ABSTRACT
Gifted educators have a useful ally in the professional school counselor who can help with student concerns, act as a support, and can find resources that alleviate stress and enhance teaching. Through their roles as counselors, consultants, collectors of information, coordinators of services, and collaborators in multiple partnerships, professional school counselors play a vital part in the talent development of their gifted students and in the support of their gifted educators. School counselors who utilize the model to shape their identity and roles, can also refer to the socio-emotional guidance and counseling standards in NAGC’s Pre-K–Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards for the development of services for gifted students. Probably the most recognizable role for professional school counselors is that of counseling. Counseling in schools can be done in different venues including individual sessions, small-group counseling, and classroom guidance activities.
