Applying Adventure Based Counseling Activities in the Bronx with Students Who Have Lost a Parent
Description
An alarming number of students lost a parent in the
beginning years of the Bronx Expeditionary Learning
High School (BELHS). Losing parents or closed loved
ones was not an unusual experience for many of these
students who were used to loss having come from
neighborhoods plagued by violence, poverty, and
segregation. The book explores the impact of
Adventure Based Counseling (ABC) methods on the
self-efficacies of students of color who have lost a
parent at BELHS. Up until now there has been little
research in ABC with this particular demographic. The
General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem,
1995) was used to measure the self-efficacies of the
students before the group began and four weeks into
the group. Results indicate that all students' scores
increased during the ABC group but further research
methods (i.e. interviews) would be needed to
attribute the change to the ABC group. This book is
useful for professionals in the Adventure Education
field, educators working with students of color, and
anyone interested in alternative ways of dealing with
grief.
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