School counseling that makes a difference-for all students! An elementary school counselor implements a comprehensive program to promote academic and social-emotional development for all students. They plant seeds of college and career readiness, which means creating core curriculum classroom lessons, delivering engaging content to students and parents, managing classroom behaviors, providing assessments, and sharing the results. The good news is that counselors don't have to do it alone. In this guide, three experienced school counselors go step by step through the creation and implementation of high-quality Tier 1 systems of universal supports. With a focus on proactive and prevention education through core curriculum classroom lessons and schoolwide activities, this practical text includes: the school counselor's role in Multi-tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports; examples to help with design, implementation, and evaluation; guidance for selecting curriculum and developing lesson and action plans; alignment with ASCA National Model and ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors; vignettes from practicing elementary school counselors; recommendations for including families in prevention activities; and management tools, reproducible templates, and reflective activities and processing questions. Teach the academic, college and career, and social-emotional competencies students need to be successful learners. With this book's expert guidance, counselors are prepared to help them get there.