African American girls: reframing perceptions and changing experiences

The teenage years can be exciting for girls, as they develop into young womenand anticipate their future. For some, however, this developmental stage may be tempered by increased risks for teen pregnancy, school failure, and some health problems. African American Girls: Reframing Perceptions and Changing Experiences explores not only the challenges and stressors confronting this uniquepopulation, but also the strengths and resiliencies used to meet them. Examining prevailing trends while avoiding simplistic generalizations, the book is both descriptive (e.g., explaining similarities and differences with girls of other ethnicities and African-American boys in critical areas) and useful (e.g., providing concrete guidelines for professionals working to support prosocialdevelopment and prevent risky behaviors). This unique volume: addresses salient issues of self and identity, examines crucial domains, such as relationships, achievements and expectations, and issues that have a major impact on health and well-being, offers practical recommendations and resources for working with African-American girls during the period when life experiences and decisions are most likely to affect adult outcomes, discusses the lives of girls fromdiverse families, communities, and circumstances, explores the influences of family, peers, community, and cultural traditions, features sample activities for promoting positive development and includes quotations reflecting the perspectives of the girls in their own words. African American Girls is an essential resource for a wide range of professionals, including clinical, child, and school psychologists, counselors, therapists, and social workers. Whether one’s specialty is prevention, intervention, education, or research, this book is a must-have volume. Offers a descriptive and comprehensive examination of African American girls from the perspective of someone who has worked with thousands of girls fromall walks of life. Provides recommendations and resources for working with African American adolescent girls in a practical manner. Focuses on one of the most critical developmental periods - teens in early to mid-adolescence - the period in which life decisions and experiences most likely have the greatest impact on subsequent quality of life. INDICE: Description and Demographics. Self and Identity. Family and Kin. Peers and Friends. Communities and Neighborhoods. Expectations and Achievement.Health and Wellness. Sexual Behavior and Consequences. Prosocial Behavior andAggression. Concluding Comments. Subject Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4614-1517-6
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 178
• Fecha Publicación: 29/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés