1. EMERGING ADULTS AS EMERGING COUNSELORS: Working Through The Transition NARACES September 26, 2014 Providence, RI Dr. Karen Dickinson, West Chester University Dr. Jacqueline Hodes, West Chester University

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3. Who Are Our Students?

4. Emerging Adulthood Emerging Adulthood

5. Age of Identity Explorations

6. Age of Instability

7. The Self-Focused Age

8. The Age of Feeling In-Between

9. Age of Possibilities

10. Strategies for Creating Counselor Identity  Structured Orientations  Mentoring Experiences  Celebrate Accomplishments  Increase and Vary Communication  Focus on Career Development/Job Search Process  Encourage Volunteer and Paid Opportunities to Explore and Practice Empathy  Balance Challenge and Support  Help Practice Empathy in Living Situations

11. Bibliography  Arnett, J.J. (2004). Emerging adulthood: The winding road from the late teens through the twenties. New York: Oxford University Press.  Council for Graduate Schools. (2013). U.S. graduate schools report slight growth in new students for fall 2012. Retrieved from http://www.cgsnet.org/http://www.cgsnet.org/  Elam,C.; Stratton, T.; Gibson, D.D. (2007). Welcoming a new generation to college: The millennial student. Journal of College Admission. Retrived from www.nacacnet.org/www.nacacnet.org  Henning, R.M. (2010, August 18). What is it about 20-somethings? The New York Times.  Hoover, E. (2009, October 11). The millennial muddle. The Chronicle of Higher Education.  National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/https://nces.ed.gov/  Pew Research Report. (2010). Millennials: A portrait of generation next. Retrieved from www.pewresearch.org/millennials.www.pewresearch.org/millennials  Failure to Launch Video Failure to Launch Video

12. THANK YOU! Loving and Understanding Our Emerging Adults Loving and Understanding Our Emerging Adults