Vocational Psychology at the Crossroads

1. Vocational Psychology at the Crossroads

2. Working Group Members Annamaria DiFabio Mary Fitzpatrick Neeta Kantameni Liz Cotter Briana Keller Tina Hoffman Sili Zhou Leili Jin Andrea Hirschi Marie Hammon Saba Ali Kerri Murphy Maria Coutinho Angela DeSilva Nancy Arthur Megan Martinez Cindy Juntunen Norma Gluckstern-Packerd Kay Webb Ryan Duffy Patrick Rottinghaus Maria Eduarda Duarte

3. Working Group Members David Blustein Jeff Reese Jean Guichard Itamar Gati Graham Stead Pamela Foley Rachel Gali Cinamon LaSandra Ward Richard Young Raoul Van Esbrock India Gray Robin Cox Mary Sue Richardson Filomena Parada Jason Hacker Ellen McWhirter Matt Diemer Bryan Dik

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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 Major Issues Discussed

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. Goals/Outcomes for Future • Childhood/Early Adolescence Sub-group • They will explore the following three possibiliites of age ranges: • Kindergarden • Elementary school • Adolescence

13. 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.

14. 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 Infusion Website-resources for faculty/students teaching career counseling courses Faculty Student Mentorship Pairings This will lead to a Special Issue of CDQ or another journal/book

15. 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

16. 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. Next Steps & Opportunities for Involvement

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Interested folks can contact the facilitators: David Blustein—blusteid@bc.edu Nadya Fouad—Nadya@uwm.edu Saba Ali—saba-ali@uiowa.edu Contact Information for Getting Involved