Preparation programs in counseling have undergone many changes during the profession's significant growth over the past 25 years. To help educators, students, employers, and administrators of programs stay abreast of program changes, details of counseling programs across the United States are provided in this text. It is part of a longitudinal…

To help educators, students, employers, and administrators of programs stay abreast of program changes, details of counseling programs across the United States are provided in this text. It is part of a longitudinal study in which a snapshot is taken every three years of counselor preparation programs. The nine preceding studies on counselor…

The faculty of the Department of Psychology at Tennessee State University (TSU), a state university with a predominantly Black student body, designed a competency- based secondary school counselor certification proposal which is not tied to coursework in theory. This allows for flexibility in implementing the competencies within diverse courses in…

This document contains the performance assessment instruments and criteria which will be applied as part of the certification process for beginning school counselors in Georgia. The purpose of the process is to provide the candidate with an opportunity to demonstrate the essential competencies on the job. While the candidate bears the ultimate…