Working With African American Males A Guide to Practice [Paperback]

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.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
Therapeutic Support Groups for African American Men - Anderson J Franklin
Group Work With Sexually Abused African American Boys - Shirley Salmon-Davis and Larry E Davis
Psychiatric Treatment of Older African American Males - F M Baker
Counseling African American Men - Courtland C Lee
Responding to the Needs of The Gay Male Client - James Herbert Williams
PART TWO: HEALTH
Prostate Cancer in African American Men - Robert Pierce
Thoughts on Psychosocial Interventions
Working with African American Males with Diabetes - Leo E Hendricks
Reducing Risk Taking among African American Males - Steven Schinke, Kristin Cole, Christopher Williams, and Gilbert Botvin
PART THREE: EDUCATION
African American Males - Paula Allen-Meares
Their Status, Educational Plight, and the Possibilities for Their Future
Mapping School Violence with Students, Teachers, and Administrators - Ron Avi Astor, Heather Ann Meyer, andlƒ-