Ike Hawai‘i – A Training Program for Working with Native Hawaiians

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dc.contributor.authorDuponte, K.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, T.
dc.contributor.authorMokuau, N.
dc.contributor.authorPaglinawan, L.
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-26T18:25:01Z
dc.date.available2010-02-26T18:25:01Z
dc.date.issued2010-02
dc.description.abstractNative Hawaiians in Hawai‘i experience multiple health and social problems and are highly represented in the child welfare system, in particular. There is increasing attention to the argument that some problems derive from historic trauma. The importance of the relationship of history to contemporary problems was a fundamental premise in the development of a training model for social work students. This paper describes ‘Ike Hawai‘i, a training model intended to improve the cultural competency of social work students working with Native Hawaiian clients in the public child welfare system. There are six main elements of this training: 1) Self-Disclosure, 2) Hawaiian Worldview, 3) Grief and Loss, 4) Hawaiian Historical Events, with a focus on the Mahele and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, 5) Current Day Strengths and Challenges, and 6) Cultural Ways of Healing and Practical Suggestions for Working with Native Hawaiians. Evaluative scores and comments from students indicate that the training program has been found to be useful and helpful in their work with Native Hawaiian clients. Such a model, with its emphasis on experiential learning, self-awareness, cultural knowledge, and service implications, may have applicability for other populations and, in particular, other native peoples.
dc.format.extent24 pages
dc.identifier.citationDuponte, K., Martin, T., Mokuau, N., & Paglinawan, L. (2010). ‘Ike Hawai‘i – A Training Program for Working with Native Hawaiians. Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, 1(1).
dc.identifier.issn2151-349X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/15115
dc.publisherMyron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectNative Hawaiians
dc.subjectcultural competence
dc.subjectindigenous people
dc.subjecthistorical trauma
dc.subjectexperiential training
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjecthuman service professionals
dc.subject.lcshIndigenous peoples--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshSocial work with indigenous peoples--Periodicals.
dc.titleIke Hawai‘i – A Training Program for Working with Native Hawaiians
dc.typeArticle
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