Disabilities Through Self-Advocacy Training

Professional School Counselors (PSCs) are trained to be leaders in school reform, collaborators with other educators, and advocates for all students. While PSCs provide academic, career, and personal/social interventions for the student body as part of a comprehensive school counseling program the needs of students with disabilities are often excluded. This article demonstrates replicable strategies for including students with special needs in a comprehensive school counseling program. The school counseling graduate participants focused on students with high-incidence disabilities in a diverse, urban high school in San Diego, California