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Using A Cultural Humilty Framework For Lgbtgeqiap+ Affirming Counseling Training, Amber Pope, Noelle St Germain-Sehr, Bianca Augustine, Amanda St. Germain-Sehr, Tai Lexumé

School of Education Articles

Excerpt from publication: "Although enhanced visibility has created more space for LGBTGEQIAP+ ways of being over the past few decades, anti- LGBTGEQIAP+ discourse, legislation, and acts of violence have increased in the U.S. in recent years. However, the number of LGBTGEQIAP+ Americans who self-realize their sexual, affectional, and gender expansive identities continues to increase, especially among younger generations (Jones, 2023)..."

School Counselor Educators’ Reactions To Changes In The Profession: Implications For Policy, Evaluation, And Preparation, Jennifer Betters-Bubon, Emily Goodman-Scott, Olamojiba Bamgbose

Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation

In this transcendental phenomenological study and related data analysis (Creswell & Poth, 2018; Moustakas), authors explored school counselor educators’ perceptions regarding recent changes in the profession. Through six focus groups, participants (N = 29) shared their experience, resulting in four themes: (a) range of reactions to changes in the field, (b) school counseling is less valued in the counseling profession, (c) inconsistent school counselor educator identity, and (d) ardent advocacy. Authors discuss implications for school counselor preparation, identity, policy, and advocacy within an ecological framework and the need for additional national and international research.

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