The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Educating

The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina examines the hurricane's effects on traumatized children's academic progression; socialization; life opportunities; and social consciousness. Professor Dorothy Singleton presents improved teaching strategies and methodologies for working with traumatized children in any grade level. As writers gathered information for this book, several realized the need to better comprehend how this environmental tragedy has disrupted the lives of groups already politically and economically marginalized. This study features a range of information about these social groups including: history; culture; family life; and the day-to-day challenges faced by those still suffering from the hurricane's aftermath. Book jacket.

Dorothy M. Singleton is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Minority Issues at North Carolina Central University

Preface	p. v
Introduction: Educating Traumatized Children and Adolescents	p. vii
Conceptual Framework for Developing Cultural Identity among African Americans	p. 1
Things Fall Apart: African American Families in New Orleans Responding to Hurricane Katrina	p. 21
Our Souls Look Back in Wonder: The Spirituality of African American Families Surviving Hurricane Katrina	p. 47
Culturally Responsive Literacy in the Aftermath of Katrina	p. 63
Success Lessons: Select Public Schools Weather the Storm	p. 75
Katrina Aftermath: Students from Historically Black Universities and Their Perceptions of Social Consciousness	p. 91
Technology Engineering Educational Solutions for the Hurricane Katrina Region	p. 104
Hurricane Katrina Survivors: Telling My Story	p. 121
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The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Educating Traumatized Children Pre-K through College

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