
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 2 • Issue 1 • 2026
Articles
A Content Analysis of ASCA Ethical Standards between 1972 and 2022
Daniel A. DeCino, Phillip L. Waalkes, W. Bradley McKibben and Emma Johnson
2026-02-04 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2026
The Development and Validation of the Student Engagement in Social Emotional Learning Skills (SE-SELS) Survey
Lilia Kneidel, Melissa Mariani, Cheolwoo Park, Elizabeth Villares and Hannah Bowers
2026-04-06 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2026
Self-Compassion as a Contributor to a Positive School Counselor Professional Quality of Life
Laura Barbour and Gene Eakin
2026-04-22 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2026
School Counselors’ Use of the American School Counselor Association Suicide Concern Information-Gathering Tool: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Meredith A Rausch, Laura Gallo and Tyler L Gray
2026-07-16 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2026
Humanizing Reentry Across Systems: School Counselors Supporting Justice-Involved Youth
Haley R Ault, Henrietta Gantt and Alex Cammarano
2026-07-16 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2026