Future 4 Teens: A Community-Based Therapeutic Model for African American Youth. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pritchett-Johnson, Brandi; Jones, Martinque K.
• Is Part Of: Journal for specialists in group work. Volume 45:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 226
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Community mental health model -- African American adolescents -- multicultural counseling; Group counseling -- Periodicals; Group psychotherapy -- periodicals; 616.8915205
• DOI: 10.1080/01933922.2020.1789792
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-3922

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Culturally grounded therapeutic services orchestrated to meet the needs of African American youth remain sparse. The authors address this gap in the areas of scholarship and clinical practice by detailing Future 4 Teens (F4T), an integrated community therapy and education service model targeting African American youth ages 12– 21 years old. Based on interview data from former F4T participants ( n = 8; M age = 21.62 years), the authors also highlight salient components of the interventions contributing to its effectiveness and subsequent impact on African American youth's psychosocial functioning and academic engagement.