| 1. Multicultural Orientation to Child Maltreatment Work | |
| Orienting Concepts | |
| Ecosystemic Framework | |
| Treating Clients Fairly | |
| Poverty | |
| Child Maltreatment | |
| Working with Families | |
| Research and Clinical Literature on Culture and Child Maltreatment | |
| Concluding Thoughts: Remembering the Difficulty of the Material and Sacredness of our Work | |
| 2. Working with Immigrant Families | |
| Social Stressors for Immigrant Families | |
| Family Life, Child Behavior, and Discipline | |
| Immigrants and the Child Welfare System | |
| Domestic Violence | |
| Basic U.S. Immigration Definitions | |
| Suggestions for Improving Cultural Competence with Immigrants | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 3. Assessing Diverse Families for Child Maltreatment | |
| What Constitutes a Suspicion, and What’s Culture Got to Do with It? | |
| Is it Maltreatment? Is the Child at Risk? | |
| Once Again: How Culture Matters | |
| Assessment Instruments and Structured Decision Making | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 4. Interviewing Diverse Children and Families about Maltreatment | |
| Before the Interview or First Session | |
| Building Rapport and Establishing Trust | |
| During the Interview | |
| Closure and Preparation for the Next Steps | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 5. Physical Discipline and Abuse | |
| Research on Group Differences | |
| Corporal Punishment and Physical Abuse | |
| Culture in Discipline and Abuse | |
| Child-Raising Norms | |
| Intervening with Families Who Use Harsh Corporal Punishment | |
| Supporting Nonviolent Parenting | |
| Prevention Programming | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 6. Child Sexual Abuse | |
| Shame in Child Sexual Abuse | |
| Cultural Aspects of Shame in Child Sexual Abuse | |
| Counteracting Shame | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 7. Working with Interpreters in Child Maltreatment | |
| When to Use an Interpreter | |
| Finding an Interpreter | |
| Informal Interpreters | |
| Preparing Interpreters | |
| Cultural Asides and Other Reasons to Pause and Interview | |
| The Interpreter’s Role | |
| The Interpreted Conversation | |
| The Emotional Cost of Interpreting in Child Abuse Situations | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 8. Child Maltreatment Prevention and Parent Education | |
| Child Maltreatment Prevention | |
| The Parents’ Best Interests | |
| Addressing Physical Abuse: Parent Groups and Classes | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| 9. Improving the Cultural Competency of Your Child Maltreatment Agency or Organization | |
| Why Should Agencies Change? | |
| Concluding Thoughts | |
| A Final Wish | |
| References | |