Aim or purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine high school seniors鈥� socio-emotional wellness, career knowledge, and their career exposure leading up to their transition from high school to adulthood. The authors will address the following questions:
- how are high school seniors being guided (counseled) toward transitions (i.e., college, work, gap year, military, vocational trade schools)
- do counselors use equitable (multicultural competent) counseling practices when counseling high school seniors in transition
- to what extent does counseling practices and curriculum impact the transitions of high school seniors
- what is the emotional health of high school seniors
- to what degree are high school seniors knowledgeable about career options?
Design and methodology
Do school counseling variables (ie, career development, relationship) influence high school seniors' socioemotional wellness, as well as their academic and career transitions?
A mixed method concurrent triangulation design will be conducted with high school seniors N=250. Researchers will use purposive sampling. Data collection will involve surveys, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. The analysis of results will be analyzed using a logistic regression model, Nvivo, charts, chunking, coding, development of themes, openness to disconfirming evidence, critical rereading of data, concept maps, peer debriefing, extensive review of the literature, and critical race theory.
Ethical approval
The preliminary results informing this study were conducted using my IRB approved dissertation research. To gain ethical approval for this particular study, I will complete the required documents and submit this research study to the Internal Review Board (IRB) by March 15, 2020.
Results and finding
Forthcoming
Research limitations
Potential limitations may include sampling bias and researcher bias.
Conclusions and implications
The importance of comprehensive school counseling programs that include specified 12th grade curriculum (heightened socio-emotional and career counseling components, multicultural relevant pedagogy). The importance of multicultural competence and alternative counseling approaches (i.e. play therapy, bibliotherapy, music, dance) for the supervision and training of counselors.
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