Strong Teens: A School-Based Small Group Experience for African American Males

This article describes the school-based, small group adaptation of the existing Strong Teens Curriculum (STC) for African American male adolescents in high schools. The STC was created to equip adolescents with skills that promote more effective social interaction and enhance personal emotional and...

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Published in:The Journal for specialists in group work 2007-04, Vol.32 (2), p.178-189
Main Authors: White, Nathan J., Rayle, Andrea Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent boys
Adolescents
African American males
African American Students
African Americans
Black American people
Coping
Cultural Influences
Curriculum
Educational Environment
Group Counseling
group counseling in schools
Group Dynamics
Group Experience
High School Students
History
Interaction
Interpersonal Relationship
Males
Psychological Patterns
Psychological wellbeing
Role Models
School based
School Counseling
Secondary school students
Self image
Small groups
Social support
Social Values
Student Empowerment
Teenagers
Wellness
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Summary:This article describes the school-based, small group adaptation of the existing Strong Teens Curriculum (STC) for African American male adolescents in high schools. The STC was created to equip adolescents with skills that promote more effective social interaction and enhance personal emotional and psychological wellness. The authors present a twelve-session small group school counseling experience based on the STC for use with African American adolescent males in a high school. Within the small group sessions, attention was given to the unique African American male experience in adolescence and in schools. Based on African American cultural values, historical figures were used as role models in helping to illustrate session concepts, and activities were modified to better connect group members with one another for social support in and outside of the school environment.
ISSN:0193-3922
1549-6295
DOI:10.1080/01933920701227224