Using the ACA Advocacy Competencies as a Guide to Group Work for Supporting the Career Development of School-Aged African American Males

ABSTRACT The career development needs of school-aged African American Male (AAM) students require advocacy from school counselors. Such advocacy must extend from direct group intervention with students to include group work on behalf of students. The authors propose using the ACA Advocacy Competencies as a guide to using group work as advocacy that extends to the community/school and public arena levels. A case study demonstrates how school counselors can apply the competencies and related strategies, and the authors offer relevant recommendations.