Career Counseling Theory

Order Description Scenario Taneka, a 17-year-old African-American female, is a high school junior. She is the oldest of three siblin" rel="nofollow">ings livin" rel="nofollow">ing with her sin" rel="nofollow">ingle-parent mother. Her mother has worked for the past 15 years at a manufacturin" rel="nofollow">ing plant. Her father has not been a part of Taneka's life. As the oldest child, Taneka has held major responsibilities throughout her life to support her workin" rel="nofollow">ing mother, such as carin" rel="nofollow">ing for her younger siblin" rel="nofollow">ings: Derrick, now age 14, and Kenya, age 12. These early duties rein" rel="nofollow">inforced development of her natural leadership skills. Taneka has been recognized from an early age for bein" rel="nofollow">ing mature, responsible, and dependable. As her siblin" rel="nofollow">ings have grown, she has been able to have part-time jobs, most recently as a salesperson at a teen fashion store in" rel="nofollow">in the local mall. It was here that she first realized she had a knack for dealin" rel="nofollow">ing with people, and they responded well to her—employers, co-workers, and customers alike. She was recently approached by her supervisor to consider participatin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the company's employee leadership train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing program. This has caused Taneka to start thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing about post-secondary education possibilities. Previously she had thought college was out of her reach, due to the limited fin" rel="nofollow">inancial resources of her family and no history of anyone in" rel="nofollow">in her family ever attendin" rel="nofollow">ing college. As such, she had not previously given much importance to her grades. Rather than participatin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in extracurricular school activities, she focused on workin" rel="nofollow">ing. She is on track for graduatin" rel="nofollow">ing with her class next year and has a current grade poin" rel="nofollow">int average of 2.05. Taneka is now questionin" rel="nofollow">ing her previous assumption about college or other post-secondary educational possibilities, but she does not have a clear idea of what she would like to pursue as a career. Choosin" rel="nofollow">ing a career and a post-secondary program to prepare for it, seekin" rel="nofollow">ing fin" rel="nofollow">inancial support, and navigatin" rel="nofollow">ing the admissions procedure all remain" rel="nofollow">in mysteries to her. In your paper, address the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: Argue for one relevant theory to be applied to the scenario. Note: Appropriate career counselin" rel="nofollow">ing theories in" rel="nofollow">include, but are not limited to, Holland, Super, Krumboltz, Gottfredson, Social Cognitive Theory, and Person-Environment-Fit. Identify the theory you chose and provide a rationale as to why you have selected this career theory. Describe the key components of your chosen career counselin" rel="nofollow">ing theoretical framework. Analyze any challenges you might have applyin" rel="nofollow">ing this theory to the case. Propose possible approaches for addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the challenges you identified.