The 21st century has witnessed a drastic transformation in professional school counseling, fueled by calls for social justice and educational equity and characterized by a movement toward collaboration, advocacy, leadership, and systemic change to promote academic success for all students. The authors describe how this transformation is aligned with an ecological perspective, provide an overview of the basic tenets of ecological thinking, and take a first step toward developing an intentional model of ecological school counseling.

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As a profession, school counseling must serve as an active force against systemic racism, and school counselor preparation must equip future professionals as antiracist agents of change. This article expands the original Transforming School Counseling Initiative (TSCI) tenets that sought to re-envision school counselor preparation in the late 1990s with language that explicitly supports antiracism. The authors offer a definition of antiracist school counseling and sample assignments and experiences that align with the revised tenets.

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Leadership is recently touted as a necessary skill for school counselors and as a means of aligning their work more intentionally with school improvement goals. By using leadership practices, school counselors can implement a program that addresses the academic, career, and personal-social needs of all students. This article outlines a large-scale study examining the relationship between school counseling program implementation and school counselor leadership practices. Implications and recommendations for school administrators are also discussed.

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Setting The first regulated supervised inhalation site (safer smoking room) in North America has opened in Lethbridge, Alberta, as part of a supervised consumption site addressing all routes of consumption. When designing the service, we felt it was important to accommodate not just injection drug use but also inhalation because (1) it is not the method of drug use that kills but the drug itself, (2) all people who use drugs deserve service regardless of their mode of use, and (3) people who use drugs should have the opportunity to use the method with the lowest risk. Intervention We received approval from Health Canada to offer supervised inhalation services in addition to supervised injection services. Based on a European model, we worked with a local commercial heating, cooling, and ventilation (HVAC) company to create rooms with ventilation systems that complied with Canadian health and safety regulations. Outcome People who use drugs by inhalation have repeatedly told us that they want to use indoors and will do so given the option. Since opening the supervised consumption service at the end of February 2018, the response has been overwhelming and both of the inhalation rooms are constantly in use. Implications Supervised inhalation services provide an alternative to public drug use and an opportunity for people who use drugs to engage with harm reduction services. Other supervised consumption services in Canada may also wish to pursue exemptions for this service. Résumé Lieu Le premier site réglementé d'inhalation sous supervision (fumerie à moindre risque) en Amérique du Nord a ouvert à Lethbridge, en Alberta; il fait partie d'un site de consommation sous supervision pour tous les modes de consommation. En concevant ce service, nous avons jugé important de permettre non seulement l'utilisation de drogue par injection, mais aussi par inhalation car : 1) ce n'est pas la méthode de consommation qui tue, mais la drogue; 2) les personnes qui consomment de la drogue ont le droit d'être servies peu importe leur mode de consommation; et 3) ces personnes devraient pouvoir utiliser le mode de consommation le moins dangereux. Intervention Nous avons obtenu l'accord de Santé Canada pour offrir des services d'inhalation sous supervision en plus de services d'injection sous supervision. En nous inspirant d'un modèle européen, nous avons travaillé avec une entreprise locale de chauffage, ventilation et climatisation (CVC) à créer des salles dotées de systèmes de ventilation conformes à la réglementation canadienne de santé-sécurité. Résultats Les consommateurs de drogue par inhalation nous ont dit à plusieurs reprises qu'ils veulent consommer à l'intérieur et qu'ils le font s'ils en ont la possibilité. Depuis l'ouverture de notre site de consommation sous supervision la fin de février 2018, la demande est massive, et nos deux salles d'inhalation sont constamment utilisées.

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.