The author, therefore, developed a comprehensive taxonomy of training objectives for multicultural counseling in a school setting. This taxonomy was used for a needs-assessment instrument. An Increasing Concern for Elementary and Middle School Counselors . Elementary School Guidance and Counseling . As ethnic group interactions expands, the number of interracial marriages increases.
Interracial children show unique characteristics in society.
Because of this uniqueness, they may have some problems and social needs. This article shows a concise overview of the problems, a broad picture of the situation that interracial children face, and some suggestions for counseling intervention. The purpose of this study is to examine when children begin using the one-drop of blood rule for assigning mixed race children to their minority racial group and the meaning that they give this rule. Four experiments examined the differences in adults' and grade school children's beliefs about the inheritability of identity or racial categorization. The children were categorized as black, white, and biracial according to the race of their parents.