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Contents Preface List of Figures and Tables Chapter One: Demographics: A Portrait of African American Children Overview of the Chapter Section One: Population Statistics on African American Children Section Two: Living Arrangements of African American Children Section Three: Economic Conditions of African American Children and their Families Perspectives on Demographics and African American Children Suggestions for Additional Readings Chapter Two: Research Issues with African American Children Overview of the Chapter: The Importance of Studying Developmental Research Methods Insider¿s Voice¿The Need for More Research on African American Children Section One: Problems: Methodological Constraints in Research Designs Insider¿s Voice: Where Have We Gone Wrong? Section Two: Conducting Culturally Relevant Research with African American Children The Need for Culturally Sensitive Research with African American Children Conceptual Frameworks and Interdisciplinarity The Role of Context in African American Child Development The Relationship to African American Child Development and Central Characteristics in Developmental Psychology Ethical Considerations with African American Child Participants Section Three: Theories Vygotsky¿s Sociocultural Theory Bronfenbrenner¿s Bioecological Systems Theory Integrative Conceptual Model of Child Development Perspectives on Research and Theories Chapter Summary Additional Readings Chapter Three: African American Children and Health Issues Overview of the Chapter Section One: Heath Challenges Infant Mortality Maternal Risk Factors Initiatives Designed to Reduce African American Infant Mortality Rates Physical Challenges Beyond Infancy AIDS Treatment of Aids Insider¿s Voice: Plumbism Treatment of Plumbism Insider¿s Voice¿Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Asthma Treatment of Asthma Obesity Treatment of Obesity Section Two: Access to Health Care Perspectives on the Health Status of African American Children Chapter Summary Key Terms Suggestions for Additional Readings Chapter Four: Mental Health and Racial Identity Overview of the Chapter Section One: Mental Health Issues Insider¿s Voice¿African American Children and Mental Health Issues Risk Factors Assessment and Diagnosis Treatment of Mental Health Disorders Section Two: Racial Identity Perspectives on Mental Health and Racial Identity Chapter Summary Suggestions for Additional Readings Chapter Five: Education Overview of the Chapter Section One: School Desegregation and African American Children Insider¿s Voice¿Resegregation of American¿s Public Schools Desegregation and African American Children Section Two: Schools That ¿Work¿ For African American Children Public Schools Models Independent Black Schools (IBS) Section Three: African American Children and Early Intervention Programs Head Start High/Scope Perry Preschool Project Abecedarian Project Perspectives on Education and African American Children Chapter Summary Suggestions for Additional Readings Chapter Six: Language and Literacy Overview of the Chapter Section One: The Controversy Insider¿s Voice¿The Oakland School Board Ebonics Resolution Section Two: Language Learning and African American Children Section Three: Language and Literacy Issues Section Four: Language and Literacy Intervention Programs for African American Children Section Five: Language Assessment and African American Children: Distinguishing Dialect from a Speech Language disorder Perspectives on Language Learning and Literacy and African American Children Chapter Summary Suggestions for Additional Readings Chapter Seven: Morality: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Overview of the Chapter Insider¿s Voice: What if Heinz were Black? The Issues Section One: Theories of Moral Development Piaget¿s Theory Kohlberg¿s Theory: The Ethic of Justice Criticisms of Piaget¿s and Kohlberg¿s Theories Gilligan¿s Theory: The Ethic of Care Gibb¿s Sociomoral Reasoning Model Humphries¿ Culture and Empathy Model Turiel¿s Domain Theory: Moral Rules and Social Conventions Section Two: Prosocial Behavior and African American Children Possible Factors Influencing Prosocial Behavior in African American Children Morality and Racial Identity Development Section Three: Moral Development and Community Violence Perspectives on African American Children and Moral Development Chapter Summary Additional Readings Chapter Eight: Social Contexts in the Lives of African American Children: Family, Peers. Overview of the Chapter Issues Insider¿s Voice¿The Negro American Family Section One: Models of the African American Family Pathological Model Cultural Equivalent Model Emergent Model Ecology Models of the Family Guiding Principles of Family Systems Theory External Systems Affecting the Family Section Two: African American Family Structure and Child Development Nuclear Family African American Single-Parent Families Augmented Families Section Three: The Peer Group African American Children¿s Peer Relationships African American Children¿s Friendships Perspectives on African American Children and Social Contexts Chapter Summary Additional Readings Chapter Nine: Epilogue: Where Do We Go From Here? References
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
African American children -- Social conditions.
African American children -- Health and hygiene.
African American children -- Education.
Child development -- United States.
Developmental psychology.