From Problems to Personal Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities in Practice with African American Youth.

作者: June Gary Hopps , Robbie Welch Christler Tourse , Ollie Christian

DOI: 10.1300/J051V11N01_03

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摘要: SUMMARY This paper reviews data on select areas relevant to the status, functioning, and general well-being of African American Youth. Practitioners in both policy clinical intervention must assert a greater role helping these adolescents grow, develop, become prepared take their rightful place Society. Attention is afforded Family, particularly Black youth threats, historical contemporary, which confront ability survive, cope, sustain resilient presence. Conflict theory used understand how this population interfaces with oppression, resilience framework, coupled group as method are presented strategies for working adolescents. The authors proffer that justice-based model useful supporting framework within approach.

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