Counseling And Related Educational Programs

In 1981, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs was established (CACREP, 2016b). Before its official establishment it went through challenges. These challenges were for CACREP to be an accrediting agency for masters- and doctoral-level programs and establishing a Commission on Standards Implementation (Sweeney, 1992). CACREP has six standards for which current and future accreditation programs must follow (CACREP, 2016c). The purpose of these standards are to have are able to define counseling and distinguish themselves from other behavioral health fields. Students and programs receive benefits from CACREP accreditation. Students who attend a CACREP-accredited program received the benefit of being taught by faculty members with a counseling degree from a CACREP-accredited program, core courses for the counseling profession, and later become faculty member in a CACREP-accredited program (CACREP, 2016d, 2016e). Also, programs receive the benefit of institutional support, faculty members with one set responsibility, and continuous evaluation (CACREP, 2016d, 2016g). Since CACREP creation, it has overcome many challenges. Now with a changing society, CACREP must move towards licensure portability and unified counseling profession.

The timeline in Fig 1.2 showing “events, high points and key moments in counseling history” since the beginning of the 20th century both interested and surprised me in several ways. Firstly, I was surprised to learn that, rather than evolving slowly in parallel with the medical profession in general in response to the needs of the mentally ill (perhaps more descriptive of the field of psychiatry), counseling as a profession was in fact pioneered by Frank Parsons, or at least by the vocational guidance movement that he represented (Granello, 2012, p. 14). It is interesting to me that career guidance is still an important part of counseling, (Granello, 2012, p. 18) since Frank Parsons struggled with this personally and identified it as a need in society. On consideration, I realize that it makes a great deal of sense that finding an enjoyable and appropriate career has a huge impact on personal well-being, and therefore one’s mental health. Frank Parsons identified an important aspect of society (lack of education regarding suitable professions) that he felt might contribute to its dysfunction, and wrote a number of books, including “Choosing a Vocation” (Granello, 2012, p. 14). Although at first this seemed to me a surprising initiator of the Counseling profession, it is probably quite a natural one.

The Comprehensive School Counseling Program Notebook which follows the ASCA National Model third edition was created in School Counseling Programs. This notebook is divided into four components as directed by the comprehensive school counseling program: foundation, delivery, management, and accountability. The Foundation section includes my core beliefs, my vision, my mission, rationale, description, and goals of the program at Mountain Home Junior School. Delivery, Management, and Accountability (AR 1.2).

The origins of clinical mental health counseling are best explained through an understanding of the counseling profession as a whole. From its start, counseling was interdisciplinary, evolving from such disciplines “including but not limited to anthropology, education, ethics, history, law, medical sciences, philosophy, psychology, and sociology” (Gladding, 2013, p. 3) . As people began to experience adverse effects to their lives due to the circumstances of the Industrial Revolution, it was apparent that help was needed, sparking humanitarian work and the beginnings of counseling. By the early 1900s people began to take notice of the counseling profession in the form of the progressive guidance

From this parent company, the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP) was established. CoAEMSP is the organization responsible for the paramedic educational accreditation review and site visits, with recommendations CAAHEP is the actual accrediting agency. They have been in existence ever since the paramedic profession was recognized within the allied health occupation in 1975 by the American Medical Association. For over 30 years, many specialty members have served on the Board of Directors including but not limited to the following listing:

The American Academy of Professional Coders or AAPC was founded to provide education and professional certification to medical coders. They have been around since 1988. Certifications truly demonstrate that a professional medical coder has working knowledge. The AAPC offers training and a vast wealth of resources and information. They also have a network of about 165,000 members and the point you in the right direction towards gainful employment.

Health care organizations in the United States (U.S.) are required to understand the rules and regulations necessary to sustain operations. One manner this can be achieved is through accreditation of the institution. Accreditation is a process in which a subject matter expert (SME) evaluates an organization against a pre-established set of standards. This evaluation allows the SME to determine the organization’s substantive compliance. This compliance is used to help establish a minimal standard in support of successful outcomes.

Although professional standards were promoted throughout the 20th century in a wide range of settings (Centore & Milacci, 2008), it has only within the last quarter century or so that the counseling profession established a formal entity called the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) in 1981 for this purpose (Adams, 2006). A year later, the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates (NBCC) was established in 1982 to provide accreditation standards for counselor education as well as a method of assessing educational knowledge (Adams, 2006). In this regard, Juhnke (2009) reports that, "The NBCC was established through the American Counseling Association (ACA) in 1982. The reason for NBCC's original existence

Interest stemming from which major counseling organizations have contributed to the community of counseling students and professional counselors raises questions about the future of education. The counseling profession is currently providing educational opportunities for students to become CACREP certified counselors completely online. This is important for active professionals who hold full time jobs, or other limitations prevent them from studying in a classroom environment. This is not the case for all professions for example, schools that provide an online education for attorneys in most states are

What does it mean to be a counselor of psychology? How does training and education that a counselor focused on helping help people without mental problems? To whom do the services of counseling services appeal too and seek service assistance. What roles can a counselor fulfill in the public health field.

Historically, one practical CSA was administered at the end of the third year (YR3) and a second practical CSA was administered at the beginning of the fourth year (YR4.) It was determined these two exams were no longer appropriately sequenced and did not meet the assessment needs of the DCP. In response to recommendations made in the 2015 YR3 and YR4 CSA Outcomes report, the YR4 practical exam was discontinued and the YR3 practical exam was renamed the practical CSA. In correlation with this realignment, administration of the practical CSA shifted to the end of Q9, when students have completed their introductory clinical experience. Successful completion of the practical CSA is also an eligibility criterion for assignment of

The introduction section of the article indepthly explained and provided supported data from the Certified Credential Institute (CCI), the body

His main roles are working with students who are a part of the advanced placement program; he is also responsible for working with students that are a part of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) educational program. These two programs have a rigorous curriculum; the AVID program consists of students that are enrolled in a rigorous course of study that will enable them to meet requirements for university enrollment. Besides these two programs Mr. Ryland is also in charge of the comprehensive competency-based guidance program, which provides students with a developmental and proactive guidance program. According to Ryland “the competency-based guidance program is to offer a system intended to assist all students with the development of their educational goals, personal goals, and even career goals” (2015). Mr. Ryland has worked hard for the position he holds as the head school counselor. While interviewing Mr. Ryland, this learner asked him about his professional development. Mr. Ryland began to discuss how “professional development is about the knowledge and skills a counselor gains to promote their job development” (2015). He says that promoting job development entails, attending conferences or training sessions. Professionals who seek personal development are the ones who desire for a long lasting career and personal growth in the counseling field. These individuals are often the ones who have an exceptional drive for the counseling field, and

Many counseling professions have been cultivated out of a gap in traditional subjects. Psychology is a great example of how a subject can develop into multiple branches like sociology or philosophy or counseling. Counseling in particular is a relatively new branch compared to the other social sciences and had a complex history on its path to becoming a respectable career. Despite its humble beginnings, individuals still benefit from counseling. Counseling specifications allow a multi-team approach which increases the offerings to clients and promotes the client on the road to wellness. Combining multidisciplinary professions together in a team can foster an even better result for a client, allowing the gaps in disciplines to be covered. This paper will review the history and roles of the counseling profession and describe ways to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team.

Counseling is a relatively new profession which has transformed over time from treating mental illnesses to providing educational guidance to counseling with a variety of specializations. Pistole summarizes by stating that counselors, now, aim to, “contribute to the vitality and vigor and to the soundness in body, mind, spirit, and social connection that sustains well-being, and so is considered, by our society, to be health” (2001). However, this was not always the case. National events such as the industrial revolution, World War