This presentation will provide insights and implications for Black women counselor researchers as insider-outsider researchers conducting research with Black women. Two Black women counselor researchers will discuss the value and challenges of being an insider-outsider researcher, including implications for sharing intersectional identities, standpoints, and experiences of marginalization with their research participants, gaining information from participants, and producing critical conclusions.
School counselor shortages continue to challenge K–12 schools (ASCA, 2018; ASCA, 2023; Goodman-Scott et al., 2022). Alternative licensure pathways are one strategy for strengthening the school counselor pipeline (ASCA, 2023). This roundtable explores the findings and implications of a study examining how clinical mental health counselors perceive their preparation when transitioning into school counseling through an alternative licensure program.
Black student-mothers navigate a unique intersection of academic rigor and systemic misogynoir, yet institutional policy evaluation centering their lived experiences is critically scarce. This session presents a multiple-case study grounded in Black Feminist Thought and Intersectionality, triangulating Title IX mandates with lived narratives. Attendees will explore findings on policy-practice gaps and receive evidence-based recommendations for faculty training and standardized support.
This session presents the qualitative findings of the experiences of middle school teachers who participated in a five-week, school counselor-led, mindfulness-based professional development intervention program. The presenters will share the themes of the teachers' reflections that influenced their well-being, classroom climate, and relational practices with students in order to create more emotionally responsive learning environments.
