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Akos, Patrick; Ellis, Cyrus Marcellus – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
In middle school, counselors should promote optimal development as students navigate the formative stage of puberty. A search for identity is an important developmental task in early adolescence, but school counselors often neglect racial identity development. Through an actual case of an 8th-grade student, both individual and systemic strategies…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Early Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, School Counselors
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Kruger, Lenette; Prinsloo, Heila – South African Journal of Education, 2008
Middle adolescents are exposed to environments riddled with potential adversities which pervade their lives, adding to the challenges inherent in their developmental stage. They spend a significant time in school and therefore it is an appropriate context to foster, enhance, and develop emotional, social, and cognitive resilience competencies.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Resilience (Psychology), Adolescent Development, Emotional Development