Abstract
ABSTRACT The counseling field provides limited insight into how school counselors can best attend to students’ developmental trajectories amid the transition from high school to college and postsecondary careers. Yet, thoughtful preparation and support for such transitions can have positive impacts on students’ wellness and success into adulthood. While college and career readiness is embedded into school counselors’ training, little research explicitly examines how school counselors can prepare students for emerging adulthood. Emerging adulthood (ages 18–29) is the developmental stage that students enter following high school; it is comprised of five distinct features: self-focus, instability, identity explorations, feeling in-between, and a sense of possibilities. School counselors are well-positioned to prepare students for such developmental and post-secondary transitions. This article describes the five features of emerging adulthood and provides practical implications for how school counselors can use the ASCA National Model framework to prepare students for emerging adulthood to enhance postsecondary success.
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