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Getting Comfortable with Discomfort: Preparing Counselor Trainees to Broach Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Factors with Clients during Counseling
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Day-Vines, Norma L.; Booker Ammah, Beverly; Steen, Sam; Arnold, Kristy M. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2018
Counselors' considerations of racial and cultural factors in the lives and experiences of clients enhances counseling outcomes. Acknowledgement of cultural factors enhances counselor credibility, client satisfaction, and the depth of client disclosure. This article opens with an overview of the "Continuum of Broaching Behavior"…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Objectives, Trainees
Culturally Competent Collaboration: School Counselor Collaboration with African American Families and Communities
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Moore-Thomas, Cheryl; Day-Vines, Norma L. – Professional School Counseling, 2010
Emerging literature on school-family-community partnerships suggests positive educational and social outcomes for students (Koonce & Harper, 2005; Mitchell & Bryan, 2007). This article discusses the historical and contemporary factors and barriers that affect African American students and their families as they partner with schools and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Cooperation, School Counselors, African American Family
Culturally Competent Counseling for Religious and Spiritual African American Adolescents
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Moore-Thomas, Cheryl; Day-Vines, Norma L. – Professional School Counseling, 2008
Religion and spirituality are deeply rooted in traditional African American culture. Data suggest that African American adolescents maintain higher baseline rates of religious activities and beliefs than their peers (Bachman, Johnston, & O'Malley, 2005; Smith, Faris, Denton, & Regnerus, 2003). Recognizing these data, this article examines…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Culture, Beliefs, Adolescents