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Resilience in African American Children and Adolescents
Resilience in African American Children and Adolescents:
A Vision for Optimal Development
Report of the Task Force on Resilience and Strength in Black Children and Adolescents
In this report, the Task Force on Resilience and Strength in Black Children and Adolescents encourages a paradigm shift from an emphasis on risk to exploring the complex interactive process of resilience in African American youth.
The task force offers a bold new vision of thriving optimal development in African American youth within the following domains in the contexts of peers, families, schools, and communities:
- Identity development
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Cognitive development
- Physical health and development
The report offers recommendations to the field on how to transform its approach to African American children and youth in the areas of research, practice, education, and policy.
Executive Summary (PDF)
Full Report (PDF)
Press Release
Additional APA Resources:
APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
A Selected Bibliography on the History of African American Psychology
Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers
The Other 3 R’s: Reasoning, Resilience, and Responsibility Project
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