title: Social work practice with deaf clients: issues in culturally competent assessment.
abstract: Persons with severe hearing loss live in a unique cultural context with which social workers may not be familiar. This paper reviews the skills needed for the culturally competent social work assessment with deaf clients, including communication skills, interviewing methods, taking case and family histories and behavioral observation.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Thyer
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D008487:Medical History Taking; D012947:Social Work