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Career Development

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Let's get a better understanding of the process!

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Academic and Career Planning Video Scribe and Whiteboard Animation video for public school districts

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Common Concerns for High School Students 

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Common Concerns for High School Students 

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Uncertainty in decision-making for the future

Difficulty identifying and implementing goals for the future

Ambiguity towards personal skills and interests

Limited knowledge of world of work and required skills

Limited experience in workforce

Familial, societal, educational pressures

Financial and socioeconomic barriers

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Provide emotional support to students

Educate staff on resources and various interventions available for use

Implement career assessments and inventories

Provide psychoeducational group therapy to students and parents

Assist students in goal-setting, decision-making, and career exploration

Implement activities to assist in development of basic occupational skills

Normalize the uncertainty and anxiousness involved in this transitioning stage of life

Recognize cultural implications and promote diversity

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Offer students opportunities to learn more about the resources available to them

Make recommendations to school counselors on site

Implement activities to enhance social skills and develop basic life skills

Discuss and open the conversation to alternatives beyond seeking higher education

Encourage parents to get involved

Strengthen students' decision-making skills

Reinforce and promote diversity for all students

Consider at-risk students

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In efforts to provide support and assistance to the students, I would like to demonstrate an activity that can be effective in engaging students in exploring life roles and begin planning for their future.

Life Role Activity
Step 1: Open the discussion by asking students to list roles often played by young adults and adults. Facilitate a meaningful discussion on life roles and how they contribute to identity. Categorize these roles as shown below.

Step 2: Break students into small groups and encourage them to discuss the following questions:

1. What life roles are important to me now?

2. What life roles will be important to me when I am an adult?

3. What can I do to prepare for the life roles that will be important to me in the future?

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Step 3: As a group, discuss the importance of planning for future life-role participation.

Ask each student to list the life roles they plan to participate in as an adult.

Have each list two things to do between now and then to prepare for participating in that life role.

Involve Parents
Have students discuss with their parents/guardians the following questions:

1. What life roles do you play?

2. What do you like about each life role you play?

3. What life roles do you expect me to play when I am an adult?

4. What do you expect me to accomplish in the life roles I will play as an adult?

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Niles, S. G. & Harris-Bowlsbey, J.E. (2016). Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.