"Legal/Ethical"
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Support Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students
Learn how you can support your students who are transgender and gender expansive in grades pre-K–12. Address important terms, schoolwide inclusive practices, legal... more
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Suicide Risk Assessments Pose Legal Risk to School Counselors
Increasingly, well-meaning school boards or administrators are crafting dangerous suicide assessments or screening policies and doing so without the voice of the school... more
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Help Stop Child Sex Trafficking
Help Stop Child Sex Trafficking All schools and communities have students who could potentially fall victim to predatory behaviors such as child sex... more
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Legal/Ethical Implications of the Hatch Amendment
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), also known as the Hatch Amendment, governs the administration of surveys, assessments and evaluations given by a state... more
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Title IX Changes and Sexual Harassment
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the federal civil rights law that guarantees equal access to education. It also addresses sexual harassment, especially... more
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Engage Staff on Issues of Race Through Book Study
Race affects every facet of life in America today, including our educational practice. To reduce the negative impact on students and staff of color, and to increase... more
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ASCA Town Hall: Racism in Schools
School counselors are exploring how they can refine their school counseling program to help create a school culture free from racism and bias. Many school counselors... more
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Ethical Considerations: School Counseling in a Virtual Setting (Part 2)
During natural disasters and crises such as COVID-19, schools may need to move to a virtual setting. School counselors are then asked to provide school counseling... more
