Forging Links African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives

Subjects:

• Psychology » Social Psychology
• Psychology » Adolescent Psychology
• Psychology » Child Psychology

Reviews:

• This book offers an in-depth look at issues and challenges affecting African American children in the 21st century.
  —Adolescence Spring 2003

• Endorsement From Jessica Henderson Daniel
  Co-Director of Psychology Training
  Children's Hospital-Boston: Intellectual stimulation and information are the hallmarks of a good book. The editors selected writers who placed new lenses in new frames. The complex lives of African American children are explored from several critical perspectives. This is a must read for those who seek to research and serve this heterogeneous group of children.
• Endorsement From Fannie Brown
  The Coming Together Project: What an exceptional resource for educators, psychologists, and parents! It aids in our understanding of the insidious ambient circumstances our youth juggle daily while offering practical approaches designed to help us diffuse the monstrous enigma. This effective tool will afford us the insight needed to begin reversing the contrary trends consuming our young people.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction by Angela M. Neal-Barnett
• Psychopathology and Assessment in African American Children and Families: A Historical, Ecological, and Strength-Based Perspective by Michael C. Lambert, Faith Markle, and Valerie F. Bellas
• A Multi-dimensional Approach to Racial Identity: Implications for African American Children by Robert M. Sellers, Laura M. Morgan, and Tony N. Brown
• Parental Characteristics, Racial Stress, and Racial Socialization Processes as Predictors of Racial Coping in Middle Childhood by Deborah J. Johnson
• Being Black: New Thoughts on the Old Phenomenon of Acting White by Angela M. Neal-Barnett
• Psychological Adjustment of Urban, Inner City, African-American Adolescents by Ronald D. Taylor
• Violence and Trauma in the Lives of African American Children by Esther J. Jenkins
• Sports and African-American Male Children: What Values and Motives Do They Have? by Robert E. Stadulis, Gary Waters, and Angela M. Neal-Barnett
• Young, Unwed African American Fathers: Indicators of their Paternal Involvement by Waldo E. Johnson Jr.
• Reflections of the Forum: Graduate Students on the Inside Track by Anita C. Heard, Madinah Ikhlas, and Michelle D. Mitchell
• The 1999 Kent State Forum: Take Home Messages and Future Challenges for the Field of Development Psychology by Kathryn A. Kerns