- PMD: 6,8
- 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…
- analyze the differences and similarities between mixed-race and White students’ perception of school connectedness;
- describe the overall experience of mixed-race high school students and their sense of school connectedness to their peers, school staff, and curricular practices; and
- apply Kohut’s Theory of Self Psychology to the understanding of mixed-race student experiences related to school connectedness.
Description
Exploring the mixed-race student experience regarding school connectedness is essential to understand the experiential reality of a historically marginalized racial group in a predominantly White high school environment.
Presenter(s)
Andrea R. O´Bryon, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Jocelyn H. Newton, University of Wisconsin La Crosse