Disability Studies for Human Services: An Interdisciplinary and Intersectionality Approach

Delivers knowledge critical to understanding the multidimensional aspects of working with varied populations with disabilities

This is the only introduction to disability book with an interdisciplinary perspective that offers cross-disability and intersectionality coverage, as well as a special emphasis on many unique populations. Comprehensive and reader-friendly, it provides current, evidence-based knowledge on the key principles and practice of disability, while addressing advocacy, the disability rights movement, disability legislation, public policy, and law. Focusing on significant trends, the book provides coverage on persistent and emerging avenues in disability studies that are anticipated to impact a growing proportion of individuals in need of disability services. Woven throughout is an emphasis on psychosocial adaptation to disability supported by case studies and field-based experiential exercises.

The text addresses the roles and functions of disability service providers. It also examines ethics in service delivery, credentialing, career paths, cultural competency, poverty, infectious diseases, and family and lifespan perspectives. Reinforcing the need for an interdisciplinary stance, each chapter discusses how varied disciplines work together to provide services addressing the whole person. Active learning is promoted through discussion boxes, self-check questions, and learning exercises. Faculty support includes PowerPoints, model syllabi, test bank, and instructor manual. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.

Key Features:

• Provides readers with key knowledge and skills needed to effectively practice in multidisciplinary settings
• Offers interdisciplinary perspectives on conceptualization, assessment, and intervention across a broad range of disabilities and client populations
• Underscores the intersectionality of disability to correspond with trends in education focusing on social justice and underrepresented populations
• Includes research and discussion boxes citing current research activities and excerpts from noted experts in various human service disciplines
• Promotes active learning with discussion boxes, multiple-choice questions, case studies with discussion questions, and field-based experiential exercises
• Includes instructor manual, sample syllabi, PowerPoint slides, and test bank
• Identifies key references at the end of chapters and provides resources for additional information
• Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.


Author: Debra Harley
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 12/21/2020
Pages: 500
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780826162830

About the Author
Harley, Debra: -

Debra A. Harley, Ph.D., CRC, LPC, is a Provost Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education and coordinator of the doctoral program in counselor education. Her research interests include cultural diversity, substance abuse, gender issues, LGBTQ, and ethics. She has published 85 referred articles and 70 book chapters. Her books include Disability and Rehabilitation in Rural Settings; Cultural Diversity in Mental Health and Disability Counseling for Marginalized Groups; Handbook of LGBT Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies; and Contemporary Mental Health Issues for African Americans. She is past editor of the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling (JARC) and the Journal of Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) as well as coeditor of special issues of JRA, JARC, Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education (RRPE, formerly Rehabilitation Education), and Journal of Rehabilitation. She has served on the editorial review board for the Journal of Psychology in Africa, Austrian Journal of Rehabilitation, Journal of AIDS and HIV Research, and a reviewer for RRPE, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Studies, Medical Care, and Infants and Young Children, and a grant reviewer for NIDILRR and OSERS. Dr. Harley is a recipient of the NCRE Educator of the Year award; the Sylvia Walker Educator of the Year award from the National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Counseling; and Mary E. Switzer Scholar. She is a former commissioner of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification and member of the CRCC Standard Setting Workshop. Dr. Harley served as a research mentor for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Research and Capacity Building for Minority Entities for NIDILRR. In addition, she serves on community-based boards of directors.

Flaherty, Chris: -

Christopher Flaherty, Ph.D., LCSW, is an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Social Work. He is director of the College's Military Behavioral Health (MBH) Research Laboratory, as well the Graduate Certificate in MBH. He serves a primary investigator for the US Army/University of Kentucky Master of Social Work Education Collaborative. Dr. Flaherty's research focus is in the area of behavioral health interventions for military and veteran populations. He currently serves as co-Investigator for Department of Defense sponsored research to improve suicide postvention services within military settings. Prior to joining the College of Social Work, Dr. Flaherty served as a Clinical Social Work Officer within the US Air Force, retiring from that position in 2005. His military experience includes work in the areas of child welfare, interpersonal violence, forensic social work, and postgraduate medical education.



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