1st Edition
Racial Trauma in the School System Naming the Pain
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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Racial Trauma in the School System provides foundational and clinical information for school-based mental health professionals to better understand and address the nuanced experience of racial trauma in their school.
The book focuses on conceptualizing racial trauma and the impact it has on a child’s development and academic functioning, providing information on how to look at racially based... Read more
PART I: Conceptual Foundations
- What is Racial Trauma?
- The Impact of Racial Trauma on Identity Development
- Culture in the School System
- Adjusting Your Clinical Lens
- General Guidelines for Addressing Racial Trauma
- Racial Trauma and the Mental Health Professional
- How to Assess for Racial Trauma
- Racial Trauma and Consultation
- Advocacy in the School System
- Guidance for Caregivers
- Social Media and Racial Trauma
- Racial Trauma and Police Brutality
- Racial Trauma in Immigrant and Refugee Families
- Racial Trauma and Play Therapy
- Racial Trauma and Bibliotherapy
PART II: Clinical Application
PART III: Special Topics
Biography
Connesia Handford, PsyD, is a Black psychologist working in Austin, Texas. She specializes in addressing Black mental health and racial trauma across the developmental life span.
Ariel D. Marrero, PsyD, is a Latinx psychologist working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in the intersection between a child’s mental health needs and their overall school functioning.
