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Working With African American Males
A Guide to Practice

Edited by:

Larry E. Davis - Washington University, St Louis, USA

Other Titles in:
Multi-Cultural Counselling | Multicultural Social Work

March 1999 | 408 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Contents

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

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

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