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Advocacy and Empowerment in Parent Consultation: Implications for Theory and Practice
Author(s) -
HolcombMcCoy Cheryl,
Bryan Julia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , vignette , perspective (graphical) , multiculturalism , psychology , power (physics) , public relations , sociology , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
In this article, the authors expand the view of parental consultation to include advocacy and empowerment as important contextual considerations. A brief review of existing approaches to parent consultation is provided. Selected advances in multicultural parent consultation are also presented. An advocacy‐and empowerment‐focused perspective is offered that describes the power of consultation with parents from marginalized backgrounds. A case vignette is provided to illustrate the implications for practice.