- PMD: 8
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- learn about the nature and role of the “Circles of Interest” career development program in Cuban education;
- determine how this program impacted the career choices of a group of Cuban undergraduate students; and
- understand a novel approach to postsecondary career readiness with implications for U.S. secondary education.
Description
This study examines Cuban students’ perceptions of skills and knowledge gained from a unique career-readiness program in Cuban primary and secondary schools. This will inform school psychologists’ career development programming.
Presenter(s)
Bridget Moran, University of Maryland
Contributor(s)
Colleen R. O´Neal