Position Statements

ASCA has officially adopted position statements on the following topics. Download a PDF containing the text of all ASCA position statements. (Please note, the listings in the table of contents link to the individual position statements.)

Academic Development

Annual Performance Evaluation

Career and Technical Education

Career Development 

Character Education

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Children Experiencing Homelessness

College Access Professionals

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs

Confidentiality

Corporal Punishment (revised, 2019)

Credentialing and Licensure

Cultural Diversity

Discipline (revised, 2019)

Equity for All Students

Foster Care

Gender Equity

Gifted and Talented Student Programs (revised, 2019)

Group Counseling

Gun Violence (revised, 2019)

High-Stakes Testing

Identification, Prevention and Intervention of Behaviors That Are Harmful and Place Students At Risk

Individual Student Planning for Postsecondary Preparation

LGBTQ Youth

Multitiered System of Supports

Peer Support Programs

Promotion of Safe Schools Through Conflict Resolution and Bullying/Harassment Prevention

Retention, Social Promotion and Age-Appropriate Placement

Safe Schools and Crisis Response (revised, 2019)

School Counseling Preparation Programs

School-Family-Community Partnerships

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Social/Emotional Development

Student Mental Health

Student Postsecondary Recruitment

Student Safety and the Use of Technology

Students With Disabilities

Suicide Prevention/Awareness

Test Preparation Programs

Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Trauma-Informed Practice

Use of Non-School-Counseling-Credentialed Personnel

Use of Support Staff in School Counseling Programs (revised, 2019)

Virtual School Counseling

Working With Students Experiencing Issues Surrounding Undocumented Status (revised, 2019)