Social Work with Groups
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-34

Parents Beyond Borders: A Social Group Work Curriculum for Supporting Immigrant Parents and Building Solidarity (Article)

Gonzalez A. , Lord G.* , Rex-Kiss B. , Francois J.J.
  • a Center for Family Life, Brooklyn, NY, United States
  • b Center for Family Life, Brooklyn, NY, United States
  • c Center for Family Life, Brooklyn, NY, United States
  • d Center for Family Life, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Abstract

Parents Beyond Borders, a curriculum first implemented in 2008 as part of The Center for Family Life's ParentShip Program, encourages group members to create a shared narrative about their traumatic immigration experiences. The result is twofold. First, immigrant parents gain a more assertive and poignant voice to communicate with family and others in their lives when sharing their family's acculturation experience. Second, because social group work promotes recognition of collective trauma due to the community's experience of marginalization, it improves members' group self-concept and empowers them to take action and advocate for themselves. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Groups parents Group work Acculturation Immigration trauma

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855462897&doi=10.1080%2f01609513.2011.594936&partnerID=40&md5=f137ca230198274612cea73a4e3bfea9
DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2011.594936
ISSN: 01609513
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English