Group Counseling for African American Elementary Students: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

This article describes a group counseling intervention promoting academic achievement and ethnic identity development for twenty fifth grade African American elementary students. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) scores of students participating in the treatment group improved significantly over those in the control group. Implications for school counselors and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords:

• African American
• elementary students
• group counseling
• school counselors

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Sam Steen

Sam Steen is an assistant professor of school counseling in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University.