This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention
- PMD: 2
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Poster Session 7: Health and Well-Being
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- recognize the disparities in educational outcomes for students of color.
- learn consultation strategies used with diverse students, teachers, and families to mitigate these outcomes.
- analyze how racial diversity impacts school psychologists’ perceptions of collaboration, expectations, and relationships.
- reflect on the influences of cultural variations in the school-based consultation process.
Description
Disparities between the educational outcomes of students of color and their White peers has persisted across decades. Attendees will learn the school-based consultation strategies used with diverse individuals to mitigate these outcomes and be provided with the results of a study that analyzed the impact of racial diversity on school psychologists’ perceptions in school-based consultation. The discussion in this session will prompt participants to reflect on the influences of cultural variations in the consultation process.
Presenter(s)
Andryce Clinkscales, Michigan State University
Contributor(s)
Courtenay A. Barrett
