Undocumented Students Resources

ASCA Position Statements

• The School Counselor & Working with Students Experiencing Issues Surrounding Undocumented Status (revised 2019)

Suicide Prevention Resources

ASCA Position Statements

• The School Counselor & Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (revised 2022)
• The School Counselor & Suicide Risk Assessment (adopted 2020)

Race & Equity Resources

ASCA Position Statements

• ASCA's Statement on Anti-Racism (May 2020)
• The School Counselor & Equity for All Students (revised 2024)
• The School Counselor & Cultural Diversity (revised 2021)
• The School Counselor & Anti-Racist Practices (adopted 2021)

CSCA Webinar

• School Counselors Connect: A Conversation About Racism and Social Justice (recorded June 3, 2020)

Websites & Tools

• Sunshine Behavioral Health - Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community (resources)
• Inclusive Therapists - mental health resources for social justice and liberation centered books, websites and articles
• Anti-Defamation League - information on anti-bias training, lessons, books
• Center for Racial Justice in Education - resources
• Teaching Tolerance - lessons, professional development and other resources 
• Anti-Racism Resources - a compilation of books, movies, podcasts, websites, etc. 
• Classroom Resources and Tips to Address Anti-Asian Discrimination (We Are Teachers)
• We Are Teachers - Discrimination Resources
• Facilitating Necessary Spaces: A toolkit for change makers during extraordinary times (UMOJA)
• The Critical Work of Racial Identity Development (CT State Dept of Ed)
• Civil Rights & Social Justice Resources for the Classroom (Commonsense Media)
• Civil Rights Teaching
• AFT Classroom Resources to Teach about Civil Rights
• Library of Congress Civil Rights Resources (for teaching)
• Additional DEI Resources from CTRISE
• Sesame Street's Town Hall on Racism, Part I & II
• The Human Rights Game
• "Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others" (Pepperdine University)

Articles

• "Social media, sexuality, and school shootings: Tips for 10 hard talks every parent will have with their kids" by Kate Etue
• "Talking to Kids about Race and Violence in America" (Child Mind Institute)
• "A White Families' Guide for Talking About Racism" (blog post)

Books for Adults 

• Book Recs from Victoria Alexander
• "White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" by Robin DiAngelo
• "Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo
• "How to Be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi
• "White Rage" by Carol Anderson
• "Me & White Supremacy" by Layla F. Saad

Books for Children

• Anti-Racism for kids 101: Starting to Talk about Race (book collection)
• Black Lives Matter: A Compilation list (children through adult)
• 22 Picture Books for Kids to Inspire Conversations about Diversity
• Books about Civil Rights, Racism & Anti-Racism

Exploring Your Own Biases

• Project Implicit - offered from Harvard University to explore your potential biases through a confidential survey to help you self reflect