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Personal and Environmental Change: A Hip Hop School Counseling Intervention

Sat, April 26, 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (11:40am to 1:10pm MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 107

Abstract

Scholars criticize the profession of school counseling for delivering inadequate school counseling services to Black and Brown youth. Within schools, particularly those populated by Black and Brown youth, exist environmental barriers to youths’ wellness and development including a shortage of mental health professionals, or oppressive school structures. Towards addressing these systemic concerns, this case study examined a culturally responsive and theoretically sound Hip Hop and school counseling intervention that captures the experiences of students and adult participants. The results from this study help illustrate how the school studio, as a liberatory space, offered a hospitable environment that invited student’s authentic identity expression, fostered increased relationships with staff and their peers, and offered students’ a sense of confidence or personal empowerment.

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