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Specialties that open doors

• College and career advising

  Deep knowledge of admissions, scholarships and the federal aid application makes you the person families ask for.

• Crisis and trauma training

  Suicide risk assessment and trauma-informed practice. Increasingly expected rather than optional.

• Bilingual counseling

  Districts pay stipends for it in many states, and it changes what you can actually do for families.

• Special education knowledge

  Understanding individual education plans and accommodations makes you far more useful in every meeting.

• A counseling license outside schools

  Some counselors add a clinical license so they can see private clients in the evenings or after retiring.