Effectively working with immigrants: A model for school counselors.

IMMIGRANTS; RESEARCH; COUNSELING; WORK; GROUNDED theory; SOCIAL justice; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL structures; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENTIAL learning; PROFESSIONAL competence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; JUDGMENT sampling

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore school counselors' experiences working with immigrants. Based on this exploration, the author proposes a model that explains the process of becoming effective school counselors in working with immigrants. This model relies on social justice, and it consists of four developmental stages: superficial awareness, growing awareness, application, and culturally competent school counselor. Implications for school counselors are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumen: El propósito de este estudio de muestreo teórico fue explorar las experiencias de consejeros escolares que trabajan con inmigrantes. Basándose en esta exploración, el autor propone un modelo que explica el proceso de llegar a ser consejeros escolares eficaces en el trabajo con inmigrantes. Este modelo se basa en la justicia social y consta de cuatro etapas de desarrollo: conciencia superficial, conciencia creciente, aplicación y consejero escolar culturalmente competente. Se proporcionan implicaciones para los consejeros escolares. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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