Counseling Scholarship & Practice in Educational Communities (CSPEC) is a peer-reviewed journal with a focus on rigorous empirical, conceptual, and applied scholarship pertaining to mental health, wellness, prevention, education, and career activities that occur in and around preK-12 educational settings. We prioritize work that is pursuant of more equitable and just school and social communities through counseling, collaboration, education, advocacy, systemic change, and research. The review board will consider submissions from various disciplines so long as the work is grounded in the focus of the journal. CSPEC is the official journal of the Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CSCORE) at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.

Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

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A Mixed-Method Study to Evaluate Grade 4 Student Engagement in the Exceptional Student Success Skills Program

Hannah Bowers, Elizabeth Villares and Sheria Kwok

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

An Investigation of Student Outcomes Based on Student-to-School Counselor Ratios

Derron Hilts, Yanhong Liu and Xiuyan Guo

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

A 14-Year Content Analysis of School-Family Partnership Publications in Counseling: Trends, Gaps, and Future Directions

Yi-Wen Su and Dan Li

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

Re-Centering School Counseling: A Call for the Future

Colette Dollarhide

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

The Impact of True Goals as a Tier 1 Intervention on Student Hope and Sense of School Belonging

Patrick D Cunningham, Brett Zyromski and Ian Martin

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

School Counselors, Foster Care Alumni, and College Degree Attainment: An Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE) Approach

Claudia Smith and Carey Dimmitt

2025-02-17 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025

School Counselor Mental Models: Missing Piece to Role Transformation 

Jennifer Scaturo Watkinson, Tameka Grimes, Shaun Sowell and Shannon Roosma

2025-02-18 Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2025