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Kindergartners Are Ready to Learn: Applying Student‐Within‐Environment Theory to a School Counseling Intervention
Author(s) -
Bowers Hannah,
LembergerTruelove Matthew E.,
Whitford Denise K.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/johc.12126
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , social emotional learning , function (biology) , pedagogy , grounded theory , mathematics education , social learning theory , action research , medical education , developmental psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , medicine , sociology , social science , evolutionary biology , psychiatry , biology
The authors delivered a school counseling intervention grounded in advocating student‐within‐environment theory (Lemberger, 2010) to 57 kindergarten students. Using an action research design, 2 school counselors implemented the intervention in 5 classrooms. Program participation resulted in enhanced executive function and social‐emotional learning skills. Implications for practice and research are provided.