Serving the Highly Sensitive Person: Considerations for Career Service Providers

By Hannah Fuller

Highly sensitive people (HSPs) represent a notable subsection of our population but are underserved in career counseling. Career service providers may be unaware of the professional needs of HSPs or unsure how to integrate these considerations into advising. This article explores the critical role career services play in helping HSPs thrive.

Art Therapy and Career Counseling

Book Review by Lisa Severy

We all have textbooks that we’ve grown to love and stick with as a resource in support of our courses. This new book by Parker-Bell and Osborn provides a thorough and innovative introduction to understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical strategies in both career counseling and art therapy. It could, and should, be a textbook in either field.

Supporting Late Career Changers: Applying Super's Theory and Offering New Tools

By Jane Frisch

As people live and work longer, many people will consider training for new careers later in life. Late career changers bring a wealth of life experiences and skills to their new professions, but face different challenges from younger colleagues. How can career professionals support these individuals more effectively?

Integrating Disability Competence into the Career Development of High School Students

By Allison Levine

Adolescence is a turbulent time, which can lead to new experiences with an existing disability, emerging mental health symptoms, and other anxieties due to shifts in social experiences. Therefore, it is opportune for career counselors to integrate disability competence into their practices when working with high school students.

Experiential Learning and Career Services: One Institution’s Application of Kolb’s Theory

By Sarah J. Krinsky

Experiential learning is a hands-on, interactive approach to teaching. Learning at its core occurs by gaining real-world experience. Higher education institutions that foster this type of learning produce some of the most creative and engaging minds. Yet, not all colleges engage students in experiential learning. One institution empowered students to participate in ongoing experiential learning to deepen their development and future career preparation.

Strategies that Guide the Mentor Selection Process

By Debi Ayliffe

A mentoring relationship can play an important role in guiding and supporting a person’s career journey. Selecting a suitable mentor is critical to ensuring that the relationship is beneficial and enhances a client’s professional and personal goals. This article shows how career practitioners can support clients in this process.

Developing Leaders While Fostering Belonging

By Azra Karajic Siwiec and other NCDA Members

Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, we have been called to remember Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We quickly recognized that our safety was threatened and the pandemic offered opportunities to work remotely. These diverse work options diffused the belonging and connection we felt to our organizations, including our professional association. While we are not so worried about our survival in 2023, the aspect of belonging, meaning and leadership is still important for NCDA and state CDAs to consider.

Deliver Courses and Trainings with Nearpod

This interactive platform https://nearpod.com allows educators to create and deliver multimedia presentations to students. Instructors can create quizzes, polls, or virtual reality experiences. The overall design is targeted towards K-8 students, and the free platform allows 40 students per class. Paid accounts expand class sizes, and an enterprise option is available for school districts. Try using Nearpod to create staff training in areas of career development or get more ideas from the blog.

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