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Cultural Competence: Religious Issues

Issues relevant to working with families from different religious backgrounds.

Assessing the Need, Addressing the Problem: Working With Disadvantaged Muslim Immigrant Families and Communities (PDF - 557 KB)
Cainkar (2003)
Challenges to Muslim immigrants, including cultural values.

Caring for Muslim Minors: Guidelines for Non-Muslim Families: Question and Answer Fact Sheet (PDF - 80 KB)
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (2002)
Explains the circumstances of Muslim refugee children and reviews Muslim beliefs.

Spiritually Sensitive Practice with Children, Youth, and Families
Hawkins (2005)
In Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs
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Considerations for spiritually sensitive child welfare practice.

Updated on March 1, 2010