UDC Forum: Academic Holocaust: War Against Black Youth?

Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber, assistant professor of history at the University of the District of Columbia interviews Dr. Umar Abdullah Johnson author of "Psycho-Academic Holocaust: The Special Education and ADHD Wars Against Black Boys", which probes the psychological destruction of young African American male youth. Dr, Johnson is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist who practices privately throughout Pennsylvania and lectures throughout the country. As a school psychologist Dr. Johnson evaluates children ages 3-21 in an effort to determine if they have educational disabilities and a need for special education services. He is considered a national expert on learning disabilities and their effect on Black children, as well an expert on helping schools and parents modify challenging behaviors that can ultimately lead to disruptive behavior disorder diagnoses in Black boys Dr. Johnson has made it his life's mission to halt the flood of black children — especially boys — from being forced into special education programs in public schools due to erroneous psychological diagnoses.