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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Understanding Military Culture: A Guide for Professional School Counselors
Cole, Rebekah F.
Professional Counselor, v4 n5 p497-504 2014
School counselors must be knowledgeable about military culture in order to help military students and their families in a culturally competent manner. This article explores the nature of this unique culture, which is often unfamiliar to educators, including its language, hierarchy, sense of rules and regulations, self-expectations and self-sacrifice. Specific suggestions, such as professional development, self-examination and cultural immersion experiences, are provided so that professional school counselors can increase their multicultural competence when working with this population. Finally, a case study illustrates the challenges associated with this culture and implications for school counselors in regard to increasing cultural competence when working with military families are discussed.
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Service, Organizational Culture, Guides, School Counselors, School Counseling, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Relevance, Interpersonal Competence, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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