First Nations Career/Life Planning Model: Guidelines for Practitioners

✍ Scribed by ROD M. McCORMICK; HARLY NEUMANN; NORMAN E. AMUNDSON; HOLLY B. McLEAN

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 775 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0787
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1999.tb01019.x

✦ Synopsis

Guidelines for using the First Nations Career/Life Planning Model with youth are outlined along with suggestions for future practice regarding recruitment of participants, the counseling process, and postsession considerations. One session is described in detail to exemplify how the model is used in practice. The recently developed First Nations Career/Life Planning Model offers practitioners a culturally appropriate model for career counseling with First Nations youth. Originated by McCormick and Amundson (1 997), preliminary research has shown that the experience of the model is congruent with First Nations worldview and values as well as provides an insightful and motivating experience for youth participants (Neumann, McCormick, Amundson, & McLean, in press

). In this article, we would like to move beyond the research and present a more fully developed counseling model for youth that refers to recruitment of participants, the counseling process, and follow-up issues. A case study is also offered to further illustrate how the model can be used in future practice.