Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services [Paperback]

Jerry V.(Jerry V. Diller) Diller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0495127647 | ISBN-13: 978-0495127642 | Edition: 003

With CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A PRIMER FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES, you'll find the tools you need to become a successful and effective counselor. This innovative book covers a range of topics ranging from the general principles of cultural diversity, to how to work with clients from various cultures. This is the perfect text to prepare you for a successful counseling career!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Reader friendly, practical applications of concepts, focus on the major minority groups in America from a counseling perspective."

"Clearly written, emphasis on cultural competency, case studies."

About the Author

Jerry V. Diller has been teaching for over 30 years and has taught at all levels of higher education. He is currently on the faculty of at The Wright Institute, Berkeley where he teaches course in clinical psychology, cultural diversity and cross-cultural services delivery. He has also taught at the University of Oregon, and Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, where he was awarded the Innovation of the Year Award for teaching. He has worked with clients from a variety of different ethnic groups in private practice and public mental health settings and is the author of two books on ethnic identity as well as CULTURAL COMPETENCE: A PRIMER FOR EDUCATORS, published by Thomson Wadsworth. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 003 edition (August 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495127647
• ISBN-13: 978-0495127642
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Text, August 11, 2004

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D. Campen "Psych Instructor" (Aiken, South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services (Paperback)

Several years ago, I adopted this textbook for the course I teach in cross-cultural counseling. I have not regreted that decision since. This deceptively thin and relatively inexpensive text is jammed full of up-to-date and useful information about cross cultural counseling, diagnosis and assessment. The writing style is clear and concise. It is highly readable, because the author does not go out of his way to impress the reader with his extensive vocabulary. He uses plain English whenever possible. The interviews with the experienced "ethnic counselors" are interesting, insightful and thought-provoking. The content gets repetitive at times, but I believe that is probably done in an effort to drive home important points for students and readers. Similarities and differences between various ethnic groups becomes very apparent and the practical issues that arise as a result of those differences are addressed. The history of each minority ethnic groups is examined and the carry-over effects are discussed. In short, I love this text and intend to continue using it for a long time. I just hope that they don't stop publishing it. That would be a shame. If you are loooking for a cheap, yet detailed book on cross-cultural counseling this is the book for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy the Kindle version, September 14, 2010

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This review is from: Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services, 4th Edition (Kindle Edition)

Do not buy the Kindle version of this textbook. Huge sections of material "is not available due to copyright restrictions." This includes pictures and other graphics, along with some case study material that is presented in boxes separated from the rest of the text. This is information that I need to be able to read for class but I have no access to because I bought the kindle version. What is the point of buying a textbook if all of the material that I need is not available. If I had known this I would have gone with the print version.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Questionable Read, December 24, 2009

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Lady Reads-alot "bookworm" (your neck of the woods, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services (Paperback)

This is the textbook we are using for a graduate level class in cultural and social diversity. I am actually amazed that my university chose this text. The tone that the author sets is cynical at best. On one hand, the need to be culturally competent is being heartily emphasized, but he is also stressing almost religiously that this is the way things are and probably will remain. If this is the case, why even study cultural and social diversity--to just check the block and say we're trying to do better? Another thing that bothers me is that much of the research in this text is not updated for this to be a 2007 edition. Statistics from the 1980s or early 1990s? I am glad for one thing though, this is only an eight-week course.