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Article: School counselors collaborating with African American parents.
- Article from:
- Professional School Counseling
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Parent participation has been strongly linked to student success. Yet, in urban schools, African American parents often are uninvolved. This article presents eight strategies that school counselors can use to better collaborate with African American parents.
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The changing demographics of students in public schools have been a catalyst for reexamining the role of school counselors in the 21st century. Many writers have acknowledged that in order to effectively attend to the needs of students of color, school counselors need to be culturally competent and culturally responsive (e.g., Evans & Carter, 1997; Holcomb-McCoy & Myers, 1999; Paisley & ...