Guides

• Outcomes Brainstorming Session Handouts. Download as PDF

• Review of Publicly Available Cultural Competence Training Manuals. Download as PDF
  

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Books

Race, Culture and Disability Rehabilitation Science and Practice

Fabricio E. Balcazar, PhD, Professor, Department of Disability and Human
Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, PhD, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Tina Taylor-Ritzler, PhD, Project Director, Center for Capacity Building on
Minorities with Disabilities Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
Christopher B. Keys, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology,
DePaul University Chicago

Race, Culture and Disability: Rehabilitation Science and Practice is a guide
to understanding the research and practical issues related to race, culture and
disability in rehabilitation services. Due to an increase in ethnically diverse
individuals with disabilities, this text is an extremely timely and relevant
contribution for researchers, practitioners, and students. By bringing together the
work of leading researchers to explore issues of race, culture and disability, this
unique book provides the scientific resources necessary to answer practical and
knowledge-based questions and resolve natural tensions.
Topics such as the appropriateness of common psychological tests to make
disability determinations with people from diverse cultural backgrounds
and non-English language populations and how to address issues of cultural
competence and cultural mistrust in service provision are examined in depth. The
book is enriched by the perspectives of the scientists who conduct research, the
people of color with disabilities who live in this intersection, the practitioners who
work with diverse populations, and the students and recent graduates who have
learned and want to learn more about this research area.