Working with African American Males : A Guide to Practice

by Larry E. Davis

• ISBN13: 9780761904724
• ISBN10: 0761904727
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-08
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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