School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps
A Social Justice and Antiracist Framework for Success
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
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School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps
A Social Justice and Antiracist Framework for Success
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
About This Book
Create conditions that lead to success for ALL students and confront conditions that create opportunity gaps
School counselors can play a powerful role in closing opportunity gaps and addressing the social, emotional, and academic needs of students. This new edition of a groundbreaking bestseller shows school counselors how to incorporate principles of social justice, antiracism, equity, and advocacy into their practice.
Written byCheryl Holcomb-McCoy, university professor and advocate of transformational change in school counseling, this book addressesthe reasons why some students are more likely toencounter challenges at school due to racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism. It includes:
- Vignettes, strategies, activities, and reflective individual and group study questions
- A framework for how school counselors can mitigate the impact of negative factors that hamper academicperformance and healthy development, especially among students of color
- Six functions of school counselors that move schools toward more just practices and, ultimately, to higher test scores and increased student achievement
Written for both preservice and in-service school counselors and those who support them, this essential guide prepares readers to take an active role in creating equitable conditions for success for all students.