Guidelines for using the First Nations Career/Life Planning Model with youth are outlined along with suggestions for future practice regarding recruitment of participants, the counseling process, and postsession considerations. One session is described in detail to exemplify how the model is used in practice. press). In this article, we would like to move beyond the research and present a more fully developed counseling model for youth that refers to recruitment of participants, the counseling process, and follow-up issues. A case study is also offered to further illustrate how the model can be used in future practice.
RECRUITMENTThe First Nations Career/Life Planning Model for youth involves bringing together First Nations youth, family or community members, or both in a group career counseling process. Youth are en-
John D. Krumboltz continues to contribute to the field of counseling psychology, including the subspecialty of career counseling, after five decades of professional experience. Inspired by B. F. Skinner, John operationalized a behavioral approach to counseling. After 4 years at Michigan State University, where he initiated research on programmed instruction, he moved to Stanford University to help establish a program of research in counseling and to build a counseling psychology doctoral program that implemented the scientist-practitioner model. His major objective in life continues to be making counseling interventions useful in everyday life.
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