SDSU Department of Counseling and School Psychology

Publicatioins

Brent A. Taylor

PUBLICATIONS

Sociological Perspectives on Productive Aging, with V.Bengtson, Perspectives on Productive Aging: Toward a Knowledge-Building Agenda, Nancy Morrow-Howell and
Jim Hinterlong (eds.), John Hopkins Press, 2001.

Using Theories to Build Bridges in Social Gerontology,with V. Berngtson and M. Schmeeckle, Proceedings from the 6th Annual Asian Regional Congress of Gerontology, sponsored by the Korean Gerontology Society, 1999.

Contributing to the Empowerment of Inner CityImmigrant Families: Group Therapy in a Latino Barrio School, with G. Gonzalez-Lopez, Family Therapy News,Washington D.C., Vol.28, No. 2, April 1997.

WORKING PAPERS

Article: Forgotten Fathers: Latino Men in the Inner City. Based on clinical work with Latino fathers with young children in the inner city of Los Angeles. The struggles and stresses these men face along with intervention strategies for practitioners are discussed.

Article: Parental Involvement: Longitudinal Effects on Self-Esteem, with R. Giarrusso, H. Wang, and M. Silverstein. Utilizing the Longitudinal Study of Generations, long term effects of parental involvement on parental self-esteem are examined over a 20 year period, gender differences between mothers and fathers are discussed.

Article: A Portrait of Fatherhood: Quantitative Analyseson Paternal Involvement. This study, based on NSFH data, examines the relationship between father involvement and
father’s psychological well-being. Findings suggest that paternal involvement is significantly related to higher self-esteem but not lower levels of depression.

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Psychological Health Associates, 1999-2000. Private Practice: Child and family therapy with victims of crime including physical and sexual abuse, foster children, and adopted children

Ettie Lee Homes for Youth, 1999- 2000.Residential Worker: develop and implement treatment plans for adolescents on probation, work with many gangsters and substance abusers, family therapy, mostly Latino and African-Americans, conduct staff trainings

Foothill Family Service, 1997-1999. Conduct family therapy with at-risk youth, lead family group therapy program to prevent teen pregnancy, counselor in elementary school Inter-

Professional Initiative: 1996 -1997. Member of a USC interdisciplinary team: working with an inner city elementary school conducted boys' therapy group, Latino fathering group in Spanish, and child therapy for students with school problems

Howard Chudler andAssociates, Inc., 1996 - 1998. Independent contractor for Regional Centers: behavioral modification specialist, educational consultant to developmentally delayed clients and their families, sex education

Human Relations Center of USC: 1996 -199.Conduct family and individual therapy in Spanish with predominantly Latino clientele from the inner city

The Family Institute of Chicago, 1994 -1995. Family therapy, individual therapy with diverse population, therapy with both low-functioning and high-functioning population

Community Counseling Centers of Chicago: 1993- 1994.Ethnic Services/Aftercare Program; group therapy with diverse clientele, daily living skills training, individual psychotherapy, case presentations, worked primarily with low functioning, chronic population

Truman College Counseling Center: 1993-1994. Conducted brief therapy with diverse city college population