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The Support School Counselors Need to Effectively Serve Their Students
When counselors have access to high-quality resources and training, they are better equipped to deliver programming, services, and interventions that make a genuine difference with their students.
What is Your Counseling Compass?
Your Counseling Compass is an online program for elementary school counselors (and school social workers) who want to have a more intentional and purposeful approach to school counseling that saves time, maximizes their impact, and reduces burnout.
What's included?
- Ongoing support and community
Evidence-Based School Counseling
Per the American School Counselor Association, Evidence-Based School Counseling means taking the following steps to serve students:
- Gathering data about student needs
- Implementing research-informed or evidence-based interventions
- Evaluating the impact and adapting as needed
Your Counseling Compass supports evidence-based school counseling through our research-informed resources and data collection tools.
What does research-informed mean? It means we’ve incorporated effective practices (according to research) on social emotional learning, group counseling, and children’s mental health into our resources. If you’re curious about specific peer-reviewed journal articles that have influenced our resources, please contact us (help@theresponsivecounselor.com) for a reference list.
“This is my first year being a school counselor. It is also the first year for my school to have a counseling program. The portal is so easy to use and find resources through. It has helped me tremendously! I love being able to find everything I need in one place. I also love the book database. It helps whenever I am going to be meeting with a student individually and need a book on a specific topic. Also, the teachers in my school have raved about my lessons and how practical and useful they are. I am always quick to say that my curriculum does such a great job!
Payton R. 
“I’ve always loved resources by The Responsive Counselor… so it was a no-brainer to sign up for this very affordable subscription. It’s saved me so much time when I am looking for resources to work with a student on a specific skill. I can easily download it, review it, and decide if it is what I’m looking for or to try a different resource - no more wasting money since it’s all included! I can’t wait to explore more of the professional development this summer too! YCC saves me time and money, and provides me research-based resources for ALL my students!”
Rebekah S.-Z. 
“Before becoming a member of YCC, I used the Responsive Counselor resources because I enjoyed using them and the resources met the needs of my program and my students. It is wonderful having the resources in one location identified according to topic. I also like the response time when there are questions and concerns. This feels like a group of friends supporting each other.”
Lois A. 
“I love having access to data-driven resources at all times. The lessons are easy to print and go, and the tools are great for any counselor trying to get/stay organized. I feel like I’ve subscribed to a lot of different resource memberships, and this one is definitely my favorite so far!”
Meg L. 
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“This is my first year being a school counselor. It is also the first year for my school to have a counseling program. The portal is so easy to use and find resources through. It has helped me tremendously! I love being able to find everything I need in one place. I also love the book database. It helps whenever I am going to be meeting with a student individually and need a book on a specific topic. Also, the teachers in my school have raved about my lessons and how practical and useful they are. I am always quick to say that my curriculum does such a great job!
Payton R.
“I’ve always loved resources by The Responsive Counselor… so it was a no-brainer to sign up for this very affordable subscription. It’s saved me so much time when I am looking for resources to work with a student on a specific skill. I can easily download it, review it, and decide if it is what I’m looking for or to try a different resource - no more wasting money since it’s all included! I can’t wait to explore more of the professional development this summer too! YCC saves me time and money, and provides me research-based resources for ALL my students!”
Rebekah S.-Z.
“Before becoming a member of YCC, I used the Responsive Counselor resources because I enjoyed using them and the resources met the needs of my program and my students. It is wonderful having the resources in one location identified according to topic. I also like the response time when there are questions and concerns. This feels like a group of friends supporting each other.”
Lois A.
“I love having access to data-driven resources at all times. The lessons are easy to print and go, and the tools are great for any counselor trying to get/stay organized. I feel like I’ve subscribed to a lot of different resource memberships, and this one is definitely my favorite so far!”
Meg L.
What makes Your Counseling Compass different ?
Research
Our resources are created based not only on experience and best practices, but also on what the research tells us about what works when it comes to social emotional learning and children’s mental health.
Made by Counselors for Counselors
School counseling and school social work are unique roles that require lessons, activities, and tools created specifically for them by those that understand the specific needs.
Continuous Improvement
The world changes, schools change, and students change. We regularly review and update our curriculums to match the changing needs of students.
Ongoing Professional Development
Our support for counselors doesn’t end with providing them with resources – we create digestible and applicable trainings each month to increase counselor confidence and effectiveness.
Partnering With Schools and Districts Across the Country
Curriculum
Our resource library includes a complete yearlong SEL curriculum for school counselors to deliver (sixteen lessons each for kindergarten through fifth grade). It is fully aligned with the American School Counselor Association’s Mindsets & Behaviors (akin to standards) and the Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning’s competencies. Other lessons are also included, in order for counselors to be responsive to each school’s and grade level’s needs.
There are also tier 2 and 3 supports, including comprehensive group counseling curriculums, individual counseling curriculums, and behavior interventions.
Professional Development
Counselor self-efficacy plays a critical role in their ability to deliver high-quality services. In addition, lower self-efficacy is predictive of burnout. Our program promotes self-efficacy by providing counselors with the trainings (and tools) they need so that their belief in their ability to overcome difficulties and succeed in their role increases.
We also know that telementoring improves school counselors’ understanding and application of the evidence-based school counseling model. Our program provides a modified (more flexible and asynchronous) method of telementoring through audio trainings and online community support.
School counselors don’t have time to regularly consume long form professional development throughout the year, but they can digest the bite-sized audio trainings inside Your Counseling Compass. They’re uploaded twice a month in the hub (alongside transcripts), and also accessible through a private podcast feed.
$230
Annual Access
How it works:
1. Request a quote.
2. Submit the purchase order.
3. Counselors receive access!
- One license needed for each counselor
- Licenses are transferrable for staffing changes
- 5+ licenses receive a 5% discount
- 10+ licenses receive 10% off and a free private onboarding
- Payment by purchase order
- Account will not autorenew
School counselors need support. We're privileged to provide it.
Your Counseling Compass is a program from The Responsive Counselor. Our company began when our founder realized that grad school training isn’t enough, and that school counselors are often underresourced when it comes to high-quality curriculum.
Since 2016, we’ve been supporting school counselors through professional development and engaging, effective resources.
We believe it is a great privilege and responsibility to serve school counselors (and by extension, students!) all around the globe.
