Description
In Activating Youth as Change Agents: Integrating Youth Participatory Action Research in School Counseling, editors Amy L. Cook and Ian P. Levy aim to reshape the way school counselors work with youth by shifting the power dynamic to allow young people to tell their stories and uncover the hidden inequities and power structures that disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) as well as other marginalized groups. Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an action-oriented research and group approach that encourages critical examination of experiences and knowledge in ways that seek to promote youth and community development.The authors describe the applications of YPAR as a youth-oriented group process where school counselors collaborate alongside students in developmentally relevant ways to achieve their goals toward personal growth and positive school-community improvement. In section one of the book, YPAR is introduced with a focus on the individual/small group level. In sections two and three, authors provide developmentally relevant descriptions and report on YPAR projects conducted in small and large groups, and illustrate YPAR at the community level.Activating Youth as Change Agents is essential reading for school counseling professionals and trainees who are seeking how to engage in culturally responsive counseling practice that helps build counselors' self-awareness and understanding of bias, and how to collaborate with others to improve systems that are unjust. Additionally, this book provides practitioners and counselors-in-training with group-counseling skills focused on action and how to engage in social justice efforts both locally at their school and in their communities.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Advancing Transformation: Introducing Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in School CounselingAmy L. Cook & Ian P. Levy Chapter Two: Integrating YPAR Into Comprehensive School Counseling ProgramsNatalie Edirmanasinghe, Kara Ieva, & Ian P. Levy Chapter Three: Developing the Foundation for YPAR in K-12 Schools Through Counselor EducationIan P. Levy, Kara Ieva, & Natalie Edirmanasinghe Section Two Developmental Application of YPAR Across the K-12 School YearsIan P. Levy & Amy L. Cook Chapter Four: Engaging in YPAR With Early Elementary School StudentsLaura J. Morizio Chapter Five: Mural Making: A Creative Approach to Upper Elementary School YPARLillian Day & Reshma Sreekala Chapter Six: Engaging in YPAR With Middle School StudentsLaura A. Hayden, Faith Siwek, Mackenzie Cox, & Kait Gould Chapter Seven: Representation and Empowerment Through School Culture and Curriculum ShiftsQiana Spellman Section Three Engaging School-Community Partners in YPARAmy L. Cook & Ian P. Levy Chapter Eight: Adult Educators Collaborating With Youth Through PARKristin M. Murphy Chapter Nine: Engaging Community for Meaningful Educational Reform: School Counselors and Community Based Participatory Action ResearchCarlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, Shelley Zion, & Dane Stickney Chapter Ten: Partnering With External Organizations and Institutions to Implement YPARAmy L. Cook, Julia Kausel, & Lindsay M. Fallon Conclusion: The Future of YPAR in School Counseling Ian P. Levy & Amy L. Cook
