Conference Strand
Identity Formation
Abstract
Although all new college students experience adjustments and transitions, marginalized students entering a majority populated campus may encounter additional obstacles. This presentation will explore the collegiate ecological system’s impact on this transition and the potential mental health issues that arise. Exploring both domestic-minority and international students, presenters will discuss struggles, strengths, and offer insight into counseling approaches and campus supports.
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Format
Individual Presentations
Biographical Sketch
Taylor Sweet, MA, is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern. She is currently working in private practice in Downtown Orlando, as well as works in academic consulting with undergraduate students at Rollins College and Stetson University. Her areas of interest are in women’s issues, college counseling and student development theory, and identity exploration as a means of social justice. She has presented on gender justice in counselor education, as well as co-instructed graduate coursework in crisis intervention, community counseling, and basic counseling skills. She is currently seeking admission to programs as a doctoral student in Counselor Education, with the vocational aspiration of becoming a counselor educator.
Barb Dos Santos, BS, is a Graduate Counseling Intern pursuing her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. She is currently completing her internship at Counseling and Psychological Services at the Rollins College Wellness Center. Her areas of interest include college counseling, trauma, women’s issues, and holistic wellness. Post-graduation, she plans on pursuing a Ph.D. and is interested in working with student affairs.
Meagan Seago, BS, is a Graduate Counseling Intern pursuing her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. She is currently completing her internship at the University of Central Florida’s Counseling and Psychological Services in Orlando, FL. Her areas of interest include college counseling, trauma, anxiety, and identity exploration. Post-graduation, she plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in Counselor Education with the aspiration of becoming a counselor educator.
Dr. Derrick Paladino, LMHC, NCC is a professor of counseling and Cornell Distinguished Faculty at Rollins College. His areas of expertise are in multiracial identity, college counseling and student development theory, and crisis assessment and counseling. He has written a book, book chapters, articles and presented on the issues of both multiculturalism and college counseling and student development.
College, Student Development, counseling, marginalized students
Location
Session One Breakouts: Embassy Suites Salon A
Start Date
2-7-2020 10:15 AM
End Date
2-7-2020 11:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Sweet, Taylor; dos Santos, Barb; Seago, Meagan; and Paladino, Derrick, "Understanding and supporting the transition of marginalized students entering college" (2020). National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change. 2.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccec/2020/2020/2
Included in
Higher Education Commons, Psychological Phenomena and Processes Commons, Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons
Understanding and supporting the transition of marginalized students entering college
Session One Breakouts: Embassy Suites Salon A
Although all new college students experience adjustments and transitions, marginalized students entering a majority populated campus may encounter additional obstacles. This presentation will explore the collegiate ecological system’s impact on this transition and the potential mental health issues that arise. Exploring both domestic-minority and international students, presenters will discuss struggles, strengths, and offer insight into counseling approaches and campus supports.
Description
Although all college students experience adjustments and transitions upon entering campus, marginalized students attending a majority populated campus may encounter additional obstacles. Marginalized college students arrive on campus with a history that may include active and passive oppression, discrimination, and alienation. Understanding what both domestic-minority and international students may encounter during this transition is vital for the college professional community. It also greatly benefits both the college counseling center as well as prepares campus functional units in student affairs to assess, create and offer support. The Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies endorsed by the American Counseling Association implores that counselors must move towards competence in the areas of awareness, knowledge and skills. This presentation will explore these areas for working with and supporting both domestic-minority and international students. Areas such as ecological influences, culture, race, family of origin, identity, history of oppression, privilege, and additional transitional variables will be examined and discussed as it relates to college student development and adjustment. This hands-on presentation will explore the above through the lenses of mental health and wellness as well as Schlossberg's Transition Theory of college student development. Participants will engage in a lively discussion and work together and with the presenters on case studies