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Black Students Matter helps mental health professionals develop cultural humility in their clinical practice with Black children and families while also educating them on the how intergenerational trauma and systemic racism negatively effect their mental health. Duncan offers an innovative solution to the issue by providing ways to integrate play therapy into individual, group, and family therapy sessions to help Black children and families heal from racial trauma.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Chapter 1: Exploring Racial Trauma in Black Students
- Chapter 2: Displaying Cultural Humility with Black Students
- Chapter 3: Play Therapy as a Solution to Racial Trauma
- Chapter 4: Play Therapy to Addressing Bullying Among Black Students
- Chapter 5: Play Therapy to Empower Black Girls
- Chapter 6: Play Therapy to Encourage Emotional Expression in Black Boys
- Chapter 7: Supporting Black Youth Through Grief and Bereavement
- Chapter 8: Play it Away! Play Therapy to Address Suicidality in Black Students
- Chapter 9: Teachers Play Too! Play Therapy to Support Teachers Working with Black Students
- Chapter 10: Group Play Therapy with Black Students
- Chapter 11: It Takes a Village: Engaging Black Caregivers and Community Members in Play Therapy
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Dr. April D. Duncan, LCSW, RPT-S is a racial trauma expert with over a decade of experience integrating play therapy with Black youth across the lifespan in a variety of settings. She also is an adjunct professor in the online MSW program at Tulane University. Dr. Duncan is the founder of BMH Connect, an organization focusing on using play therapy to empower Black youth to manage racial stressors in healthy and fun ways.
Zusammenfassung
From slavery in the 19th century to racial disparities in school discipline that push them into the juvenile justice system, historically Black children have been denied a childhood. While schools are tough on Black children, Black caregivers often use "tough love" to prepare them for the world they will encounter. But if everyone is tough on Black children, who is gentle with them? Who allows them to be children? This book helps mental health professionals understand how racism, prejudice and discrimination contribute to mental health and behavioral issues in Black students that lead to high rates of school discipline, also known as the Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline. It explores how bias shapes the way the behaviors and moods of Black children are often misinterpreted and punished through unfair and subjective disciplinary methods. Mental health professionals are challenged to advocate for the mental health needs of Black students by using play therapy to engage caregivers, teachers, and administrators in providing culturally responsive support and nurturance to enhance their relationships with Black children.
Using music, art, sand, and other expressive therapies, the book provides over 30 unique interventions for Black students of all ages to heal from racial trauma. The activities allow Black children the opportunity to process issues they encounter, like colorism and hair discrimination, while learning healthy skills to manage the trauma, anxiety, and depression that often results from their daily exposure to racial stress. The book is to help empower mental health professionals to feel more competent and comfortable to support the unique needs of Black students and pass that knowledge on to the adults in the lives of Black children and allow Black children to reclaim their childhood.
