School Social Work Services in Federally Funded Programs - An African American Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Hope M. Bland practices school social work for an urban public school district and is an adjunct professor at Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio where she teaches multicultural perspectives.Ashraf Esmail is an assistant professor in social sciences at Southern University at New Orleans. His research interests include urban, multicultural, and peace education, family, cultural diversity, political sociology, criminology, social problems, and deviance. Klappentext This book identifies the barriers between social work intervention in education and government-funded programs that impact African American students. The chapters approach these issues from a child-centered perspective, which has proven critical in developing positive and sustainable relationships with African American students. As children begin to understand more about their lives and the world around them, they also develop opinions that help them identify who they are as individuals and where they see themselves in the world. From a qualitative research methodology approach, trust has been identified as a fundamental factor and potential barrier among all variables acknowledged. Interviews with ten African American high school and college students were conducted to discuss their perspectives on education, family life, peer interaction, and social work intervention. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the barriers between social work intervention in education and government funded programs that impact African American students, this book approaches these issues from a child-centered perspective. Interviews with ten African American students were conducted to dis... Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables Series Foreword by Dr. Abul Pitre Foreword by Dr. Joy Smith McElveen, LCSW Preface by Ira Arthell Neighbors, Ph.D.Acknowledgment Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Literature Review Chapter Three: Methodology Chapter Four: Data Collection and AnalysisChapter Five: Results, Conclusions, and Recommendations References Index...

Product details

• Authors: Hope M. Bland, Hope M./ Esmail Bland, Bland Hope M., Ashraf Esmail, Lisa Esmail, Esmail Ashraf
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2012
• EAN: 9780761860099
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6009-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Issues in Black Education; Issues in Black Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, Education, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, EDUCATION / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Social Work, Organization & management of education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Educational administration & organization, African American Students;Race and Ethnicity;Youth Advocacy