School Counseling
School Counseling
School Counseling
COUNSELING
National School Counseling Week
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GUIDANCE SCHOOL
COUNSELORS COUNSELORS
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College Readiness College Readiness
Career Preparation Career Preparation
Academic Support Academic Support
Work within the schools with mainly Works within the community and
students collaborates with parents, teachers, other
Typically in High Schools mental health professionals, and
No standards for practice community leaders
Out-dated term Typically in ALL Schools
Does not encoompass the full role of a ASCA National Standards and state SEL
school counselors standards
SEL Learning
Mental health professional
Data-Driven Approaches
Evidence-Based Programs
Advocating for students
RECOMMENDED
STUDENT TO
1:250
The ideal student to counselor ratio
is 1 counselor to every 250 students.
COUNSELOR This is designed to provide ALL
RATIO students with high quality services,
aimed to support their well-being.
SERVICES
Individual services provided
for 1-5% of the students
Tertiary
Group or after school services for 5-
Secondary 10% of students
Classrooms or schoolwide
efforts for 80-90% of students Primary