Resources for Graduate students and practicing Counselors to get virtual clock hours:

ASCA On Air: Webinars, if you are an ASCA member there are tons of webinars on a variety of topics. For
now, this is a free webinar about how to do school counseling virtually, complete with free hand outs.
https://videos.schoolcounselor.org/home

ASCA University Courses: (I have on good authority that these will be offered discounted possibly free
soon due to the shut down)

https://www.schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members/professional-development/asca-u

ACA Online Trainings/Professional Development for minimal cost:

https://aca.digitellinc.com/aca/store/5/index/74

College Board Webinars (especially helpful to those of you in high school/wanting high school settings)

https://counselors.collegeboard.org/professional-learning/webinars

Suicide Prevention Online Self guided training:

https://training.sprc.org/

Google classroom virtual school counseling example set up:

Click here

Educators Using ZOOM during the shut down (free right now for educators)

https://zoom.us/docs/doc/Comprehensive%20Guide%20to%20Educating%20Through%20Zoom.pdf?
zcid=1231&_ga=2.258135502.551525991.1583696790-827731685.1566335579

Zoom free resources for educators during shut down:

https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/covid19.html

Teachers Pay Teachers for Counselors (E-book) This is a great free resource, if you look through all the
folks that contributed to it you will find a variety of great resources to begin working on your own
website

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Meet-the-Counselors-of-TpT-Ebook-2017-2018-Back-
to-School-3251473

Confident School Counselor: This page provides resources for self guided learning, webinars and toolkits
for tons of topics, you can self guide and write up what you learned on certain topics and we can count
those as hours:

https://confidentcounselors.com/2018/03/04/freeschoolcounselingresources/

Free webinar on Building a Better 504 plan/IEP and how to work with a team (Geared toward parents
but a good resource)

https://youtu.be/6ws5sLEwFZI
FREE Webinar happening on 4/6/2020 on 504s from the Missouri School of Education:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/section-504-and-students-with-disabilities-webinar-tickets-
89987951385

Free Webinar (Pre-recorded on 504 Vs. IEP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwRIrPFBDmA

Free Webinar on 504 plans for kids with food allergies (an increasing issue you will see)

https://community.kidswithfoodallergies.org/clip/school-504-plans-and-individualized-health-care-plans

Free Webinars on 504s, IEPs and FBA’s

https://www.fhfnola.org/webinars

Informational 504 webinar from an Educational Attorney:

https://youtu.be/tt3-_s_F23Q

CHADD (Children and Adults with ADD): Online ask the expert webinar series:

https://chadd.org/ask-the-expert/

Skyward Mini tutorials on just about everything:

https://www.skyward.com/support/quick-hits

Teaching Tolerance AMAZING webinars:

https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/webinars
Resources for student and at home learning/Education on the Shut down:

http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

Nearpod Virtual lessons/free platform during shut down:

https://nearpod.com/coronavirus

Inside SEL- This is a VERY comprehensive list of resources for you, for parents and for students, it really
has just about everything

https://insidesel.com/2020/03/12/covid-19/

Attendance Works: TONS of resources here

https://www.attendanceworks.org/coronavirus-resources-for-educators/

Class Dojo:

https://www.classdojo.com/

Free streaming from:

Pluto TV ( https://pluto.tv/welcome)
Kanopy; "kids-only" TV, library card required ( https://www.kanopy.com/kids)

Free access to nightly streaming from the Metropolitan Opera:

https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/met-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-
series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-
closure/

20 days free access to Scholastic Learn at Home (up to 3 hours per day)

Source: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Free science lessons from Mystery Science (K-5th)

Source: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

This Free Virtual Field Trip Google doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic

You can find a variety of free ebooks from:

- https://earlybirdbooks.com/
- https://www.bookbub.com/welcome
- https://www.freebooksy.com/
- https://www.free-ebooks.net/
Articles/Important information on virtual counseling and legal/ethical considerations of the shut
down:

https://www.schoolcounselor.org/magazine/blogs/july-august-2018/it-s-a-virtual-world

ASCA Position Statement on Virtual Counseling:

https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/PositionStatements/PS_Virtual.pdf

ASCA Guidance on Emergency shut down/virtual counseling:

https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/home/EmergencyShutdown.pdf

SAMSHA: Coping with Stress amidst the disease outbreak:

https://store.samhsa.gov/system/files/sma14-4885.pdf

Sample Coronavirus Lesson Plan to educate students:

https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/coronavirus-student-guide

Legal information on everything you can could think of during the shut down (SPED, FERPA etc.)

https://www.ed.gov/coronavirus