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Informationen zum Autor Roni Kaufman, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University, Israel. He co-edited Social Disaster as an Opportunity: The Hesed Model with Mirsky and Avgar.Richard L. Edwards, Ph.D., is dean and professor at the School of Social Work at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and currently serves as interim vice president for academic affairs. He was president of the National Association of Social Workers and a member of the executive committee of the International Federation of Social Workers.Julia Mirsky, Ph.D., is associate professor at the Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University and was a visiting scholar at universities in the United States and France. She is a clinical psychologist specializing in the psychological aftermaths of migration.Amos Avgar, Ph.D., is chief operations officer for TAG International Development and was executive director of the International Development Program at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), where he was responsible for strategic planning and implementation of JDC nonsectarian programs worldwide. Klappentext This book addresses the development of long-term interventions following disasters, emphasizing disadvantaged communities. Attention is given to the role of change agents, such as local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and psychosocial professionals, to ensure that the window of opportunity is realized, generating immediate help and sustained community development. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the development of long-term interventions following disasters, emphasizing disadvantaged communities. Attention is given to the role of change agents, such as local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and psychosocial professionals, to ... Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Analytic Frameworks and PerspectivesChapter One: Community and Organizational Responses to DisastersChapter Two: Intervention in Disasters: An International PerspectivePart Two: Community Development and Organizational InterventionsChapter Three: Challenges for Community Development in Disaster SituationsChapter Four: Program Logic Modeling as a Tool for Developing a Disaster Response and Mitigation Plan: The Somaliland ExperienceChapter Five: Planning for the Unimaginable: Having Your Personal, Family, Organizational, and Community PlanChapter Six: Taking the Disabled into Account in Preparing for And Responding to DisastersChapter Seven: Neighbors Helping Neighbors: The Disability Community and Emergency PreparednessPart Three: Notes from the FieldChapter Eight: Mud and Mold: Making Meaning of Adversity in New OrleansChapter Nine: Words of Wisdom Following the Tsunami: Lessons from Sri LankaChapter Ten: Making the Voices of Victims HeardChapter Eleven: The Human Hand Behind Natural Disasters: The Ugandan ExperiencePart Four: Psychosocial InterventionsChapter Twelve: Cultural Sensitivity in Psychosocial Interventions Following a Disaster: A Tri-national Collaboration in Sri LankaChapter Thirteen: Psychological Outcomes of the 2001 World Trade Center AttackChapter Fourteen: Social Work Students During Wartime: False Effect of Professional Self-efficacy?Chapter Fifteen: Shared Traumatic Reality: Social Work Students and Clients in an Area Under AttackPart Five: ConclusionChapter Sixteen: From Helping to ChangingEditorsContributors...
