This workshop offers applicable strategies and techniques school counselors, college counselors, and counselor educators can utilize to best support the African American male student-athlete in their transition from high school to college. Studies have shown that black male student-athletes are graduating at much lower rates that student-athletes overall. Counselors are not adequately trained or equipped to deal with this population. Their deficit knowledge and skills about how to effectively work with these students and their families leaves them being reactive in their response instead of proactive in administering quality counseling services. This presentation emphasizes the racial, gender, and economic factors counseling professionals need be aware of in order to effectively support the social, emotional, and academic well being of student-athletes who desire to succeed at college level.
