Conclusion

From Our Cell to Your Block: Hip Hop and Podcasting as a Youth Participatory Action Research Intervention

“…As a creative approach to YPAR, scholars have turned to hip-hop-based practices in group counseling. Literature suggests that hip hop music making in counseling with Black and brown youth supports both the processing and challenging of social, political, and economic inequities (Levy, 2021; Travis & Maston, 2014; Washington, 2021). Hip hop music has been transformed as an outlet for marginalized youth to share their attitudes and experiences living in poverty and their ways of adapting to these life circumstances (Hains et al, 2021).…”

“…Notable within YPAR and creative approaches to group work are the use of hip-hop-based strategies (Levy, 2021). Broadly, the use of lyric writing, recording, and performing to process and share emotional experiences in a group context have been found helpful in reducing stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among adolescents (Levy & Travis, 2020).…”

“…Most adolescents are heavily influenced by mass media, such as television, social media, and music, making school counselors’ attunement to hip hop and its continued evolution paramount (Chang & D’Cook, 2021). As youth continue to push hip hop forward (particularly through the development of new technologies), school counselors must remain aware of new hip hop modes of expression that can be integrated into their work (Levy, 2021). Therefore, in this study, we explored the potential for a new approach to hip hop counseling that integrates podcasting as an approach to hip-hop-based digital storytelling to support adjudicated youth in self-expression, social/emotional development, and navigating psychological distress to make sense of their experiences within the juvenile justice system.…”

“…We believe in the potential for the integration of hip hop podcasting (creating podcasts about hip hop products) in a group counseling process. Although previous research (Levy, 2021) has shown evidence for hip-hop-based approaches to group work in school counseling, no research has explored the initial use of podcasting.…”

Continual Evolution in Evidence-Based School Counseling: Proceedings From the 2022 Conference

“…What do well-being and health, as well as love and joy, look like in schools (Love, 2019; Mayes & Byrd, 2022; Mayes et al, 2022)? How can we learn from our students about how to change educational systems and create workable solutions (Levy, 2021; Lyiscott et al, 2020)?…”