Strong Helpers' Teachings, Second Edition: The Value of Indigenous Knowledges in the Helping Professions

Strong Helpers' Teachings, Second Edition: The Value of Indigenous Knowledges in the Helping Professions
ISBN-10
1551309424
ISBN-13
9781551309422
Category
Social Science
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2016-08-01
Publisher
Canadian Scholars’ Press
Author
Cyndy Baskin

Description

Strong Helpers’ Teachings encourages students, scholars, and practitioners in the human services, as well as anyone who has an interest in decolonization and healing, to recognize the value of Indigenous worldviews to all peoples. Cyndy Baskin demonstrates how these important Indigenous teachings, including holistic approaches, spirituality, and community ethics, can inform the work of those in the helping professions. Now in its second edition, Strong Helpers’ Teachings has been thoroughly updated and features new chapters on mental health, two-spirit peoples, supporting the helpers, and being an ally. Each chapter offers an Indigenous lens through which to explore issues and challenges in the helping professions, in areas as diverse as caring for children and families, healing justice, pedagogy, and research. This text incorporates the voices and perspectives of Indigenous Elders, scholars, and practitioners and provides illustrative examples through the stories of individuals, families, communities, and the author’s own experiences in teaching and practicing social work. This highly accessible text includes both theory and practice for those whose life’s work is helping others. It is an invaluable resource that offers pathways to collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in areas such as social work, child and youth studies, health care, and community development.

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