Working with Latino Youth: Culture, Development, and Context.

Autor/inn/en	Koss-Chioino, Joan D.; Vargas, Luis A.
Titel	Working with Latino Youth: Culture, Development, and Context.
Quelle	(1999), (236 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7879-4325-8
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Acculturation; Behavior Problems; Child Development; Children; Community Health Services; Context Effect; Counseling; Cultural Differences; Ethnicity; Family Influence; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Mental Health; Spirituality; Youth Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Kindesentwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Counselling; Beratung; Kultureller Unterschied; Ethnizität; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Psychohygiene; Spiritualität
Abstract	This book provides guidance in addressing the special needs of Latino children and adolescents, offering a comprehensive examination of four contextual levels: the microsystem level of family; the mesosystem and exosystem level of school and community; and the macrosystem level of cultural practices. Culturally responsive treatment strategies are discussed. Chapter 1 describes the need to take a contextual view in working with Latino youth. Chapter 2 presents a contextual theory on developing psychosocial treatments that respond to both culture and development. Chapter 3 examines the activities of individuals within specific contexts, exploring relationships within which Latino youth live. Chapter 4 presents case studies of youth with behavioral and emotional problems associated with these contexts. Chapter 5 discusses risk and environmental fit. Chapter 6 presents case material related to problems and issues in Chapter 5, detailing techniques for assessment and intervention. Chapter 7 discusses major institutions and settings in relation to family, school, and peer group activities. Chapter 8 highlights how cultural orientations contextualize individual lifescapes. Chapter 9 discusses implications of the model for developing interventions from a contextual perspective, exploring how managed care structures intervention development and delivery and the danger of not considering cultural diversity. (SM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC