Anti-Racism Strategies in Pediatric Psychology: Using STYLE Can Help Children Overcome Adverse Experiences With Police. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Black children are exposed to police violence at alarming rates. Such stress impacts development and treatment of physical health problems. In the current discourse, we introduce STYLE (Self-examination, Talk about community-police relations and racism, Yield space and time to anti-racism work, Learn about how structural racism impacts child health, Evaluate policies and practices through an anti-racism lens). STYLE offers a framework through which professionals in pediatric psychology can engage in anti-racist work across contexts from clinical care to academic and advocacy settings. Pediatric psychologists have a responsibility to be on the frontline as interventionists, educators, researchers, organizers, and advocates for racial justice through anti-racism practices. The current paper introduces STYLE in clinical care, community service, training/supervision, and academic and advocacy contexts. Case examples are provided. Professionals in pediatric psychology must first focus on changing their STYLE to promote individual and infrastructural change consistent with anti-racism work.

published proceedings

  • J Clin Psychol Med Settings

altmetric score

  • 0.75

author list (cited authors)

  • Fix, R. L., Testa, E. G., Thurston, I. B., Gray, W. N., & Russell, M. T.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Fix, Rebecca L||Testa, Elizabeth Getzoff||Thurston, Idia B||Gray, Wendy N||Russell, Melvin T

publication date

  • June 2022