Across Cultures: The Helper's Toolkit provides both students and professionals in health care and social service with the skills to develop respectful, smooth relationships with their clients and with the community at large. The book provides practical, hands-on strategies for connecting with people across differences related to ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, and class. Since cross-cultural relationships add a level of difficulty to all the usual relationship challenges, this book will be applicable for almost every relationship you may encounter"-- Goodreads.com.

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