The Ethnic Group Experience

Hurdle, Donna E.

doi:10.1300/j009v13n04_05

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“…Like Bilides (1990), we saw that societal struggles and prejudices regarding race, color, and ethnicity were reflected within the intervention group and manifested in specific group dynamics such as seating arrangements, alliances between group members, and stereotyping. We found, as others have reported, that confronting issues of bias and prejudice directly and candidly, as they arose within the group setting, worked best (Bilides, 1990;Hurdle, 1990;Tsui & Schultz, 1988).…”

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A Bilingual “Neighborhood Club”: Intervening with Children Exposed to Urban Violence

Ceballo

Ramírez

Maltese

et al. 2006

American J of Comm Psychol

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Mental health practitioners have offered relatively little in response to the pervasive community violence faced by many children living in impoverished neighborhoods. The "neighborhood club" is a school-based, short-term, support group designed to assist children with the psychological impact of exposure to community violence. Ten "neighborhood clubs" were conducted in two public elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan. This paper reviews the implementation of a bilingual "neighborhood club," undertaken to better serve the Spanish-speaking Latino students in a school community. We discuss many of the rewards and challenges of conducting a bilingual, multicultural support group for children and conclude that a bilingual support group provides all children with a model that validates ethnic and cultural diversity while also building empathic bonds based on mutually-reinforcing, common experiences.

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A Bilingual “Neighborhood Club”: Intervening with Children Exposed to Urban Violence

Ceballo

Ramírez

Maltese

et al. 2006

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Nevertheless, it is claimed that ethnic Asian clients can adapt to and benefit from Westem-based group intervention, provided that the approach is sensitive to cultural factors in all phases of treatment (Hurdle, 1991;Lefley, 1984;Ow, 1990a;Shon & Ja, 1982;Sue & Morishima, 1982). Anderson (1991) refers to these considerations as "tuning in," defined as the skill of preliminary empathy in which the worker anticipates and understands the values and norms of the client group being served.…”

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“…Since incompatibilities between the program and the client's culture could result in ineffective treatment and lack of goal achievement (Ow, 1990b), it was necessary to create a temporary, "alternative" culture within the group (See Hurdle, 1991). This "culture" did not directly challenge or discount Asian cultural values and beliefs.…”

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“…Group leaders followed the lead of group members in demonstrating their "comfort level" and willingness to participate in self-disclosing and skill-learning activities (Hurdle, i99 1); ' 3. Supportive interactions among family mcmbers were strongly encouraged to nurture group curative factors (Hurdle, 1991;Rose, 1977;Yalom, 1975); 4. The "absolute" authority of the group leaders was diluted by establishing "ascribed" credibility to family members (Sue & Zane, 1987).…”

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A Process Evaluation of the Cultural Compatibility of Psychoeducational Family Group Treatment with Ethnic Asian Clients

Bentelspacher

Bsw

et al. 1997

Social Work With Groups

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Effective ethnic-sensitive social work practice requires an understanding of the cultural compatibility between an intervention model and the client group. This study evaluated the cultural fit of psychoeducational family group treatment with ethnic Chinese and Malay families in Singapore. Process evaluation of five treatment groups determined that incompatibilities in beliefs, world views, and treatment expectations between the model and thc clients resulted in difficulties in client role behavior. Cognitive-behavioral interventions were partially successhl in facilitating members' participation in group activities and goal achievement. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Deliven~ Service: 1-800- 342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworth.com]Carl E. Bentelspacher, PhD, is a member of the faculty at

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“…It is crucial for facilitators to explore his or her personal reactions to diversity and conflict (Hurdle, 1991;Brown and Mistry, 1994), to look at how they feel about working with certain groups, including groups from their same cultural heritage, how they feel about addressing conflict. Facilitators have to be prepared to respond to issues of oppression/discriminatory behavior within groups (whether real or perceived), directed at group members or at them.…”

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Addressing Conflict Rooted in Diversity: The Role of the Facilitator

Msw¹

2002

Social Work With Groups

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To work effectively with Latinos, social workers must acknowledge and value their diversity. Groups that value cultural diversity must develop the capacity to address conflict rooted in that diversity. Social workers who facilitate diverse groups need to be skilled in conflict resolution, cultural competency, reinforcement of purpose and process, maintenance of the facilitator role and responsibility, appropriate selfdisclosure, and setting limits. The practice example described here is from a two-day retreat held by a Latino group. A conflict occurred at the retreat that underscored the importance of the role of the facilitator in addressing conflict rebooted in diversity.

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The Ethnic Group Experience

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

A Bilingual “Neighborhood Club”: Intervening with Children Exposed to Urban Violence

A Bilingual “Neighborhood Club”: Intervening with Children Exposed to Urban Violence

A Process Evaluation of the Cultural Compatibility of Psychoeducational Family Group Treatment with Ethnic Asian Clients

Addressing Conflict Rooted in Diversity: The Role of the Facilitator

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