American School Counselor Association Model
Delivery
Professional school counselors provide services to students, parents, school staff and the community
in the following areas:
• School Guidance Curriculum
• Individual Student Planning
• Responsive Services – Responsive services are preventative and/or interventative activities
meeting students’ immediate and future needs. These needs can be necessitated by events and
conditions in students’ lives and may require any of the following: individual or group
counseling consultation with parents, teachers and other educator’s referrals to other school support
services or community resources peer helping information
• System Support – System support consists of management activities establishing, maintaining and
enhancing the total school counseling program. Professional school counselors are committed to
continual personal and professional development and are proactively involved in professional
organizations promoting school counseling at the local, state and national levels.
School Counselors Implement the Counseling Program by Providing:
Classroom Guidance
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Academic skills support
Organizational, study and test-taking skills
Post-secondary planning and application process
Career planning
Education in understanding self and others
Coping strategies
Peer relationships and effective social skills
Communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict resolution and study skills
Career awareness and the world of work
Substance abuse education
Multicultural/diversity awareness
Individual Student Planning
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Goal setting
Academic plans
Career plans
Problem solving
Education in understanding of self, including strengths and weaknesses
Transition plans
Responsive Services
1. Individual and small-group counseling
2. Individual/family/school crisis intervention
3. Peer facilitation
4. Consultation/collaboration
5. Referrals
System Support
1. Consultation, collaboration and teaming
2. Program management and operation
3. Professional development
These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive
School Counselors Collaborate with parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community
resources/agencies.