2011

The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model promotes advocacy as one quality a Professional School Counselor (PSC) should infuse throughout the comprehensive school guidance program to include the academic, career, and personal/social domains. Skills required in advocating for students must be learned through school counseling training programs, professional development workshops, or self-study. Often PSCs must develop professional improvement strategies for dealing with their daily roles through self-study targeted on a specific issue. Often this selfdirected learning is a necessity targeted at a specific topic (advocacy per se) or time.