You’re Not the Behavior Department

School for School Counselors Podcast · Mar 2, 2026 · 24m

Is managing student behavior actually school counseling?If you’re spending most of your week handling behavior referrals, putting out fires, and decoding defiance before you’ve even opened your calendar… this episode draws a line most schools never clearly defined.Because somewhere along the way, behavior didn’t just increase.It migrated.And it landed in the school counselor’s office.In this episode, we unpack how school counselors quietly became the default behavior managers in many buildings when discipline structures softened without being clearly replaced.You’ll hear:How PBIS and…