Counselors
Supporting the professional development of school counselors.
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Professional Development
New Counselors' Institute (NCI)
ESC Region 13’s New Counselors' Institute (NCI) is a place where participants can seek guidance while collaborating and networking with other new counselors in the region.
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Cooperatives
Counselor Support Services Coop
The Region 13 School Counselor Collaborative is a series of workshops designed for certified school counselors and school‐based mental health therapists. It's designed to provide learning opportunities and also a network of professionals to collaborate and learn from.
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Cooperatives
High School Student Advising Cooperative
Connect and network with other professionals in your region, exchange best practices, and explore innovative strategies for supporting student success. You'll also gain valuable insights into high school and district systems, navigate College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) pathways, and receive personalized consultation support as needed.
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Professional Development
Mental Health Series
7 virtual half-day workshops aimed at equipping school mental health personnel with skills to support students' well-being, alongside membership access to the annual Mental Health Conference.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
School Behavioral Threat Assessment Training: July 2026
With the passage of Senate Bill 11, Texas now joins other states in our country in mandating the implementation of behavioral threat assessment teams through legislation in its Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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BHPP Lunch & Learn Series 2026-2027: Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
Gain essential skills and strategies for supporting students’ mental health and well-being.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Lunch & Learn: Change Talk - Motivational Interviewing Basics for Substance Use
Explore Motivational Interviewing (MI), an evidence-based approach that helps professionals engage teens with substance use concerns through collaboration, empathy, and meaningful conversations that support positive change.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Workshop
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Lunch & Learn: Communicate Boundaries, Build Healthy Relationships
Learn practical strategies for fostering healthy relationships, setting boundaries, and improving communication skills to help students navigate social interactions both online and in person.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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CALM Training - Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a course offered as part of the Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Lunch & Learn: Working with School Avoidance, Chronic Absenteeism, and Anxiety
Gain practical strategies for supporting students experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, and school avoidance. Explore effective interventions, family collaboration, and tools for creating a supportive learning environment that promotes student success.
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AS+K Suicide Prevention Training
Participants are trained to recognize warning signs—behaviors and characteristics that might indicate elevated risk for suicidal behavior—and the initial intervention steps to support a person they think might be at risk for suicide.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Lunch & Learn: Moving Through Grief in Community
Gain tools to understand and address grief in children with IDD, including ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence, with empathy and effectiveness.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Gain essential skills for supporting students through mental health challenges and crises.
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Event
Lunch & Learn: Recognizing and Responding to Trafficking
Learn to recognize the warning signs of human and sex trafficking, respond using trauma-informed practices, and connect vulnerable students with the supports and resources they need to stay safe.
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Lunch & Learn: Families as Allies, not Enemies - Partnering with Parents
Strengthen family-school partnerships through effective communication, collaborative problem solving, and relationship-centered strategies that support student success and well-being.
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Lunch & Learn: The Double-Edged Sword of ED - Supporting our SPED Students
Explore the complexities of the Emotional Disturbance classification in Special Education, including access to services, stigma, student identity, and equitable practices that support student-centered decision-making.
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AS+K Suicide Prevention Training: April 2027
Participants are trained to recognize warning signs—behaviors and characteristics that might indicate elevated risk for suicidal behavior—and the initial intervention steps to support a person they think might be at risk for suicide.
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CALM Training - Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a course offered as part of the Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative.
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Lunch & Learn: Trauma, the Breath, and the Body
Discover the science of mindfulness through breath, movement, and nervous system regulation. Explore innovative, trauma-informed practices that promote well-being, resilience, and deeper connections with students.
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Lunch & Learn: Book Club! - The Anxious Generation
Join a collaborative discussion of The Anxious Generation and explore the factors contributing to today’s youth mental health challenges, along with practical strategies for supporting student well-being and
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Program Support
Writing for Wellness
Support student and staff well-being through guided writing experiences that build resilience, emotional awareness, and meaningful connection.
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Workshop
"Think Smart" Opioid Misuse Prevention Curriculum - Instructor Training
A dynamic 4-hour interactive instructor training for an opioid misuse prevention curriculum tailored for students in grades 4 through 12.
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Administrators and Counselors Training
This self-directed online course will meet the requirement for six hours of professional development for administrators and counselors who serve gifted students.
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Lunch & Learn: Interventions for Anxiety and School Avoidance
Gain practical tools and strategies to recognize, understand, and effectively support students facing acute anxiety and related challenges like panic attacks and school avoidance.
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Product
The Counselor's Playbook for Elementary - Spanish Supplemental (Downloadable PDF)
The Counselor's Playbook for Elementary - Spanish Supplemental is designed as an add-on resource that works in conjunction with the Counselor's Playbook for Elementary. It includes Spanish language equivalents of the student activities and letters home for each of the 10 engaging and interactive lessons in the full product.
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The Counselor's Playbook for Middle School - Spanish Supplemental (Downloadable PDF)
The Counselor's Playbook for Middle School - Spanish Supplemental is designed as an add-on resource that works in conjunction with the Counselor's Playbook for Elementary. It includes Spanish language equivalents of the student activities and letters home for each of the 10 engaging and interactive lessons in the full product.
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The Counselor's Playbook for Middle School (Downloadable PDF)
The Counselor's Playbook for Middle School includes 10 engaging and interactive lessons for classroom guidance, group counseling, individual student support, and distance learning delivery options for middle school-aged students. This playbook focuses on developing student's skills in connection, empathy, healthy coping skills, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. There are two unique lessons focused on each of the five skills. The Counselor's Playbook includes the following programming support: Standards alignment to the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Program, 5th Edition. Customized notes to the counselor to ensure the content meets the needs of the students, including pacing suggestions and lesson delivery steps. Parent/guardian involvement (newsletter clip) to help with quick communication for the additional support and extension within the student’s home. Downloadable PDF - 54 Pages The Counselor's Playbook for Middle School was produced and is maintained by the Counseling Services Specialists at Region 13.
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The Counselor's Playbook for Elementary (Downloadable PDF)
The Counselor's Playbook for Elementary includes 10 engaging and interactive lessons for classroom guidance, group counseling, individual student support, and distance learning delivery options. This playbook focuses on developing student's skills in connection, empathy, healthy coping skills, self-efficacy and self-regulation. Each skill included in the elementary toolkit has two lessons – one for primary aged students (K-2nd grade) and one for intermediate aged students (3rd-5th). The Counselor's Playbook includes the following programming support: Standards alignment to the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Program, 5th Edition. Customized notes to the counselor to ensure the content meets the needs of the students, including pacing suggestions and lesson delivery steps. Parent/guardian involvement (newsletter clip) to help with quick communication for the additional support and extension within the student’s home. Downloadable PDF - 60 Pages The Counselor's Playbook for Elementary was produced and is maintained by the Counseling Services Specialists at Region 13.
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Professional Development
Counseling: Custom PD
The Counseling Support Services Cooperative will support your district and/or campus with a full continuum of customized counselor professional development.
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Healthy learning communities
School counselors are a critical part of any district or campus, enhancing student development, preparing students for college and careers, and identifying and responding to students' emotional, behavioral and educational needs.
Our counseling specialists provide high-quality training and professional development, expert assistance, consultation services, information dissemination and communication to school district personnel in the Region 13 area and throughout the state in the areas of counseling and mental health.
We offer information updates, including legislative and legal mandates, and support for initiatives in public education that enhance student development and academic achievement. Our counseling specialists also provide professional development opportunities that are specifically designed to support counselor needs relating to college and career readiness, research-based best practices, data-driven programs, and research findings related to identifying and understanding students’ emotional, behavioral, and educational needs.
Our goal is to develop and nurture healthy learning communities across Region 13 by guiding and supporting school counselors, educators, mental health professionals, and other school staff members designated to ensure the health, wellness, and academic success of our students in Region 13.
Need to get in touch?
Contact a member of our team for more information.
Jenny Brockway, 512-919-5469