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Direct linkAkos, Patrick; Ellis, Cyrus Marcellus – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
In middle school, counselors should promote optimal development as students navigate the formative stage of puberty. A search for identity is an important developmental task in early adolescence, but school counselors often neglect racial identity development. Through an actual case of an 8th-grade student, both individual and systemic strategies…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Early Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, School Counselors
