Youth Care.
This low-cost, community-based parent group is based on pre and post videotaped parent-child interactions during the hair-combing task as a central focus for strengthening parenting behaviors. Experiential exercises, micro-lectures, and participatory exercises with heavy doses of humor define the curriculum. Parent-peers provide feedback on the parent’s strengths shown in the videotaped hair combing interaction.
Teaching Hair Love.
Hair is a key site of identity formation and self-esteem that has been largely ignored or misunderstood by educators. Findings from the PsychoHairapy studies demonstrate a need for more anti-biased and anti-racist educational environments that prioritize racially affirmative practices–specifically practices that allow children a safe developmental space to embrace the cultural nuances related to their hair.