Use of Data in School Counseling: Hatching Results (and So Much More) for Students, Programs, and the Profession 2nd Revised edition

"Student achievement and well-being are key concerns for school counselors, but how can counselors demonstrate the impact their work is having? The Use of Data in School Counseling provides counselors with the know-how and tools they need to think differently about how they design, implement, evaluate, and improve their student intervention programs and services. The authors explain how school counselors must change the nature of their practice from providing reactive "random acts of guidance" to providing intentional guidance and predetermined interventions. Unlike the more traditional expectation that school counselors provide responsive interventions for students who are referred or who refer themselves for services, the intentional school counseling approach detailed in this book requires school counselors to determine, using data, which students require interventions--and at what intervals--and to craft specific interventions to meet the needs of those students. The book provides the nuts and bolts of how to create and utilize needs assessments, design Intentional Guidance Action Plans, determine necessary interventions, create pre- and post-assessment tools, and report results of the interventions. In addition, the text describes ways school counselors can make time (a critical challenge for most of them) by setting priorities to ensure interventions are integral to their program"
Turn random acts of school counseling into definitive and data-driven efforts!In this new edition of a bestseller, school counseling scholar and advocate Trish Hatch and National School Counselor of the Year Julie Hartline provide school counselors with new ways for moving from reactive to proactive and from random to intentional counseling. By using data to determine what all students deserve to receive and when some students need more, readers will learn effective ways to provide proactive school counseling services, hold themselves accountable, and advocate for systemic change. Inside you’ll find: Clear and straightforward directions for analyzing data, planning and providing interventions, and evaluation Strategies for using data to drive interventions, develop curriculum scope and sequence, create action plans and pre- and post-tests, initiate systems changes, and report results Methods aligned with the most recent edition of the ASCA National Model (2019), ASCA Professional Standards and Competencies, Evidence-Based Practice, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and Multi-Tiered Multi-Domain Systems of Support (MTMDSS) New practitioner examples and artifacts, including a RAMP School of Distinction Flashlight Package, plus dozens of tools, templates, surveys, action plans, and data management formsEquip yourself to think and plan differently, and become more efficient and effective by using data to drive your school counseling program!