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The authors examined school counselors design of classroom curriculum lessons through a content analysis of lesson plans located on the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Scene website. The analysis coded 139 lesson plans based on 12 lesson plan component categories and types of instructional strategies used. Findings address the frequency of topics related to the three ASCA domains, grade levels, and scores on 12 lesson components including overall total score. The article includes implications for school counselor leadership and training.

School counselors increasingly are being asked to develop and implement data-based interventions for academic and social/emotional problems. The purpose of this article is to provide a demonstration of goal attainment scaling (GAS) as an intervention outcome assessment tool for school counselor's work with students. The strengths and limitations of the GAS method are described and an application is provided on the use of the method with school counseling consultation cases. We conclude that GAS is a useful tool for school counselors to evaluate individual or group intervention outcomes.