Section 5-H: Entry-Level Specialized Practice Areas, School Counseling

All entry-level students are enrolled in at least one specialized practice area. Students are expected to develop and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to address a wide range of issues in their specialized practice area in consideration of culturally sustaining practices across service delivery modalities. Counselor education programs must document where and in what manner each of the numbered standards listed for that specialized practice area is covered in the curriculum. The standards may be addressed in the foundational curriculum or in experiences specifically designed for each specialized practice area.

H. SCHOOL COUNSELING

• 1. models of school counseling programs

  2. models of PK-12 comprehensive career development

  3. models of school-based collaboration and consultation

  4. development of school counseling program mission statements and objectives

  5. design and evaluation of school counseling curriculum, lesson plan development, diverse classroom management strategies, and differentiated instructional strategies

  6. school counselor roles as leaders, advocates, and systems change agents in PK-12 schools

  7. qualities and styles of effective leadership in schools

  8. advocacy for comprehensive school counseling programs and associated school counselor roles

  9. school counselor roles and responsibilities in relation to the school crisis and management plans

  10. school counselor consultation with families, PK-12 and postsecondary school personnel, community agencies, and other referral sources

  11. skills to critically examine the connections of social, cultural, familial, emotional, and behavioral factors to academic achievement

  12. skills to screen PK-12 students for characteristics, risk factors, and warning signs of mental health and behavioral disorders

  13. strategies for implementing and coordinating school-based interventions

  14. techniques of social-emotional and trauma-informed counseling in school settings

  15. evidence-based and culturally sustaining interventions to promote academic development

  16. approaches to increase promotion and graduation rates

  17. interventions to promote postsecondary and career readiness

  18. strategies to facilitate school and postsecondary transitions

  19. strategies to promote equity in student achievement and access to postsecondary education opportunities

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