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Publication Date: 2005
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Manhood Seekers Camp: A Proposal for a Culturally-Centered Camp Intervention
Washington, Gregory; Watts, Roderick J.; Watson, Jerry
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, v23 n1-2 p75-90 2005
This article addresses the need for therapeutic camps to support the disproportionate number of African-American children in out of home foster care and group home placements. A brief review of literature on camp interventions and their failure to adequately address the influence of ethnicity and culture is provided. A pilot of a small culturally centered therapeutic camp intervention for African-American boys in foster care is reviewed and the impressions of the African-American male facilitators are described and discussed. Although limited sample size prohibited statistical analysis, results suggest the need to further evaluate innovative culturally-centered interventions that are designed to target traditional values and factors that influence positive African-American male development. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: African Americans, Intervention, Group Homes, Foster Care, Males, Cultural Relevance, African American Culture, Ethnicity, Cultural Influences, Caregivers, Program Effectiveness, Child Development, Day Camp Programs, Identification (Psychology), Gender Differences
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Language: English
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