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Digitally Responsive School Counseling Across the ASCA National Model

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Technology plays an increasingly important role in the lives of students and other education stakeholders. Professional school counselors (PSCs), however, have only tentatively begun to integrate digital tools into their professional work. Given the extensive information and considerations posited by technology and its role in students’ lives, the work of the school counselor has become more complex. This paper argues for expanding the use of interactive technologies specifically within the Delivery System of the American School Counseling Association’s (2012) National Model. We examine how digital communication tools can enhance and extend the ability of PSCs to meet the needs of students. Implications for school counseling programs, PSCs, students, and educators are considered.

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    Kristopher M. Goodrich, Karla V. Kingsley & Heather C. Sands

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Goodrich, K.M., Kingsley, K.V. & Sands, H.C. Digitally Responsive School Counseling Across the ASCA National Model. Int J Adv Counselling 42, 147–158 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-020-09396-9

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