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- Mental health practitioners have largely overlooked the impact of community violence on children in low-income neighborhoods, prompting the creation of school-based support groups called "neighborhood clubs."
- A bilingual "neighborhood club" was initiated in two Detroit elementary schools to support Spanish-speaking Latino students, addressing both psychological needs and cultural relevance.
- The implementation revealed both benefits and challenges, highlighting how a bilingual support group fosters cultural validation and empathy among kids from diverse backgrounds, strengthening their shared experiences.
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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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