Helping Professional Practice with Indigenous Peoples

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This book discusses issues helping professionals must confront when working with indigenous peoples, particularly the Bedouin Arab. It is essential for social welfare practitioners, structures, and Bedouin-Arab communities to integrate paradigms better anchored to the needs and realities of the Bedouin-Arab world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Localization of helping professionals practice, education, and research Chapter 2: The Bedouin-Arab Chapter 3: Individual, group, and family interventions in Bedouin-Arab society: Case vignettes Chapter 4: Polygamous family intervention: Case vignettes Chapter 5: Helping professions in the context of blood vengeance Chapter 6: Traditional mediation and conflict resolution: Collaboration with social workers at the level of the community Chapter 7: Case studies in cultural and religious healing practices Chapter 8: Conclusion