Career Development Interventions for Social Justice

Margo A. Jackson, PhD, is a professor of counseling psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, Lincoln Center. Her scholarship and mentoring are grounded in values of social justice awareness and advocacy; multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives; and scientist-practitioner approaches to training and practice that are holistic, strength-based, developmental, and focused on facilitating healthy human relationships. Her research, teaching, and service focus on methods to assess and constructively address hidden biases and strengths of counselors, psychologists, educators, and other leaders; career development across the life span; and ethical training and supervision in multicultural counseling and psychology. Allyson K. Regis, PhD is a licensed psychologist who received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Fordham University. Dr. Regis has worked in a variety of clinical settings and particularly enjoys working with college students who have difficulty adjusting to/navigating the college environment. Her research, teaching, and leadership experiences have focused on multicultural considerations in clinical work, strength-based approaches to wellness, and career development theory.Kourtney Bennett, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the Loyola University Maryland Counseling Center. She completed her doctoral studies at Fordham University’s APA accredited Counseling Psychology Program. Her clinical experiences include supporting youth and adults at community mental health, college counseling, and career development center settings. Her research and service interests include multicultural and intersectional identity, vocational development among adolescents and emerging adults, and social justice and advocacy.

This text rises to the challenge of providing students and practitioners with resources that infuse theoretically informed career development practices with social justice values. Outstanding features include the careful attention to intersectionality and diversity, interventions for each stage of the lifespan, and the authors’ personal reflections on how context and identity have shaped their professional development and career practices.

• ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Educational Contexts with Underserved Children (Elementary School Ages)1 Antibias Career Development for Evolving Identities in Elementary School Children Victoria Broems and Margo A. JacksonPart II: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Educational Contexts with Underserved Young Adolescents (Middle School Ages)2 Identifying Strength-Based Transferable Skills from Personal Accomplishment Narratives to Expand Educational/Career Pathways with Marginalized Youth 25Margo A. Jackson, Gary L. Dillon Jr., Kourtney Bennett, and Allyson K. RegisPart III: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Educational Contexts with Underserved Adolescents (High School Ages)3 Crossing Sociopolitical Barriers: Promoting Critical Consciousness and Career Development among High School Students Kourtney Bennett4 A Program to Promote Career Development and Counseling Services in High Schools with LGBT Students Jill Huang5 The Step-Up Career Development Program with Unaccompanied Latinx Refugee Youth in Resettlement High Schools Elizabeth A. QuiñonesPart IV: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Educational Contexts with Underserved College Students6 Gen1 Quick-Start: Academic Major and Career Decision-Making Workshop for Latina First-Generation Freshmen Ariel SorensenPart V: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Educational Contexts in Diversity Training with Colleges and Universities7 Coming to Understand and More Constructively Respond to Racial Microaggressions Margo A. JacksonPart VI: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Community and Employment Contexts with Underserved Adolescents8 Girls in Action: Career Development with Juvenile Justice–Involved Adolescent Girls Lauren Ann SonnabendPart VII: Career Development Interventions for Social Justice Needs in Community and Employment Contexts with Underserved Adults9 Addressing Employment Uncertainty of Rural Working Adults: A Telemental Health Community Workshop Shannon M. O’Neill10 Life-Design Group Course for Laid-Off Workers Kathleen Hahn11 Empowering Battered Women with BRAVER Adia Tucker12 Career Progression Workshop for the Internationally Educated Fanny Kuang13 Gradually Reintegrating Ex-Offenders into the Workforce Allyson K. Regis and Gary L. Dillon Jr.14 Developing Managers’ Skills for Countering Racial Color Blindness and Constructively Addressing Racial Microaggressions in the Workplace Christine S. RomanoPart VIII: Career Development Interventions for Social JusticeNeeds in Community and Employment Contexts with Underserved Older Adults15 Booming through Retirement: Optimizing Psychosocial Resources for Retirement Success in Baby Boomers Ashley E. SelkirkAppendix A: Career Counseling Competencies Appendix B: Advocacy Competencies Index About the Editors and Contributors