Black Parents Strengths and Strategies (BPSS) Program: A Cultural Adaptation of the Strong-Willed Child Program

Coard, Stephanie Irby; Herring, Melvin; Watkins, Monica H.; Foy-Watson, Shani; McCoy, Shuntay Z.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4948-5_6

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“…take into account the unique structure, history, and everyday realities encountered by Black families (Murry et al, 2018), and may thus be useful as tools for intervention for increased protective capacity within Black units. Interventions that attend to the child by means of familial processes are important given the often-limited capacity young children have to engage with racialized content directly and effectively (e.g., Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies Program [BPSS]; Coard, Herring, Watkins, Foy-Watson, & McCoy, 2013). In fact, a growing literature documents experiences of children from their parents’ perspective (e.g., Sue, Capodilupo, & Holder, 2008), with family based therapies as a means to address RRS for young children.…”

Section: Experiences Of Racism-related Stress In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

From “crib to coffin”: Navigating coping from racism-related stress throughout the lifespan of Black Americans.

Jones

Anderson

Gaskin-Wasson³

et al. 2020

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Despite the proclamation of a “postracial” society, racism in the United States remains “alive and sick” (S. P. Harrell, 2000), negatively impacting the physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of Black Americans. Moreover, the complex impact of racism throughout the life span is inadequately understood. Coping with the insidiousness of racism in its myriad forms requires recognizing how it expresses across development. In this developmental overview, we apply a life-course perspective (Gee, Walsemann, & Brondolo, 2012) to investigate racism-related stress and coping over time. Within each period of development, we first explore how racism-related stress may present for Black Americans and then document what coping from this stress looks like, highlighting extant strategies and interventions where they exist. This work concludes with a set of definitional, methodological, and clinical future directions and recommendations for improving the field’s ability to mitigate the deleterious impact of racism-related stress.

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Section: Experiences Of Racism-related Stress In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

From “crib to coffin”: Navigating coping from racism-related stress throughout the lifespan of Black Americans.

Jones

Anderson

Gaskin-Wasson³

et al. 2020

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

146

147

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“…For example, the incorporation of cultural socialization can be instrumental in promoting self-esteem, optimism, and resilience while decreasing anxiety, depression, and negative coping strategies. Interventions that can significantly affect outcomes are crucial, including the Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies program (Coard et al, 2013), the use of cultural socialization messages in therapy, the pursuit of consultation, supervision, and trainings to expand one’s competence in ERS and other culturally sensitive approaches; and referral as a last resort when the child and family’s outcomes are at particular risk. In the context of a broader society in which Black lives have been historically undervalued, these cultural adaptations and activities may well be pivotal in youth mental health outcomes.…”

Section: Strategies For Increasing Mental Health Utilization In Black...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing mental health service utilization in Black populations during COVID-19: Clarifying clinician responsibility.

Armstrong¹,

Pinson²,

Avent-Alston³

et al. 2022

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Black communities have been affected disproportionately by the negative conditions associated with COVID-19, such as higher levels of morbidity and mortality, unemployment, underemployment, food insecurity, homelessness, grief and loss, and the pandemics of intersectionality. This adversity is often associated with greater vulnerabilities in the areas of psychological functioning and wellness. Black communities have historically had negative experiences with the medical establishment. Despite recent increases, Black Americans still tend to underutilize mental health services due to many barriers, such as stigma, attitudes of mistrust, geographical inaccessibility, lack of affordable options, the availability of culturally humble mental health providers, myths of Black invincibility, and challenges navigating complex systems of care. Due to the physical and psychological impacts of the polypandemic, Black populations are in even greater need of mental health care. Additionally, there is increased risk to the mental health of Black children in relation to trauma and the suicide crisis. This article will focus on our responsibility as a clinical community to reduce and eliminate the obstacles to service utilization among Black populations using the following strategies: understanding historic cultural mistrust; enhancing the pipeline of Black psychologists; integrating cultural adaptations into therapy; acknowledgment of the suicidal crisis and impact of adverse childhood experiences among Black children and youth; affirming the importance of religious/spiritual worldview and practices; and prioritizing self-care for psychologists. Clinical Impact StatementThe present study identifies multiple strategies psychologists can employ to increase mental health utilization among Black populations, particularly during COVID-19, including understanding historical cultural mistrust, enhancing the pipeline of Black clinicians, and integrating cultural adaptations into therapy. The importance of prioritizing self-care is demonstrated through findings in the literature as well as data from a predominantly Black independent practice in order to maximize client engagement.

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“…BPSS was designed to address conceptual and practical issues in the field of prevention in a manner that was sensitive and directly relevant to African American families. Instilling widely used parenting practices along with fostering African American parents' use of proactive racial socialization (Coard et al, 2013), BPSS was designed to be: (1) evidence-, culturally, and strengths-based; (2) tailored to economically challenged African American families; (3) require trained but necessarily specialized professional staff (MS, PhD level) to facilitate; and (4) implemented as a preventive intervention prior to the development of any problematic behavior and/or impaired social and cultural functioning. The BPSS program is based on the premise that teaching racial-ethnic socialization as an enhancement to any evidence-based parenting program will have several specific beneficial effects for African American parents and their children.…”

Section: Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies (Bpss) Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies Program–Racialized Short (BPSS-RS): “Real-World” Dismantle, Implementation, and Evaluation

2021

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Black Parents Strengths and Strategies (BPSS) Program: A Cultural Adaptation of the Strong-Willed Child Program

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

From “crib to coffin”: Navigating coping from racism-related stress throughout the lifespan of Black Americans.

From “crib to coffin”: Navigating coping from racism-related stress throughout the lifespan of Black Americans.

Increasing mental health service utilization in Black populations during COVID-19: Clarifying clinician responsibility.

The Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies Program–Racialized Short (BPSS-RS): “Real-World” Dismantle, Implementation, and Evaluation

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