Blog #11- Chapter 12

I feel like this was the type of chapter I have been waiting for the entire time!  It was so helpful to see exactly breakdowns of how career development can actually be used in the different classrooms.  It was also really beneficial for it to explain how schools will vary which will require counselors to use different techniques and programs in different schools.

The individual career form seemed like such a cool idea (Brown, 2012).  Similar to the career development portfolios that we discussed in the Gibson (2005) article dealing with genograms, this also is discussing a document that is added to each year of school.  This specific document was only used during the high school year, but I feel like this is something that could easily be added to each student’s career portfolio that they will eventually take when them upon graduation.  I feel like it is important for school counselors to keep these documents for students because they are not going to necessarily remember the development that they have experience throughout their time in school and this portfolio showcases those changes.

Something that I really appreciated about this chapter was the detail in describing situations for each school:  Elementary, Middle, and High School.  In the elementary section it even went so far as to describe what each grades purpose was as it related to career development (Brown, 2012).  This breakdown was really important in seeing the bigger picture.

Although I think that this chapter was very beneficial, I do have one criticism.  I felt like the high school section was limited on information.  I was so excited to see a section devoted solely to high school and I do believe that minority students and students with disabilities are extremely important; I felt that it lacked information for the regular student.  We are constantly discussing how we should not overlook the students that are “getting by” but that is exactly what this chapter did. I completely agree that their needs to be programs designed specifically for these special needs students, but I wish it would have given more ideas for programs for the typical high school student.

Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development(10^th ed.). New 

York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.

Gibson, D. (2005). The use of genograms in career counseling with elementary, middle, and high school students. The Career Development Quarterly, 53, 353-362. Retrieved from https://millersville.desire2learn.com/d2l/lms/content/viewer/main_frame.d2l?ou=750610&tId=5560162