DIVP style=MARGIN: 0ptThis expertly written book provides an accessible framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. Numerous workable strategies and concrete examples are presented to help readers address cultural concerns at each stage of the assessment and intervention process. Professionals and students learn new ways of thinking about their own cultural viewpoints as they gain critical skills for maximizing the accuracy of assessments for physical and sexual abuse; overcoming language barriers in parent and child interviews; respecting families' values and beliefs while ensuring children's safety; creating a welcoming agency environment; and more./P/DIVDIVP style=MARGIN: 0pt1. Multicultural Orientation to Child Maltreatment WorkBR2. Working with Immigrant Families Affected by Child MaltreatmentBR3. Assessing Diverse Families for Child MaltreatmentBR4. Interviewing Diverse Children and Families about MaltreatmentBR5. Physical Discipline and AbuseBR6. Child Sexual AbuseBR7. Working with Interpreters in Child MaltreatmentBR8. Child Maltreatment Prevention and Parent EducationBR9. Improving the Cultural Competency of Your Child Maltreatment Agency or Organization/P/DIVDIVLisa Aronson Fontes has devoted her career to understanding the diverse families who use child welfare services. This book distills the lessons she has learned and suggests strategies to make child welfare programs, and particularly child protection services, more effective in their work with families from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Fontes's writing is concise and to the point. She uses examples to illustrate major concepts and then describes practical steps agencies and individual workers can take to maximize their effectiveness. This book would serve as a great supplementary text for introductory child welfare classes at both the BA and MSW level.--Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD, School of Social Work,