Culturally Sensitive Narrative Interventions for Immigrant Children and Adolescents

"In this informative and charming book, the authors demonstrate the power of narrative to address tough personal and cultural issues that immigrant children and adolescents face today. They show how storytelling---from poetry to puppetry---can bring young people together within a culture while opening them up to the complex, multicultural world that is contemporary America. Written with erudition and passion, this book is a wonderful resource for teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and others who want to make a positive difference in the lives and the life stories of immigrant youth."---Dan P. McAdams, author of The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By

This book provides scholarly and applied perspectives on culturally sensitive narrative interventions for culturally diverse and immigrant children and adolescents. A resilience model and strengths-based approach form the basis for responding to stressors of migration and the acculturation process through the use of narrative, storytelling, drawings, and puppetry techniques. The authors emphasize and illustrate the need to incorporate evidence-based approaches and cultural understanding when developing and implementing narrative educational and therapeutic interventions.

Giselle B. Esquivel is a professor in the school psychology program of the Division of Psychological and Educational Services, Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. She is a licensed psychologist and a nationally certified school psychologist. She holds national certification in the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Academy of School Psychology (AASP). Her scholarly work in multicultural school psychology has received national professional recognition.
Geraldine V. Oades-Sese is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology of Rutgers University. She is a nationally certified school psychologist and is the founder and director of the Research Center for Resilience and Early Childhood Development and a university-based research clinic called the CREATE (Childhood Resilience & Early Achievement Toward Excellence) Clinic.
Marguerite L. Jarvis holds a BFA from Douglass College and a Master of Education degree from Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education. Currently, she writes and edits for educational publishers, develops websites, practices puppetry, and teaches kindergarten. A licensed elementary school teacher, she has taught and worked with special needs populations for more than thirty years.