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ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success

ASCA’s Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success outlines key components of attitudes that school counselors ought to encourage among the student population as well as a comprehensive breakdown of behavior standards for students to follow. The list of mindsets ought to be well publicized in the school counselor’s workspace for their own reference and the reference of those entering the space. As issues of behavior factor largely into students’ referrals to Noel C. Taylor, widespread understanding of the outlined learning strategies, self-management skills, and social skills is paramount.

Every student meets with the school counselor, principal, and parents to collaboratively develop goals for transitioning back to their school of origin, and particular attention will be paid to the self-management skills as their use is suggested to be demonstrated and documented by school personnel using the form at left (more on this under 'Manage' and SMART Goals).

ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies

The ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies document is a useful tool for school counselors to gauge their own mindsets and how those mindsets translate into behaviors.

This document should be referenced often to measure the standards and competencies that are being met and those that need to be addressed. For example, B-SS 2b lists helping students cross-reference individual assessment results; for that reason, multiple assessments ought to be presented to students for a more holistic and global understanding of their interests and strengths.

ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors

We understand that trust is a vital component in building relationships, and conversations between students and counselors are kept confidential. Confidentiality can have limitations. According to the American School Counselor Association’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors, counselors must “Keep information confidential unless legal requirements demand that confidential information be revealed or a breach is required to prevent serious and foreseeable harm to the student.” (American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2016).

The most frequent types of breaches of confidentiality are indications of:

• Verbal, Physical or Sexual Abuse

• Neglect

• A desire to harm him/herself

• A desire to harm someone else

• An unreported sexual assault