Carl Donaldson is a clinicial who has devoted much of his career to promoting Project Self which involves resiliency research with children who come from disadvantaged and disenfranchised background. The research involves protection of at-risk children in urban populations. Project Self addresses predominantly African American children who benefit from assistance in the promotion of self-esteem, self-efficacy and problem-solving skills. Project Self recognizes the unique cultural circumstances affecting urban youth and reifies their knowledge of ancestry, biological and cultural inheritance and their self-empowerment skills. The results of these pilot programs which have been applied to fourth grade student body in urban districts have resulted dramatic improvements in children's knowledge of the curriculum and social problem solving skills.