Spanish for social services: basic spanish series

As a key component of The Basic Spanish Series, BASIC SPANISH FOR SOCIAL SERVICES is a career manual designed to serve those in the social services professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that preprofessionals and professionals may encounter when dealing with Spanish-speaking clients, patients, and personnel in the United States at work settings such as hospitals and Department of Social Services offices. BASIC SPANISH FOR SOCIAL SERVICES introduces practical vocabulary, everyday on-the-job situations, and culture notes (Notas culturales) written from a cross-cultural perspective. Itprovides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practicalcontexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text. INDICE: Preface: Lección preliminar: Conversaciones breves.Communication: Greetings, farewells, and simple conversations to gather information. Lección 1: En el Departamento de Bienestar Social (I). Communication: At the Department of Social Welfare: assisting with filling out a form. Lección 2: En el Departamento de Bienestar Social (II.) Communication: At the Department of Social Welfare: screening people who apply for financial aid. Lección 3: En el Departamento de Bienestar Social (III). Communication: At the Department of Social Welfare: asking questions about family; helping people apply for welfare. Lección 4: En la Oficina del Seguro Social (I). Communication: At the Social Security office: processing a new Social Security number; serving applicants for a work permit. Lección 5: Una entrevista. Communication: At the Department of Social Welfare: interviewing people applying for welfare. Lectura 1: SUBSIDIOS ADICIONALES DE ASISTENCIA PÙBLICA. Repaso (Lecciones 1-5.) Lección 6: Al añosiguiente. Communication: At the Department of Social Welfare: reevaluating welfare recipients. Lección 7: Estampillas para alimentos. Communication: Explaining the food-stamp program. Lección 8: En el departamento de Servicios Sociales. Communication: Helping someone apply for the food-stamp program. Lección 9: El programa de empleo y entrenamiento (I). Communication: Explaining a work-and-training program to an unemployed person. Lección 10: El programa de empleo y entrenamiento (II). Communication: Assisting an unemployed mother improveher chances of finding work. Lectura 2: DEPARTMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DELESTADO DE NUEVA YORK. Repaso (Lecciones 6-10). Lección 11: Medicaid: El programa federal de servicos medicos. Communication: Talking to Medicaid applicants: explaining the program. Lección 12: Maltrato de un niño (I). Communication: Investigating child abuse. Lección 13: Maltrato de un niño (II). Communication: Child abuse: talking to abusive parents. Lección 14: Ayuda a los ancianos. Communication: The elderly: making a house call. Lección 15: En las Oficina delSeguro Social (II). Communication: Long-term disability: talking to an injured person about rights and obligations; talking about long term disability benefits Lectura 3: íNO SE DESQUITE CON SUS HIJOS! Repaso (Lecciones 11-15). Lección 16: En la oficinia de Medicare (I). Communication: Explaining Medicare. Lección 17: En la oficinia de Medicare (II). Communication: Answering questions about Medicare. Lección 18: Resolviendo problemas. Communication: Talking aboutAIDS; talking to the spouse of an alcoholic. Lección 19: Consejos a las madres. COmmunication: Talking to a new mother; advising parents about child development. Lección 20: El ingreso suplementario. Communication: Answering questions bout supplemental income. Lectura 4: Aviso. Repaso (Lecciones 16-20). Appendix A: Introductiong Spanish Sounds and the Alphabet. Appendix B: Verbs. Appendix C: Useful classroom expressions. Appendix D: Weights and measures. Spanish-English vocabulary. English-Spanish vocabulary.

• ISBN: 978-0-495-90264-5
• Editorial: Heinle & Heinle
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés