Upcoming Webinars
From Insight to Impact:
Data-Driven School Counseling Interventions
As a part of its Innovations in Counseling series, the NBCC Foundation invites you to a free webinar on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, from 1–2 pm EDT. Live webinars are available at no cost, and documentation of 1 clock hour of continuing education is available for registrants who attend the full webinar.
From Insight to Impact: Data-Driven School Counseling Interventions explores how School Counselors and Counselor Educators can establish mutually beneficial partnerships to effectively integrate data-informed decision-making to better serve the student population and increase sense of belonging on campus. This session highlights the critical role of data in identifying student needs, promoting student success, and guiding targeted interventions.
Participants will gain practical strategies for establishing relationships with neighboring universities and utilizing data to inform School Counseling practices. The webinar will also examine how Counselor Education programs can prepare future School Counselors to confidently apply data in ways that are ethical, impactful, and responsive to the communities they serve. The presentation will also explore approaches for disseminating data-informed work through peer-reviewed publication.
Attendees will leave with actionable tools and frameworks to strengthen training practices, enhance service delivery, and move from insight to meaningful, measurable impact in school settings.
After this presentation, participants will be able to:
- apply data-driven strategies to identify student needs and inform School Counseling interventions.
- analyze school-based data and guide decision-making that promotes student success.
- develop training approaches that integrate data literacy and strategies to strengthen collaboration between School Counselor preparation programs and local districts.
Vanessa Placeres, PhD, NCC, LPC, RPT
Vanessa holds a PhD in counselor education from Georgia State University, along with master’s degrees in counseling, marriage and family therapy, and school counseling from California State University, Fresno, and Georgia State University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, School Counselor, and Registered Play Therapist in the state of Georgia. Her clinical work centers on supporting children and adolescents, with experience across community agencies, inpatient rehabilitation settings, and high school counseling.
Caroline Lopez-Perry, PhD, PPS
Dr. Caroline Lopez-Perry is an Associate Professor in the school counseling program at California State University, Long Beach, and the coordinator for school counseling fieldwork experiences. Prior to her work in Counselor Education, she was a School Counselor in the elementary and middle school settings. Her research and publications focus on School Counselor leadership. Other areas of focus include Group Counseling, School Counseling classroom instruction, career and college readiness, and the recruitment and retention of School Counselors. She was a key contributor to the development of the recently updated CCTC Pupil Personnel Services School Counselor Program Standards and Performance Expectations and co-authored Best Practice: Guidelines for California School Counselors.
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