Vocational Psychology at the Crossroads

Kerri Murphy Maria Coutinho Angela DeSilva Nancy Arthur Megan Martinez Cindy Juntunen Norma Gluckstern-

Packerd Kay Webb Ryan Duffy Patrick Rottinghaus Maria Eduarda Duarte

Annamaria DiFabio Mary Fitzpatrick Neeta Kantameni Liz Cotter Briana Keller Tina Hoffman Sili Zhou Leili Jin Andrea Hirschi Marie Hammon Saba Ali

Working Group Members

LaSandra Ward Richard Young Raoul Van Esbrock India Gray Robin Cox Mary Sue Richardson Filomena Parada Jason Hacker Ellen McWhirter Matt Diemer Bryan Dik

David Blustein Jeff Reese Jean Guichard Itamar Gati Graham Stead Pamela Foley Rachel Gali

Cinamon

Working Group Members

Major Issues Discussed We decided to break into four small groups

to develop collaborative projects around specific issues that emerged in our initial discussions

The four groups are devoted to the following issues: The needs of adults and older adults Practice issues Training issues The needs of children and early adolescents

Major Issues Discussed Each group was given the charge to

infuse a broad based perspective on greater inclusiveness across the following dimensions: Focus on client populations with less

volition than our traditional career clients. Focus on international perspectives Focus on diversity, broadly conceived

Major Issues Discussed Regrouping and Reinventing—Career

Management as a life-long process Introduction

What is mid and later life? What is work?

Redirected development Unplanned changes Downsizing and sudden disabilities

Goals/Outcomes for Future Regrouping and Reinventing—Career

Management as a life-long process Retirement:

Planned Forced Phased

Strategies for maintaining employability across the lifespan

Goals/Outcomes for Future Regrouping and Reinventing—Career

Management as a life-long process This topic will be proposed for an APA

symposium (ideally a 2-hour symposium) This would be followed by one or a series of

papers. Pamela Foley and Liz Cotter will take the

leadership on this project

Goals/Outcomes for Future Practice sub-group

The major ideas focused on the gap between theory and practice

Each member of the group is looking at a different component of the issues discussed today because they feel that they need further information to move forward.

Filomena will focus on a continuing ed course for practitioners that will focus on addressing the gap between research and practice

Goals/Outcomes for Future Practice Sub-group

LaSandra will explore a scholarship for a practitioner to generate ideas that will explored further on the practice/theory gap. The task here is that the practitioner will discuss what counselors will need from the theory/research world. LaSandra is looking for leads on how to move this forward.

Bryan Dik and Mary Fitzpatrick will talk with NCDA to understand more clearly what sort of research will be more useful for their members. They will speak with Patrick Rottinghaus, who is the Research Committee Chair at NCDA

Goals/Outcomes for Future Practice sub-group

Brianna Keller and Mary Fitzpatrick will investigate non-psychologist/non-counselor pracititioners (career coaches) who do life-work coaching to understand their work better.

Robin Cox and Mary Sue Richardson will perhaps explore some writing projects around the notion of valuing of working life vs. career vs vocational.

Goals/Outcomes for Future Childhood/Early Adolescence Sub-group

They will explore the following three possibiliites of age ranges: Kindergarden Elementary school Adolescence

Goals/Outcomes for Future Childhood/Early Adolescence The group will focus on elementary schools.

Factors that children perceive to be key in their future work lives.

The role expectations of parents How to link the first two points to present behavior

The first stage is to do a literature analysis of what has been done to date.

The group will explore funding options from the EU—the group has a strong international membership which may make this funding viable.

Goals/Outcomes for Future Training (Cheerful) sub-group Symposium-So you got stuck teaching career?:

Innovative Methods Teaching Career Counseling Classes What do students want to see in a career class Case Based Learning Social Justice and Career Counseling Curriculum InfusionWebsite-resources for faculty/students teaching career

counseling courses Faculty Student Mentorship PairingsThis will lead to a Special Issue of CDQ or another journal/book

Next Steps & Opportunities for Involvement Each group will welcome new and

interested members to join the sub-groups. Each group has specific plans to move its

agenda forward. The three team facilitators will develop a

email listserv of all of the members so that we can communicate via email.

I will send our final report to the Presidents of SVP and NCDA.

Next Steps & Opportunities for Involvement I will identify the members of NCDA among

our working group. I will also present our report to the

President of IAVEG (International Association of Vocational and Educational Guidance)

Another idea is to generate names of keynote or plenary speaker to help excite members of SCP about work/career issues.

Infusion Across Projects Each group will strive to create projects

and agendas that include explicit attention to underserved communities (including, but not limited to, the elderly, the poor, the working poor, immigrants, individuals with disabling conditions, unemployed, at risk teens, underemployed, homemakers, etc.)

We also may to explore new underserved communities.

Infusion across Projects The groups will also consider the

importance of infusing a broader conception of work and life. This includes thinking about expanding the notion that work is embedded in relationships, culture, social networks, and other life roles.

Contact Information for Getting Involved Interested folks can contact the

facilitators: David Blustein—blusteid@bc.edu Nadya Fouad—Nadya@uwm.edu Saba Ali—saba-ali@uiowa.edu