Screening and proper assessment of the needs domains of older adults represents a critical component of ethical, multicultural and evidence-based practice. This program will overview specific older adults areas of need and identify specific assessment instruments for use.
Burnout among counselor educators is a growing concern, yet the field’s understanding is stalled by a "crisis of definition" and reliance on limited measurement tools. This session provides a foundational deconstruction of the burnout construct, challenging the status quo of current literature. Participants will evaluate the methodological "blind spots" in CE research and explore the JD-R model as a rigorous framework for advancing more nuanced, systemic inquiry in the field.
In this session, we present findings from a Delphi study that examined expert consensus on supervisory best practices for cultivating cultural humility in supervisees. Attendees will learn about the study’s rationale and Delphi methodology, and engage in discussions about how the resulting guidelines may inform counselor training, clinical supervision, and future research on culturally responsive practice.
Counselor self-efficacy plays a central role in the development of competent practitioners. Although research highlights the importance of self-efficacy in predicting counseling performance and skill development, counselor education programs often lack clear, structured approaches for assessing confidence across training stages. This conceptual presentation introduces a comprehensive framework for measuring counselor confidence from early coursework through practicum and internship.
This session presents a two-phase qualitative design for examining counseling students’ ChatGPT adoption over time. Integrating Critical Incident Technique and Constructivist Grounded Theory, the study maps developmental stages and explains underlying processes. Emphasis is placed on methodological rigor, data integration, and application of this design to process-oriented research in counselor education.
Doctoral Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
Fan Fan (樊璠) is a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education with a dual title in Comparative and International Education at Penn State. As an international scholar, Fan is passionate about blurring methodological and disciplinary boundaries and fostering cross-disciplinary communication... Read More →
This session presents the ASCEND Fellowship, a DOE-funded program preparing school counselors to support students with disabilities. Grounded in the ASCA National Model and experiential learning, the program integrates coursework, a speaker series, and a summer bootcamp (ASCA, 2019, 2022; Kolb, 1984). Attendees will gain strategies for developing evaluation frameworks and applying mixed-methods data to assess counselor competency (Havlik et al., 2019).
