Microfictions and Microaggressions: Counselors’ Work With Transracial Adoptees in Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2092741
Author(s):  
Jennie Park-Taylor ◽  
Hannah M. Wing
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Case Illustration ◽  
International Adoptions ◽  
Transracial Adoptions ◽  
White Parents ◽  
Transracial Adoptees

In the United States, transracial adoptions make up 85% of international adoptions and 40% of all domestic adoptions, and most consist of White parents and adoptees of color. This article describes transracial adoptee population trends, provides a transracial adoptee student case illustration, and outlines suggestions for school counselors working with transracial adoptees, whose unique experiences include microfictions and microaggressions (transracial, racial, and adoption-related).

scholarly journals Population Trends in the United States.

1933 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 630
Author(s):  
Robert E. Chaddock ◽  
Warren S. Thompson ◽  
P. K. Whelpton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Trends

Promoting Multicultural Personality Development: A Strengths-Based, Positive Psychology Worldview for Schools

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0801200
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Ponterotto ◽  
David E. Mendelowitz ◽  
Ernest A. Collabolletta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multicultural Personality ◽  
Personality Research

This article extends the relevance of multicultural development to the Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC; Galassi & Akos, 2007) perspective. A relatively new construct for school counselors, the “multicultural personality” (MP), is introduced and defined. The MP is conceptualized as a cluster of narrow personality traits that can be subsumed under broader models of personality. Research has found that MP development is correlated with coping, adapting, and thriving in increasingly culturally diverse environments such as the United States. Suggestions for integrating MP development across the guiding principles of SBSC are presented.

The School Counselor and STEM Career Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia D. Falco
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Career Development ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Stem Career Development ◽  
Stem Career

There is an increasing concern that the demand for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers in the United States will exceed the supply. In the United States, very few students, and underrepresented students in particular, are pursuing STEM educational and occupational goals that underscores the need for school counselors to understand how to maximize opportunities for student success in STEM. Understanding the factors that influence students’ academic and career choices early on is necessary in order to provide effective interventions and responsive services that will have a positive impact on students’ future STEM career outcomes. Using social-cognitive career theory as a framework, this article synthesizes pertinent research on student STEM engagement, so that school counselors will be better able to support STEM career development for all students, especially those from historically underrepresented groups. Implications for school counseling practice are discussed.

White parents’ racial socialization and young adults’ racial attitudes: Moral reasoning and motivation to respond without prejudice as mediators

2020 ◽  
pp. 136843022094106
Author(s):  
Erin Pahlke ◽  
Meagan M. Patterson ◽  
Julie Milligan Hughes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Moral Orientation ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
White Parents

This study examined relations between parental racial socialization messages (i.e., egalitarianism, racemute, and preparation for bias) and racial attitudes in a sample of 282 White young adults (ages 18–22) in the United States. Egalitarianism messages were positively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members, whereas preparation for bias was negatively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members. In both cases the relation between racial socialization and racial attitudes was mediated by internal motivation to respond without prejudice and fairness/reciprocity moral orientation. Contrary to our expectations, racemute socialization messages were not directly related to participants’ warmth toward racial outgroup members. However, racemute socialization predicted internal motivation to respond without prejudice and fairness/reciprocity moral orientation, which in turn predicted outgroup warmth. These findings suggest possible mechanisms by which parents’ messages about race and racism may shape youths’ racial attitudes.

When is it Ethical to Inform Administrators about Student Risk-Taking Behaviors? Perceptions of School Counselors

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1201500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Moyer ◽  
Jeremy R. Sullivan ◽  
David Growcock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Risk ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
Perceptions Of School

School counselors from across the United States responded to a survey asking when they should break confidentiality and report student risk-taking behaviors to school administrators. Generally, counselors believed it to be more ethical to break confidentiality when the behaviors were directly observed (as opposed to reported by students) and when the behaviors occurred on school grounds during school hours. Results also suggest counselors were more willing to break confidentiality when their school had a written policy guiding their actions. All behaviors showed some variance among respondents, suggesting a lack of agreement regarding when it is appropriate to break confidentiality and report risk-taking behaviors to administrators. This article discusses implications and suggestions for school counselors.

Student Risk-Taking Behaviors: When Do School Counselors Break Confidentiality?

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0801100
Author(s):  
Michael Moyer ◽  
Jeremy Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
The United States ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Student Risk ◽  
Perceived Dangerousness ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

A total of 204 middle and high school counselors from across the United States responded to a survey in which they were asked to determine whether they view specific adolescent risk-taking behaviors of varying intensity, frequency, and duration as warranting parental notification. Results suggest that counselors’ perceptions that it is ethical to break confidentiality and report the risk-taking behaviors increased when the behaviors were more intense, more frequent, and of longer duration. Further, although there was less ambiguity regarding the perceived dangerousness of some behaviors (e.g., suicidal ideation), all behaviors showed some variance or disagreement among respondents with regard to their willingness to break confidentiality. Implications and suggestions for school counselors are considered.

scholarly journals Population Trends in Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2006–2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary E. Weissman ◽  
Meeta Prasad Kerlin ◽  
Yihao Yuan ◽  
Nicole B. Gabler ◽  
Peter W. Groeneveld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Medicare Beneficiaries

scholarly journals The Transracial Adoption Paradox

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Socialization ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
International Adoptions ◽  
Transracial Adoptions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Emergent Theory ◽  
Everyday Living

The number of transracial adoptions in the United States, particularly international adoptions, is increasing annually. Counseling psychology as a profession, however, is a relatively silent voice in the research on and practice of transracial adoption. This article presents an overview of the history and research on transracial adoption to inform counseling psychologists of the set of racial and ethnic challenges and opportunities that transracial adoptive families face in everyday living. Particular attention is given to emergent theory and research on the cultural socialization process within these families.

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