Full Description
Explore the cultural, familial, and community resilience and protective factors that are available to different youth populations in the U.S.!
The face of American youth is changing. In 2000, ethnic minority youth constituted one third of the adolescent population; by mid-century, the combined ethnic minority youth population will exceed the white adolescent population. This vital book illustrates the diversity within the adolescent population, examines the factors that serve as barriers and as facilitators to development, and identifies strengths and protective factors contributing to resilience as well as needs and risk factors. Social Work with Multicultural Youth presents accurate conceptual frameworks for understanding the experiences of ethnic youth to help you create culturally relevant interventions to promote their well-being.
Here is a sample of what you'll find in this important and informative book:
a comprehensive epidemiological profile of adolescent populationswith current data on issues that contribute to adolescents' health and well-being
cultural strengths models and resilience models that meet the developmental needs of Latino and African-American youth
an overview of the academic disparities between Latina adolescents and their cohorts in other ethnic groups
an important chapter that employs conflict theory to place the disadvantaged status and position of African-American youth in its proper context
specific recommendations for modifying the process of preparing Latino and African-American youth in foster care for emancipation
information on factors that differentially impact academic achievement between African-American youth and their European-American cohorts
real-world data about the who and where of adolescent fightingidentified by race/ethnicity, gender, and age
new information about substance use in Asian/Pacific Islander populations in America, with important implications for substance abuse interventions
resilience and protective factors that emerge from a qualitative study of seventh grade Latina adolescents
a look at the differences in sexual behavior and attitudes between Latina adolescents born in the United States and those born outside the U.S.
an evaluation of a unique, five-hour intensive intervention aimed at changing the knowledge and attitudes of Latino youth in regard to pregnancy and STDs
Contents
Preface
A Profile of Adolescent Health: The Role of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Latina Students: Translating Cultural Wealth into Social Capital to Improve Academic Success
From Problems to Personal Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities in Practice with African American Youth
Hispanic and African American Youth: Life After Foster Care Emancipation
Parent Involvement as Parental Monitoring of Student Motivation and Parent Expectations Predicting Later Achievement Among African American and European American Middle School Age Children
Adolescent Violence: With Whom They Fight and Where
Perception of Substance Use Problems in Asian American Communities by Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese American Youth
Ties That Protect: An Ecological Perspective on Latino/a Urban Pre-Adolescent Drug Use
Reproductive Attitudes and Behavior Among Latina Adolescents
The GIG: An Innovative Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection in a Latino Community
Index
Reference Notes Included
