MELISSA MECADON-MANN, PH.D, LPC, NCC
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Microaffirmations: Small gestures toward advocacy and social justice
Boyce-Rosen & Mecadon-Mann, 2023
The practice of using microaffirmations enables positive outcomes through small acts of active listening that encourage feelings of inclusion and shared cultural intimacy. Microaffirmations can be intersectional and are beneficial to a wide range of populations, including people of color, LGBTQIA + individuals, and people with disabilities. This article describes the benefits of implementing microaffirmations in school settings and proposes a layered framework for implementation within school communities.
Lunch Bunch: A direct service for school counselors
Tuttle et al. (2023)
The role of the school counselor encompasses providing comprehensive and proactive programming to support student success and growth. Small group counseling allows for integration of a strengths-based approach to school counseling services and aligns with the ASCA National Model. The following article provides considerations and recommendations for the implementation of small groups through lunch bunch sessions. Facilitating small groups during lunch provides an optimal opportunity for school counselors to deliver direct services.
School counselor professional identity in relation to post-master's supervision
Mecadon-Mann & Tuttle (2023)
School counselors may choose to pursue clinical supervision after they graduate from a master’s program even though they are not required to do so. This quantitative study utilized a survey research design to examine the differences between school counselor professional identity (SCPI) development and post-master’s supervision. Results from this study indicate significant differences in components of SCPI between school counselors who participated in post-master’s supervision and those who did not. School counselors who pursued post-master’s supervision had stronger identity scores focused on roles and responsibilities, leadership, and social justice advocacy.
Relational Cultural Theory: School counselor and Latinx parent partnerships
Tuttle et al. (2022)
School counselors who incorporate Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) constructs initiate building connections and meaningful change. Relationships anchored on RCT theory provide school counselors a myriad of opportunities to build relationships and partnerships with Latinx parents and caregivers in support of student success in the K-12 school setting. The authors of this article provide a framework based on RCT to facilitate school counselor and Latinx parent and caregiver partnerships.
What's in a word?: School counselor and ESOL teacher perceptions and attitudes about collaboration
Tuttle et al. (2021)
Collaboration in the school setting is a vital component to student success. Two key stakeholders who support and advocate for English Learners (ELs) are school counselors and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers. The authors of this manuscript conducted a research study to measure school counselor and ESOL teacher perceptions and attitudes about collaboration by using a semantic differential scale developed by Gibbons et al. (2010) to measure school counselor perceptions and attitudes of collaboration.
Interventions for school counselors encountering COVID-19 impacts
Chibbaro & Mecadon-Mann (2021)
As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents become apparent, school counselors and educators must work together to identify students who may be suffering. As a student advocate and leader within their schools, school counselors are in an optimal position to offer interventions and strategies that may be helpful to students, parents, administrators and teachers. Collaboration and coordination between schools and communities is also necessary for school counselors to be successful in helping students develop resiliency surrounding the impacts of COVID-19.
In Progress
Bryant, J., Tuttle, M., Birdsong, D. & Mecadon-Mann, M. (TBD) Principal and school counselor partnerships: Aligning leadership roles to support the school mission and student success. (under review)
Sandifer, M., Tuttle, M., & Mecadon-Mann, M. (TBD) A model for culturally informed-social justice oriented school counselor supervision. (under review)
Chilson, Andie*, Mecadon-Mann, M., Gwira, R. E., & González-Rosario, L. (TBD) Body image ideals for Black American women and the risk for disordered eating: A scoping review. (research in progress; *This work is the product of a graduate student independent study)
Mecadon-Mann, M., Dennis E. B., Gonzalez-Rosario, L., & Boyce-Rosen, N. (TBD) The experiences of counselors who work with children and adolescents displaying symptoms of Selective Mutism. (research in progress).
Mecadon-Mann, M. (TBD) An investigation of educators’ self-efficacy in suicide prevention and referral. (research in progress)