Pupil services are the four professions of school counseling, nursing, psychology, and social work organized into a team with school administration. The following eight components summarize the kinds of strategies, interventions, and programs pupil services professionals utilize to provide the comprehensive services necessary to support student development in the academic, career, and personal/social areas, as well as address barriers to learning. Specific members of the pupil services team provide these components consistent with their training and respective areas of expertise.
Assessment, screening, and evaluation
Individual and small-group student services
Home-school collaboration
Classroom instruction
Collaboration and partnerships with community-based systems
Services for staff
Program and resource development, management, and evaluation
Systems and policy change