Resources
The ASCA bookstore is a great resource not only for school counselors but also for parents, school personnel, and community members.
Articles and books of interest to parents and community members will be added to this page as they become available.
The Student to Counselor Ratio: Does it Matter? by Susan A. Carrell, NCC
A Great Planning and Presentation Tool for Working with Parents and Students on Postsecondary Planning. Click here to download.
FREE lessons, articles, and other useful information to download: counselorsroom.com
Counselor's Room is a FREE website which has organized classroom guidance lesson plans, therapeutic games and group activities for school counselors to download. All of the resources are hands-on activities as opposed to worksheets, and follow the ASCA model. There is NO FEE to join and NO FEE to download any of the resources here. Please pass this valuable resource on. It was designed as a service to help serve the counseling community (both school counselors and school social workers) by a New Jersey professional school counselor, Catherine Taintor. You can also visit her at taintorts.com
America’s Promise Alliance, in partnership with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, has released a free, online curriculum titled $aving Our Futures: A Financial Responsibility Program for Young People to teach youth in middle and early high school about financial responsibility, and to advocate for smarter money management in their homes, communities and from elected officials. Read More
Elementary School Counselors can download this guide published by the US Dept. of Education: "Reducing Problem Behaviors In the Elementary Classroom," which contains information on scientific, research-based best practices. Recommendations, examples, skills, checklists, and more...
High School Counselors: Check out this free service for students:
Center for Student Opportunity’s exciting new program, Opportunity Scholars assists highly motivated and qualified first-generation, low-income and minority college-bound students through the college process to identify and enroll in four-year, student-centered colleges and universities that seek to serve and support them.
Opportunity Scholar benefits include:
- Connections with colleges active in the recruitment of first-generation, low-income, and minority students through CSO College Center
- Monthly Opportunity Scholars e-newsletters
- College admissions support
- Dedicated and personalized college counseling
- Eligibility for CSO Opportunity Scholarships
* Visit www.CSOCollegeCenter.org and sign up for a FREE profile on ConnectNow to get involved!
