- Collection:
- Clark Atlanta University Faculty Publications
- Title:
- Exploring School Counselors' Preparation to Address Disproportionality of African American Students in Special Education
- Creator:
- Shell, E. Makenzie
- Date of Original:
- 2020
- Subject:
- African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
Clark Atlanta University - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- While school counselors work with students in special education, little research describes their work with African American students in or at risk of special education or the phenomenon of disproportionality of African American students in special education. This phenomenological study explored the experiences and perceptions of eight high school counselors working with African American students in special education, and their perception of disproportionality among this identified pop- ulation. Three themes were identified: (a) Dis-Regard, (b) separate worlds and (c) professional knowledge. Intentional strategies to introduce counselors to the concept of disproportionality and its antecedents may mitigate processes that po- tentially lead to overrepresentation of African Americans in special education.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.ir:2020_shell_mackenzie_e_tsc
- Original Collection:
- Clark Atlanta University Faculty Publications
Teaching and Supervision in Counseling - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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