Working with African American Males : A Guide to Practice

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ISBN: 9780761904724 | 0761904727
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/8/1998

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This volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to African American men. Although this group of men is like any other in its struggle with its social and economic problems, African American men experience a higher rate of murder, imprisonment, unemployment and racism. The contributors to this book provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing African American men.

PART ONE: MENTAL HEALTH - Anderson J Franklin
Therapeutic Support Groups for African American Men - Shirley Salmon-Davis and Larry E Davis
Group Work With Sexually Abused African American Boys - F M Baker
Psychiatric Treatment of Older African American Males - Courtland C Lee
Counseling African American Men - James Herbert Williams
Responding to the Needs of The Gay Male Client
PART TWO: HEALTH - Robert Pierce
Prostate Cancer in African American Men
Thoughts on Psychosocial Interventions - Leo E Hendricks
Working with African American Males with Diabetes - Steven Schinke, Kristin Cole, Christopher Williams, and Gilbert Botvin
Reducing Risk Taking among African American Males
PART THREE: EDUCATION - Paula Allen-Meares
African American Males
Their Status, Educational Plight, and the Possibilities for Their Future - Ron Avi Astor, Heather Ann Meyer, and Ronald Pitner
Mapping School Violence with Students, Teachers, and Administrators - Don C Locke
Getting African American Male School Students on Track - William R Penuel, Bertha Sherrill, Timothy Davey, and Elizabeth Allison
Meeting the Educational Needs of Homeless and Highly Mobile African American Youths - Garett Albert Duncan
The Education of Adolescent Black Males
Connecting Self-Esteem to Human Dignity
PART FOUR: FAMILIAL RELATIONS - Ruth G McRoy, Sadye M L Logan, and Edith M Freeman
Family Practice with African American Males - Mark S Kiselica
Culturally Sensitive Interventions with African American Teenage Fathers - Anthony E O King
Working with Incarcerated African American Males and Their Families - Oliver J Williams
Working in Groups with African American Men Who Batter
PART FIVE: GANGS, RISKY BEHAVIOR, AND DELINQUENCY - Scott H Decker and G David Curry
Gang Prevention and Intervention with African American Males - Janice Joseph
Preventing Delinquency Among African American Males - Mary Nakashian and Paula Klienman
Delivering Comprehensive Services to High-Risk African American Males
PART SIX: EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SECURITY - Frederica Hendricks
Career Counseling with African American Male College Students - Harry J Holzer
Employment for Young African American Males
Where the Jobs Are and What Employers Want - Michael Sherraden
Building Assets among African American Males

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