In 2019, ASCA released the 4th edition of the ASCA Model, a Framework for School Counseling Programs. Changes included fewer templates and combined templates from the 3rd edition after school counselor feedback that the 3rd edition had become too complex and onerous. The four outside-the-diamond skills from the first three editions: advocacy, leadership, teaming and collaboration, and systemic change are now incorpated throughout the model and no longer part of the diamond graphic organizer. The four quadrants of the model have been changed to verbs and action-oriented words to better clarify the key components: