Culturally Responsive College Application Advising and Completion for Immigrant and Undocumented Students
Conference Strand
Practice, Strategies, Techniques, and Interventions
Abstract
This presentations examines the implication of implementing culturally responsive pathways to college for immigrant and undocumented students. An overview of outcomes for counselors, or those supporting students in the college application process in order to go beyond the traditional practice of application completion and college enrollment will be provided.
Evidence
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Format
Individual Presentations
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Camilo currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor at Ole Miss. Dr. Camilo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and has fifteen years of experience serving families and children in school based and clinical settings. As an administrator, she provided district-wide planning, management, and the evaluation of interventions and policies to support and sustain the implementation of school counseling programs within school districts. Dr. Camilo served as the founder and chair of the Supporting Access to Higher Education for Immigrant and Undocumented Students conference and is a member of the UndocuResearch Collaborative. Her teaching and research interests include, culturally responsive practices and supervision, college and career readiness of minoritized populations, and stress-management and experienced secondary traumatic stress disorder.
Location
Session Three Breakouts: Hampton A
Start Date
2-7-2020 2:30 PM
End Date
2-7-2020 3:45 PM
Recommended Citation
Camilo, Diana Ed.D, "Culturally Responsive College Application Advising and Completion for Immigrant and Undocumented Students" (2020). National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change. 14.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccec/2020/2020/14
Culturally Responsive College Application Advising and Completion for Immigrant and Undocumented Students
Session Three Breakouts: Hampton A
This presentations examines the implication of implementing culturally responsive pathways to college for immigrant and undocumented students. An overview of outcomes for counselors, or those supporting students in the college application process in order to go beyond the traditional practice of application completion and college enrollment will be provided.
Description
As schools become increasingly multicultural and are expected to increase college enrollment numbers, college access partners (school counselors, administrators, college advisors) are often left without the tools to provide practical applications. Students of color and those experiencing issues surrounding their immigration status often do not receive culturally responsive advising and supports. The presentation will address the challenges and training needs for college access partners and provide an overview of current scholarly work as well as a framework of culturally responsive college advising void of school-centric and meritocratic practices. Discussion of Culturally Responsive Framework, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CPD), and Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) will be provided.