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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2002, pp. 405-407
© 2002 Society of Pediatric Psychology

African-American Children: A Self-Empowerment Approach to Modifying Behavior Problems and Preventing Academic Failure. C. M. Tucker. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Angela T. Clarke, MA

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This timely book provides a wealth of practical information on culturally sensitive, multisystemic assessment and intervention approaches for enhancing skills and decreasing behavioral and academic problems among African American youths. The author offers a refreshing perspective on working with African American children and adolescents by compiling theory and research on the role of self-factors, family, school, and community factors that contribute to their behavioral and academic competence. A unique aspect of this book is its emphasis on empowering young African Americans, who are disproportionately represented in lower income groups, to take control of their own behavior despite the real socioeconomic barriers in their lives. Although the chapters are not formally organized in sections, the book presents two introductory chapters, six chapters addressing behavior problems, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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