POSITION STATEMENTS
The WVSCA Executive Board has adopted the following position statements from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA):
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- Academic Development
- Annual Performance Appraisal
Anti-Racist Practices
- Career and Technical Education
- Career Development
- Character Education
- Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
- Children Experiencing Homelessness
- College Access Professionals
- Confidentiality
- Corporal Punishment
- Credentialing and Licensure
- Cultural Diversity
- Discipline
- Equity for All Students
- Gender Equity
- Gifted and Talented Student Programs
- Group Counseling
- High-Stakes Testing
- Identification, Prevention, and Intervention
- of Behaviors That Are Harmful and Place
- Students At-Risk
- Individual Student Planning for Postsecondary Preparation
- Letters of Recommendation
- LGBTQ Youth
- Multitiered Systems of Support
- Peer Support Programs
- Prevention of School-Related Gun Violence
- Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Promotion of Safe Schools through Conflict Resolution and Bullying/Harassment Prevention
- Retention, Social Promotion and Age-Appropriate Placement
- Safe Schools and Crisis Response
- School Counseling Preparation Programs
- School Counseling Programs
- School Counselor Supervision
- School-Family-Community Partnerships
- Social/Emotional Development
- Student Mental Health
- Student Postsecondary Recruitment
- Student Safety and the Use of Technology
- Students with Disabilities
- Suicide Prevention/Awareness
- The School Counselor and Suicide Risk Assessment
- Supporting Students in Foster Care
- Test Preparation Programs
- Transgender/Gender-nonconforming Youth
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- Use of Non-School-Counseling Credentialed Personnel in Implementing School Counseling Programs
- Use of Support Staff in School Counseling Programs
- Virtual School Counseling
- Working with Students Experiencing Issues Surrounding Undocumented Status