ASCA has released the 2025 State of the Profession report, a comprehensive national study examining the current realities, challenges and strengths of school counseling programs.

ASCA developed and maintains the ASCA National Model ®, first published in 2003 – now in its fifth edition – to unify the profession under a common framework and provide a comprehensive, data …

The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) supports school counselors’ efforts to help students focus on academic, career and social/emotional development so they achieve success in …

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The ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success describe the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness and …

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As the role of the school counselor became clarified further, ASCA adopted 250:1 as the optimal ratio, which reflects the goal that school counselors spend 80% of their time in direct and indirect student …