Prerequisite(s): COUN 552 and COUN 588. Restriction(s): Matriculation in one of the following Graduate Programs: Counseling w/conc: School Counseling, School Counselor Certificate program, Student Assistance Coordinator program, or department approval. In this course, students explore school counseling from its early development as avocational service, through its evolution to the current initiatives focused on promoting academic, career, social and emotional development for all students from a systemic and systematic approach. Emphasis is placed upon the comprehensive roles and responsibilities of contemporary school counselors using the American School Counselor Association National Model. School counselors’ functions including, but not limited to comprehensive school counseling program development, planning, implementation, and evaluation will be studied, with considerations for school policy, context, and culture.