Some Implications of the African-American Experience for the Development of Residential Education in the United States

Residential education as practiced and organized in Israel (Beker & Magnuson, 1996a; Levy, 1993; Levy, undated), if appropriately adapted and culturally sensitive, is suitable for serving the needs of minority children and youth, particularly African Americans, in the United States. Although this approach differs systematically and significantly from most current residential services for at-risk youth, it has much in common with traditional programs that facilitated the development and socialization of African Americans in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.