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Counseling Champions

TX Comprehensive school counseling model Resources

TEA Counseling, Advising, & Student Supports (CASS)

School Counseling- Job Description & Evaluation

American School Counselor Association: A professional development association dedicated to supporting school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career, and personal development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.

Lone Star State School Counselor Association: A professional development association dedicated to providing services and resources to meet the needs of school counselors across Texas.

Texas School Counselor Association: A professional development association dedicated to serving professional school counselors by advocating for and advancing the role of the professional school counselor and the comprehensive school guidance and counseling program throughout Texas.

Texas Model Alignment Checklist: A helpful guide to assist school counselors in planning, implementing and evaluating their comprehensive school counseling program to ensure that it conforms to The Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.

Comprehensive School Counseling Program Plan Example: An example of a comprehensive school counseling program plan. To request an editable version, email the CASSTeam@tea.texas.gov.

Notification of Annual Assessment of School District Compliance with Statute Concerning Counseling Public School Students, 2024 To the Administrator Addressed Letter

TEA Student Supports resources

Mental Health & Behavioral Health TX School Mental Health Best Practices

TX Education for Homeless Children & Youth TEA Foster Care

Military Family Resources TX SPED Support

Multi-tiered System of Supports

Texas School Mental Health: A website that provides districts and campuses with the resources needed to develop a comprehensive school mental health program. Includes a school mental health toolkit, online training opportunities, and a repository of recommended best practice programs and research-based practices for implementation in public schools.

Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute: Provides independent, nonpartisan, data-driven, and trusted policy and program guidance that creates systemic changes so all Texans can obtain effective, efficient behavioral health care when and where they need it.

National Dropout Prevention Center: Dedicated to increasing graduation rates through research and evidence-based solutions.

Texas School Mental Health Resource Database: A comprehensive mental health resource database created in response to Senate Bill 11 from the 86th Texas Legislature that identifies mental health resources and funding opportunities that are available to school districts in Texas