HEATHER GROSHANSNAI-FEN SU

JONATHAN STUBECHARITY ANNE KURZ

Adolescent Career Counseling

CnEd 555-Career CounselingFall 2011

Video Clip: Thoughts?

The Cosby Show Clip

What does this teach us about adolescent career development?

Introduction

Career Counseling Needs of Adolescents Review of ArticlesContext of Career Planning for StudentsASCA ModelBarriers in SchoolsTheoriesImplication for Career CounselingInterventionsCase StudyActivity

Why Students with Disabilities?

National Organization on Disability & Harris Survey

Employment

Graduation

Income

Life Satisfaction

NOD/Harris. (2004). Detailed results from the 2004 N.O.D./Harris survey of Americans with disabilities New York, NY: National Organization on Disability & Harris Interactive, Inc

Career Counseling Needs of Adolescents

Middle/ Junior High schoolEnhance self-understandingLearn how to engage effectively in

educational and occupational explorationCareer PlanningHigh SchoolDevelop more advanced self-knowledgeDevelop skills for engaging in educational

and occupational explorationStrengthen the skills to make decision

Career Counseling Needs of Adolescents

Adolescent with DisabilityCareer maturity and awareness of won

abilitiesDeveloped planning and monitoring skillsProblem solving skillEstablished mature social skills and social

awarenessAcademic achievement

Discussion of Articles/Questions

Career and College Planning Needs of Ninth Graders- as Reported by Ninth Graders

Purpose of Study survey a group of high school students and their

parents to determine educational/career plans and available resources

Results and Implications lack of active investigation related to college/career

planning students need additional information about

college/career options parents indicated uncertainty in how to help in the

process

Discussion of Articles/Questions

Discussion Questions:What career development tasks do you think

are most important for high school students?What special considerations would need to be

addressed for underrepresented groups?How could you help students make plans that

are both realistic and related to their career goals?

Discussion of Articles/Questions

Individualized Transition Planning for Students With Learning Disabilities

Overview poor transition planning may result in postsecondary adjustment

problems career development needs are often misunderstood and unmet most programs focus on academics within the gen. ed classroom

Implications provide accurate information about work, help build realistic job

expectations instruct in appropriate workplace behaviors if attending college, provide information on campus student

support services

Discussion of Articles/Questions

Career Assessment Practices for High School Students with Disabilities

Purpose of Study survey school personnel and vocational rehab. counselors to

examine career service practices with HS youth with disabilities

Results and Implications career assessments focused on career interests and aptitudes

as opposed to work values and knowledge of work career services occur later in HS; students receiving career

services earlier (first two years) have a better chance of success foster collaboration between transition professionals, students,

and family members training for professionals on relevant disability legislation

Discussion of Articles/Questions

Discussion Questions:What difficulties/barriers to career

development would you foresee when working with students with learning disabilities?

How could a counselor help counter the “dismal post-school outcomes” for students with learning disabilities?

What would be most important for a counselor to address when working with a student with learning disabilities?

Students and Services

General Education Students School Counseling Office and English Classes

Students with Disabilities Transition Plans Special Education Teacher, School Counselor, and

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Collaboration Suggested Resource:

Marshak, L. E., Dandeneau, C. J., Prezant, F. P., & L’Amoreaux, N. A. (2010). The School Counselor’s Guide to Helping Students with Disabilities. San Fransisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ASCA National Model and Service Delivery

School counseling programs should facilitate student development in three domains: academic, career, personal-social

Examples of career standards: develop career awareness & employment readiness acquire career information & knowledge to achieve career goals

State standards should align with ASCA standardsServices to be delivered primarily through school

guidance curriculum and individual student planning classroom instruction interdisciplinary curriculum development parent workshops and instruction individual and small group sessions

Barriers Within School Counseling

School counselors may experience several difficulties in trying to implement a career development program intense focus on testing teacher/administrator cooperation school resources lack of time view of career development as unnecessary or

secondary to academics in high school

Career Counseling Theories and Adolescents

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Career Counseling Theories and Adolescents

Life Themes

•To help clients understand how their life project matters to themselves and to other people

Vocational Personality

•An individual’s career-related abilities, needs, values, and interests.

Career Adaptability•4Cs adaptabilities: concern, control, curiosity, and confidence.

Career Construction Theory (Savickas, 2006)

Career Counseling Theories and Adolescents

Krumboltz’s Model for Social Learning

Negative social learning experiences early in life can leave a young adult with a disability feeling devalued or degraded.

Community and family perception of disability may also affect career growth opportunities and cultural expectations for a youth with a disability

(Hutchinson, 1995; Lorenz, 2011)

Counseling Implications

What does this all mean?

We must reflect on our work with adolescents.

Are we really meeting their needs?

Are we preparing them for “real world?”

Interventions

Career FairCareer CounselingAssessmentLearning how the world of work is organizedOccupational researchConsideration of the importance of work in lifeValues clarificationParent involvement

(Niles, & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2009)

Interventions and This Adolescent

Career Counseling Groups 8-10 students Holland’s Party Game (Opener) Online version of the SDS Process results and Career Search

Career Assessments Career Style Interview; SDS; Salience Inventory;

Myers-Briggs, Strong Interest Inventory; Career-Development Inventory

Class Participation: Values Card Sort

Get into groups of 3 Imagine... (5 minutes)

VALUES

Values Card Sort: Discussion

Which value was hardest for you to eliminate? Why?

Which value would someone who knows you well be most surprised that you included? Why?

Value Matching Activity

Questions

References

American School Counselor Association. (2005). The ASCA National Model: A framework for school counseling programs (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: American School Counselor Association.

Cummings, R., Maddux, C. D., & Casey, J. (2000). Individualized transition planning for students with learning disabilities. The Career Development Quarterly, 49, 60-72.

Gibbons, M. M., Borders, L. D., Wiles, M. E., Stephan, J. B., & Davis, P. E., (2006). Career and college planning needs of ninth graders: As reported by ninth graders. Professional School Counseling, 10, 168-178.

Herbert, J. T., Lorenz, D. C., & Trusty, J. (2010). Career assessment practices for high school students with disabilities and perceived value reported by transition personnel. Journal of Rehabilitation, 76, 18-26.

Hutchinson, N. L. (1995). Career counsel ing of youth with learn ing disabilities. ERIC Digest. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. ERIC Identifier, ED400470. Retrieved from http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/career.counsel.ld.k12.3 .html.

References

Lorenz, D. C. (2011). A proposed integrative model for enhanced career development for young adults with disabilities. Adultspan

Journal, 10(1), 24-33.

Niles, S.G., & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. (2009). Career development interventions in the 21st century. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

NOD/Harris. (2004). Detailed results from the 2004 N.O.D./Harris survey of Americans with disabilities. New York, NY: National Organization on Disability & Harris Interactive, Inc

Savickas, M.L. (2006). Career construction theory. Proceedings of the 15 th Annual Careers Conference.   Sydney, AU: Australian Association of Career Counselors. Retrieved from http://www.gtc.edu/High_School_Corner/forms/Career%20Construction%20Theory.pdf