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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective (Paperback)
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective (Paperback)
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In Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African
American Perspective, leading black scholars come together to
discuss complex human behavior problems faced by African Americans
and to force the abandonment of conceptualization theories made
without consideration of the Black experience. Challenging you to
engage in different thinking and develop new theories for
addressing the needs of African Americans, this book highlights the
assets of black individuals, families, and communities and guides
you through program interventions and public policies that
strengthen and empower African Americans. You will learn to enhance
your clients'coping strategies and resilience by factoring in their
strengths rather than focusing on their weaknesses.Human Behavior
in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective
contextualizes community behavior patterns, gender roles, and
changing contemporary identities to challenge your assumptions
about African American culture and communities and convince you to
rethink your intervention strategies and methods. To further help
you fine-tune your service delivery, this book leads you through
discussions on: help-seeking behaviors of young street males the
association of sociocultural risk factors with suicides the use of
emotive behavior therapy to help African Americans cope with the
prospect of imminent death advocating for changes in institutions
and systems which negatively impact the lives of the poor and the
oppressed how social work has ignored one segment of the African
American community--young girls in urban settings psychological
consequences of coming of age in a hostile environmentSocial
workers, community-based groups, policymakers, and other helping
professionals owe it to their clients to shrug off culturally
incompetent services and care. Using Human Behavior in the Social
Environment from an African American Perspective as a guide, you
will learn to redress your programs and policies with a sensitivity
to the factors and mechanisms that maximize the buoyancy of
disadvantaged groups over various stages of their life development.
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