V. Scott Solberg
Professor
Dr. V. Scott Solberg is a professor in the Counseling Psychology & Applied 人类发展 Department at BU Wheelock College of Education & 人类发展. He works internationally and nationally on the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective career development programs and services, especially for high-need youth populations, including youth with disabilities.
As part of the Center for Future Readiness, Dr. Solberg’s research, professional development, and curriculum is shaping the career development implementation policies and practices in the United States and around the world. His work with the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy has resulted in his being considered a leading expert in the design, implementation, and evaluation of individualized learning plans (ILPs). His book Making School Relevant with Individualized Learning Plans: Helping Students Create Their Own Career and Life Goals (Harvard Education Press) describes the culmination of his ILP research as well as his experiences in designing social-emotional learning efforts with educators at South Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Solberg博士领导国家领导人职业发展网络，向来自30个州的跨部门政策领导人展示创新的ILP实施工作。在国际上，他和Lea Ferrari博士（意大利帕多瓦大学）正在与超过15个国家合作，对教育者对社会情感学习和职业准备的看法进行跨文化澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究。他以主题专家的身份参与为许多组织和机构提供资源、演讲、网络研讨会和咨询服务，包括CASEL、美国教育委员会、ODEPs国家就业与残疾交流、IES区域教育实验室和综合中心、首席州立学校官员委员会、美国承诺联盟、全国职业发展联盟、教育领导澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所、国际职业发展政策与实践中心、罗马尼亚教育科学澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所、威斯康星州教育部、科罗拉多州教育部、亚利桑那州教育部、特拉华州联合之路、帕多瓦大学和欧盟NICE学院。
In 2019, Dr. Solberg was appointed by the US Department of Education to serve on the Perkins V Independent Advisory Panel. He is author of ScholarCentric, a resiliency curriculum used in schools throughout the country, coedited (with Saba Ali Rasheed) the Handbook of Career and Workforce Development: Research, Practice and Policy from Routledge, and coeditor (with Mantak Yuen and Wendi Beamish) of Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region (Springer).
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Education
PhD, Counseling Psychology (APA Approved), University of California – Santa Barbara
MA, Marriage and Family Counseling, University of California – Santa Barbara
BA, Experimental Psychology and Sociology, University of California – Santa Barbara
Associate of Arts, Social Sciences, West Valley Junior College
Research
NSF (Role: Co-PI) 2020-2024 “Collaborative Research: DTI: Network Science for All: Positioning High Need Youth for Success in Pursuing STEM Pathways”
US Department of Labor via Institute for Educational Leadership (Role: PI) 2012-2019 Technical Assistance and Demonstration Center on Preparing Youth with Disabilities for Employment
US Department of Labor via Institute for Educational Leadership (Role: PI) 2019-2021 “Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative (Right Turn)”
US Department of Education-IES (Role: PI) 2014-2017 “Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR): Creating Working Alliances Among Researchers, Policy Makers and Education Officials”
Selected Publications
Solberg, V. S., Park, C. M. & Marsay, G. (in press). Designing Quality Programs That Promote Hope, Purpose and Future Readiness Among High Need, High Risk Youth: Recommendations For Shifting Perspective And Practice. Journal of Career Assessment.
Solberg, V. S. H., Lillis, J., Zhang, W. & Martin, J. L. (2020). Career Development Policy Strategies for Supporting Transition of Students with Education Needs and Disabilities. In M. Yuen, W. Beamish & V. S. Solberg (Eds.), Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. Singapore: Springer.
Yuen, Y., Beamish, W. & Solberg, V. S. (Eds.) (2020). Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. Singapore: Springer.
Solberg, V. S. H. (2019). Making School Relevant with Individualized Learning Plans: Helping Students Create Their Own Career and Life Goals. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Solberg, V. S. H. & Ali, R. S. (Eds.) (2017). Handbook of Career and Workforce Development Research, Practice and Policy. London: Routledge.