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Developing a Career Counseling Intervention Program for Foster Youth
Author(s) -
Stevenson Brian J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/joec.12055
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , foster care , psychological intervention , career counseling , psychology , medical education , counseling psychology , career development , program evaluation , state (computer science) , positive youth development , applied psychology , pedagogy , nursing , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , psychiatry , public administration , algorithm , computer science
Former foster youth often experience difficulty finding and maintaining employment as they emancipate from state care. Research highlights this fact by consistently reporting on the bleak employment outcomes of former foster youth; however, virtually no studies have given practical guidance to practitioners on how to develop interventions. This article addresses this gap in the literature by providing practitioners with a detailed outline of a career counseling group intervention program for foster youth. A brief review of the literature informing this intervention program is also presented.