Counseling Services

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Our transcript audit service performs a comprehensive review of your high school transcript, tailored to meet the specific requirements of your school district.

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The Counselor Membership offers the latest professional development, expert assistance, information updates, legislative mandates, and networking with professional counselors in an effort to enhance school campus achievement and performance.

Benefits include:

• Guidance and support for ethical and legal accountability
• Updates regarding legal mandates\
• Crisis Response Team (CRT) and Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI)
• Licensed Professional Counseling (LPC) and Continuing Professional Development (CPE) Credits
• Counselor trainings and workshops provided at no additional cost
• Discount for student presentations/assemblies
• Additional resources and tools to support statewide initiatives relevant to school counseling as needed

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Counselor Consult services provide valuable opportunities for counselors to collaborate, seek guidance, and gain insights from experienced peers, ultimately enhancing the quality of their Counseling Program.

Explore the TSCA SCHOLAR website to access valuable resources and information for Texas school counselors, supporting your professional growth and enhancing your ability to make a positive impact on students' lives.

Counselor tech tools can enhance relaxation and mindfulness practices by offering guided meditation sessions and creating virtual quiet rooms for clients seeking moments of tranquility and stress relief.

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These presentations are affordable, grade-level appropriate presentations that are motivating, engaging and inspiring, led by experienced speakers trained in youth counseling.

Presentation topics include:

• Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
• Making Healthy Choices
• Suicide Prevention - AS+K?
• Positive Peer Interaction
• Trauma Sensitive Schools
• Youth Mental Health First Aid
• Living, Surviving, and Thriving in a Screen World
• Search Institute 40 Developmental Assets, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
• Crisis Prevention
• Conflict Resolution
• Exploring Childhood 2.0
• Establishing Healthy Relationships
• Social and Emotional Learning
• Psychological First Aid
• Digital Responsibility and Social Media Safety
• NEW! S.A.F.E.R.

Related Professional Development & Services:

• Ethics Conversations
• Crisis Training & Student Safety
• True Colors Personality Training
• Behavior Threat Assessment Trainer
• Technical assistance for safety
• Youth Mental Health First Aid with Certified YMHFA Instructor
• Counselor Appreciation Luncheon
• Teen Suicide Prevention Symposium
• Human Trafficking Prevention
• Crisis Recovery Support
• Liaison for Texas School Safety Center

Bullying has detrimental effects on students and the school environment. Research shows when adults when step in quickly and consistently, it can help put an end to this behavior over time.

Resources:

• StopBullying.Gov
• Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center
• Cyberbullying Research Center
• ESC 14 & Title IV, Part A State Initiative Bully Prevention

Teaching our students to be responsible and safe online is crucial. This can include what red flags to look for in suspicious emails or websites, protecting their privacy by limiting the information they post and what to do if they're being cyberbullied.

ESC Region 12 provides student, staff and educator presentations for online safety. Please contact your counseling services team for more information.

Resources:

• Common Sense Media-Digital Citizenship
• David’s Legacy
• Netsmartz
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Be Internet Awesome

TEC.28.004 states that schools must provide instruction on child abuse, family violence, dating violence, and human trafficking prevention. 

Please see ESC Region 12 Counseling Services team members for more information.

One out of every four children attending school has been exposed to a traumatic event that can affect learning and/or behavior. You can help teach about mental health issues and provide support.

Resources:

• The Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators
• Incredible Years
• Mental Health First Aid
• Psychological First Aid for Schools

According to the National Association for Mental Illness, one in five teens live with a mental health condition, such as depression or anxiety. Learn the signs of when it might become life-threatening.

Resources:

• Texas Suicide Prevention

• ASK About Suicide to Save a Life Gatekeeper Training

• Texas Suicide Safer Schools Implementation Guide
• Texas Youth Suicide Prevention Project (Kognito)
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
• Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Training
• SafeTALK
• SOS Signs of Suicide
• ESC 14 & Title IV, Part A State Initiative Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• SAMHSA Preventing Suicide Toolkit for High Schools
• After a Suicide:  A Toolkit for Schools
• Cornell Self Injury and Recovery Research and Resources (SIRR)
• Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
• Suicide Response Protocols Slides
• TEA Mental Health
• TEA Suicide Prevention
• TEA Coordinated School Health
• Preventing Suicide:  A Toolkit for High Schools
• Youth Suicide Warning Signs
• Texas School Safety Center Legislative Guidance

Trauma-Informed Care recognizes trauma symptoms in an individual and acknowledges the role it may play in their life while providing services. This is required by statute. 

Resources:

• Trauma Informed Training
• TEA Project Restore Trauma Informed Training Series
• TEA Mental Health
• TEA Grief and Trauma Informed Practices
• TEA Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) and Other School Safety Updates July 2020
• TEA Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) and Other School Safety Legislation Feb. 2020
• Texas School Safety Center Legislative Guidance

This Parent Conference Template was developed to guide the conversation about mental health between educators or administrators and parents.

• School Counselor Requirement & Resource Document