Evidence-Based School Counseling: Expanding the Existing Paradigm

This special edition of Professional School Counseling provides some of the key proceedings from the seventh annual Evidence-based School Counseling Conference (EBSCC). As the conceptual and practical aspects of conducting evidence-based school counseling (EBSC) have evolved, those changes are reflected in the conference content. This article identifies some of the ways that EBSC has progressed, including making sure that multiple aspects of student well-being—such as mental health and social-emotional learning—are given full consideration, increased attention to complex social contexts and student intersectional identities, new ways of thinking about what data to use and how to use it to make decisions and to show impact, as well as methods for teaching prospective school counselors how to most effectively practice EBSC.