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Direct and Indirect Services
Direct and Indirect Services
According to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), school counselors should spend at least 80% of their time in either direct or indirect services to students. School counselors have a responsibility to provide a variety of services to support students and on behalf of student within a school community.
Direct Services
Direct Services
Direct student services are in-person interactions between school counselors and students. Direct services include:
Classroom Lessons
Small Groups
Individual Counseling
Appraisal and Advisement (Individual Planning Meetings)
Classroom Lessons
Students receive Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) classroom lessons on a weekly basis. Possible topics include:
Bullying Prevention
Emotional Regulation
Responsible Behavior
Conflict Regulation
Academic Success
Career Planning
Small Groups
The school counselor meets with small groups of students to enhance a specific skill. Small groups are utilized to help with emotional regulation. Possible small groups include:
Friendship Group
Social Skills Groups
Anxious Student Group
Academic Success
Individual Counseling
Individualized counseling is short-term, and solution focused one-on-one meetings between the student and the school counselor. Individual counseling can occur as a result of a referral from a student, staff, or parent or by request of the student.
Appraisal and Advisement
(Individual Planning Meetings)
Appraisal is the process where a school counselor works with a student to analyze and assess their abilities, interests, skills, and achievement.
Advisement is the process through which school counselors make recommendations based on a review of tests, inventories, and other data to help students make decisions about their future.
Indirect Services
Indirect Services
Indirect student services are services provided on behalf of students as a result of the school counselor's interaction with others. Indirect services include:
Collaboration
Consultation
Referrals
Collaboration
Collaboration
School counselors will work with other stakeholders to create learning environments that promote educational equity for all students.
Consultation
Consultation
School counselors will work with other adults, including parents and teachers, to help students succeed.
Referrals
Referrals
Referrals are a way for school counselors to connect families with community resources for more long-term support. Please see the parent resources tab for a comprehensive list of outside resources.
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ASCA Standards for Direct and Indirect Services
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