Smart and Sassy: The Strengths of Inner-City Black Girls / Edition 1

by Joyce West Stevens

Overview

Based on research findings, Smart and Sassy: The Strengths of Inner City Black Girls utilizes a foundation of theology, philosophy, sociology, human development, and contextual psychodynamic theory to understand how Black girls create meaningful identities. These substantive knowledge areas are interwoven with strength and health perspectives to theorize and interpret adolescent lives. Presented in their own language, the Black girls' factual self-narratives, group interactions, dialogs, and case illustrations reveal visceral and poignant stories that clearly indicate they are courageous, intelligent, and spirited.
Smart and Sassy offers a developmental- and contextual-based model of intervention that can be used as a supportive counseling guide for adolescent maturation. Stevens asserts that an examination of such girls and their families provides information about competence and social assets that promote healthy development and positive social adjustment. Although it offers a particular ethnic focus, this text provides authoritative insight into the developmental issues confronting all adolescents. Its framework promotes critical thinking skills in both undergraduate and graduate students, and each case illustration features study questions and issues for discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195121650
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/28/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Boston University School of Social Work

Table of Contents

Prologue: A Book About the Strengths of Inner-City Black GirlsPart 1: Theory Overview1. Risk and Resiliency in Social Contexts2. Adolescent Developmental Theories3. Person-Process-Context: An Ecological Transactional ModelPart 2: Developmental Domains4. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Role Commitment5. Care Protective Sensibility and Role Model Formulation6. Decision Making, Dating, and Mate Selection7. Opportunity Mobility and Adulthood PreparationPart 3: Clinical Implications8. A Social Work Practice Model: Core Principles of InterventionEpilogue