1. PERSONAL SELECTION & INTEGRATION JULY 24, 2013 ALLIE EADY Career Counseling Theory

2. Contributions from Super Super’s Life-Span, Life-Space Theory of Career Development  People differ in their abilities, personalities, needs, values, interests, traits, and self-concepts.  Vocational preferences and competencies, the situations in which people live and work, and hence, their self- concepts change with time and experience.  Work and life satisfactions depend on the extent to which the individual finds adequate outlets for abilities, needs, values, interests, personality traits, and self- concepts.

3. Special Population Cognitive Information Processing “ Help individuals make appropriate career and employment choices while acquiring skills needed to engage in effective career and employment problem solving and decision making when faced with future career and vocational choices.” (Strauser, Zankas, & Lustig, 2011)

4. Social Cognitive Career Theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) “Individuals’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations, combined with perceived barriers and supports, contribute to career interests, goals and behavior.” (Wachter Morris, Shoffner, & Newsome, 2009). Self-efficacy Outcome Expectations Barriers & Support Interests Goals Behaviors

5. Social Cognitive Career Theory: Selection Emerging Theory  Individual + Contextual  Cognitive  Problem-Solution: Research supported interventions  Diverse Populations

6. My Assumptive Worldview ◊ Several variables contribute to human thoughts, behaviors and emotions, resulting in countless combinations that are unique and often changing. ◊ Many people do not care to explore themselves ◊ People change, both with and without intent ◊ Increasing self-efficacy is usually the goal.

7. Multicultural Application & Social Justice My Assumptive Worldview  Social Cognitive Career Theory is applicable to many diverse populations  Oppressed/Marginalized  Adolescents (development)  Battered women  Hispanic, Asian

8. GOALS:  DEVELOP INTERESTS  MAKE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES  ACHIEVE CAREER SUCCESS Practical Application:

9. Presenting Problems Interventions  General Exploration  values  goals  Interests  Barrier  Dissatisfaction  Underlying Problem  Substance abuse  Oppression  Domestic abuse  informal interview  open-ended questions  online exploration  reframing  role play  outcome-expectation exploration  gains / losses  occupational card sort Practical Application

10. References Baruth, L.G., & Manning, L. M. (2007). Multicultural counseling and psychotherapy: A lifespan perspective (4th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Niles, S.G., & Harris-Bowlsby, J. (2005). Career development interventions in the 21st century. (2nd ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Rogers, M.E., & Creed, P.A. (2011). A longitudinal examination of adolescent career planning and exploration using a social cognitive career theory framework. Journal of Adolescence, 34(1), 163-172. Strauser, D., Zanskas, S., & Lustig, D. (2011). Career readiness and individuals with disabilities. Rehabilitation, Policy, and Education., 25(3/4) 173-182. Wachter Morris, C. A., Shoffner, M. F., & Newsome, D. W. (2009). Career counseling for women preparing to leave abusive relationships: A social cognitive career theory approach. Career Development Quarterly, 58(1), 44-53.