Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males : A Practitioner's Guide

by Arthur M. Horne

• ISBN13: 9780761908401
• ISBN10: 0761908404
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-11
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

This comprehensive, practical resource provides specific strategies for counsellors working with boys and male adolescents from different cultural backgrounds.The first part examines how psychological, career and athletic development of boys is shaped by a complex interaction of biological, social, cultural and economic forces. TheSecond Part covers cultural considerations when counselling particular North American client groups, such as Hispanic-Americans. The final part focuses on special populations such as gay, sexually abused and developmentally disabled boys.

Table of Contents

Editors' and Contributors' Institutional Affiliations and Addresses	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface: For the Sake of Our Nation's Sons	xv
Mark S. Kiselica
Arthur M. Horne
PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
Growing Up Male: The Development of Mature Masculinity	3	(22)
David Jolliff
Arthur M. Horne
A Cultural Critique of Current Practices of Male Adolescent Identity Formation	25	(10)
Warren Spielberg
Male Career Development in the Formative Years	35	(20)
Steve D. Brown
Promoting Life Skills for Adolescent Males Through Sport	55	(20)
Ken Hodge
Steven Danish
PART II: CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
Counseling African American Male Youth	75	(12)
Shawn Leonard
Courtland Lee
Mark S. Kiselica
Counseling Asian American Boys and Adolescent Males	87	(14)
David Sue
Hispanic American Boys and Adolescent Males	101	(16)
Jose Arcaya
Helping Native American Indian and Alaska Native Male Youth	117	(20)
Roger Herring
Counseling Non-Hispanic White Boys	137	(24)
K. Lymn Powell
Mark S. Kiselica
Allison Cunningham
Wendy Sabin
PART III: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Counseling Gay Adolescents	161	(18)
Jill S. Barber
Michael Mobley
Counseling Teen Fathers	179	(20)
Mark S. Kiselica
Abused Boys and Adolescents: Out of the Shadows	199	(18)
Neil Cabe
Treating Adolescent Sex Offenders	217	(20)
David Jolliff
John Newbauer
Bill Blanks
Helping Mentally Retarded Boys and Their Families	237	(12)
James Dean
Mark S. Kiselica
Counseling Anxious Male Youth	249	(30)
Donald B. Keat II
Counseling Depressed Boys	279	(14)
Chris Caldwell
Counseling Boys With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	293	(20)
Gail Tripp
Dougald M. Sutherland
Bullies and Victims: A Theme of Boys and Adolescent Males	313	(28)
Dawn A. Newman
Arthur M. Horne
Cynthia B. Webster
Counseling the Juvenile Offender	341	(16)
Georgia B. Calhoun
Brian A. Glaser
Christi L. Bartolomucci
Counseling Substance-Abusing Young Males	357	(18)
Richard C. Page
References	375	(30)
Author Index	405	(11)
Subject Index	416	(3)
About the Editors	419