School counsellors are key members of guidance and student services teams. Within the context of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team approach, school counsellors play a leadership role in the development and implementation of a comprehensive guidance and counselling program.
 | Developmental Guidance: Counsellors develop, co-ordinate, and implement
various developmental and preventive programs.
| Individual Planning: Counsellors participate, collaborate, and consult
as members of the interdisciplinary team to provide support for students'
individual planning.
| Responsive Services: Counsellors provide services to students in need
through individual and small group guidance and counselling interventions,
crisis intervention, parent out-reach, consultation, referral, and
multi-systemic interventions.
| Systems Support: Counsellors perform various activities intended to
support the school's guidance function. Examples include conducting
workshops for parents and staff, student placement, research, data
collection, community outreach, and program administration. | |
Counsellors are also in a key position to play a vital role in threat assessment teams, student support teams and safe school teams. They often also play an advocacy role for students with staff, families, and outside agencies.