TExES School Counselor 252 Study Guide 2026–2027 | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the TExES® School Counselor (252) exam with a complete study guide built on the official exam framework: four domains, ten competencies, and the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs. Every chapter maps to a named competency and condenses what the exam measures into clear explanations, comparison tables, schematic diagrams, campus scenarios, and Exam Focus boxes.

This 124-page digital guide gives the most room to Domain II, the Comprehensive School Counseling Program (about 44% of the exam), coaches you through the constructed-response case study that makes up Domain IV, and finishes with two 100-question practice tests of exam-level, scenario-based questions.

What's Inside

• An overview of the current exam: 90 selected-response questions plus 1 constructed response, 5-hour appointment, 100–300 scale with a passing score of 240, domain weights, fee, registration, and the Texas retake rules
• Domain I, Knowledge of Learners: Piaget, Vygotsky, information processing and executive function, brain development, Erikson and Marcia, attachment, Maslow, Bronfenbrenner, learning theories, Kohlberg and Gilligan, poverty and trauma, English learners and the LPAC, McKinney-Vento, migrant, gifted and twice-exceptional students, IDEA and Section 504, school climate, bullying and David's Law, restorative practices, and PBIS
• Domain II, The Comprehensive School Counseling Program: the Texas Model's four delivery components, program structure and the improvement cycle, time balance by school level and the 80% rule, guidance curriculum design, counseling theories, individual and group counseling, suicide risk, Texas abuse-reporting law, crisis response, the Foundation High School Program and endorsements, personal graduation plans, CCMR, FAFSA/TASFA, career theories, systems support, MTSS, threat assessment teams, and process, perception, and outcome data
• Domain III, The Professional School Counselor: consultation models and Caplan's four types, Epstein's family involvement, advocacy and leadership, score interpretation and the normal curve, reliability, validity, and SEM, the Texas Educators' Code of Ethics, ASCA and ACA codes, FERPA, PPRA, Title IX, and technology ethics
• Domain IV, Analysis and Response: the four required parts of the constructed response, a timed planning method, and two fully worked case studies
• Final review checklist, study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions) weighted like the exam's selected-response domains, with a separate answer key explaining every answer

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

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