Fitzgerald, T. D. (2009). Controlling the black school-age male: Psychotropic medications and the circumvention of public law 94-142 and section 504. Urban Education, 44(2), 225-247. Public schools have historically embedded mechanisms for control within their policies and procedures through a variety of means. This article investigates a moderately sized integrated public school… read more
Cultural considerations in the development of school-based interventions for African American adolescent boys with emotional and behavioral disorders
Serpell, Z., Hayling, C. C., Stevenson, H., & Kern, L. (2009). Cultural considerations in the development of school-based interventions for African American adolescent boys with emotional and behavioral disorders. The Journal of Negro Education, 321-332. African American males are overrepresented among youth in special education identified as having emotional and behavioral… read more
African-American males and serious emotional distrubance: Some personal perspectives
Cartledge, G. (1999). African-American males and serious emotional distrubance: Some personal perspectives. Behavioral Disorders, 25(1), 76. The writer reflects on the overrepresentation of African-American males in programs for serious emotional disturbance (SED). The African-American male is more likely than any other individual to be assigned to an SED program and thus experience… read more
Correlates of academic performance among school-age African American males in public housing
Nebbitt, V. E., Lombe, M., Lavelle-Mckay, C., & Sinha, A. (2014). Correlates of academic performance among school-age African American males in public housing.Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 65-71. This study contributes to ongoing effort to understand correlates of academic performance in school age African American male adolescents in public housing… read more