This session focuses on foundational individual counseling skills that elementary school counselors can use to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. Participants will review core counseling strategies, connect these practices to ASCA Student Standards, and explore how individual counseling can help students build coping skills, self-management, learning strategies, and social skills. The session also introduces how evidence-based theoretical frameworks can strengthen brief, school-based counseling practices.

Participant Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify foundational counseling skills used in short-term, school-based individual counseling.

2. Align individual counseling practices with ASCA Student Standards.

3. Apply counseling strategies to support students experiencing anxiety, stress, and self-management needs.

4. Describe how evidence-based theoretical frameworks can inform individual counseling interventions.

5. Select at least one individual counseling strategy to integrate into their current counseling practice.