Growing the Black Male Whole: An Ethno-Cultural Holistic Health Promotion Model in the School Setting
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Authors
Tho-Biaz, Njoroge Carver
Issue Date
2007
Type
Capstone
Language
en
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Abstract
The socially maladjusted African American adolescent male's display of inappropriate behavior in the school learning environment can be viewed as a strong language. This language may appear as behavior that is spoken by the adolescent in the disruptive vernacular of offending an authority figure and creating an unhealthy learning environment for his peers and himself. The penalizing sentence for the offense often results in suspension of the offending student, who returns after an absence from school (missing valuable learning), only to return frustrated because he is behind and still has not learned the necessary social skills for self-care through identifying and addressing the underlying reason for his using the unacceptable language of acting out. In this paper, the parent and educator will review 1) some reasons why African American adolescent males may act out; 2) what the language of acting out is truly saying; 3) what the student can do to avoid this type of behavior; 4) what they can do to show the student that he is being listened to, cared about, and treated with compassion; and, 5) why nurturing treatment must replace penalization of suspension from school.