Abstract
Although school counselors routinely provide crisis intervention, minimal research has focused specifically on providing such services in a manner sensitive to multicultural and ethnically diverse students. Responses of a random national sample of school counselors (n = 276, 69% return rate) indicate that approximately half voice some sort of concern related to providing crisis intervention services to students from diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this study is to summarize school counselor's concerns, providing an initial understanding for this aspect of school-based crisis intervention. Additionally, school counselors' comments were further analyzed to examine possible relationships between the type of concern and the practitioners' setting (rural, urban, suburban, rural/suburban, or suburban/urban) and years of practice as a school counselor. Based on school counselor's concerns, recommendations are made to provide more effective school-based crisis intervention for individuals of diverse backgrounds.
Degree
EdS
College and Department
David O. McKay School of Education; Counseling Psychology and Special Education
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Canada, Michelle Lynn, "School Counselors' Concerns Regarding Effective Crisis Intervention for Students of Diverse Backgrounds" (2005). Theses and Dissertations. 717.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/717
Date Submitted
2005-12-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd1134
Keywords
school counselors, crisis, multicultural competencies, multicultural, diversity, school-based, intervention, crisis intervention
Language
English