Name: The Development of Counseling Students’ Preparedness to Work with People with Disabilities
Start: 2024-09-07T10:00:00-0400
End: 2024-09-07T10:30:00-0400

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Duquesne University’s Counseling Program - Pittsburgh, PA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Indiana, PA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV

Saturday September 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EDT

Westmoreland

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Poster 4. In a climate of growing multicultural and intersectional awareness, counselor educators must equip students to engage with clients from diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities (PWD). This presentation will discuss the qualitative results from a mixed-methods study examining the development of counselor disability competence and discuss best practices to increase disability competence among counselors in training through a disability justice-focused lens.

Speakers

Kyesha Isadore

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kyesha Isadore is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She completed her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at The Pennsylvania State University. She has a background in rehabilitation and mental health counseling and has a strong research... Read More →

Angélíca Galván

Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge

Angélica Galván is an Assistant Professor at Cal State, Northridge. She completed her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from The Pennsylvania State University. Angélica has a background in clinical mental health counseling and working with students with disabilities... Read More →