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What are Cacrep standards?

What are Cacrep standards?

The CACREP Standards ensure that programs have qualified and professionally engaged faculty, resources to support learning, and curricula determined to be relevant to the work of counselors by the counseling profession.

What are the eight core areas of Cacrep?

The eight core curricular areas in the CACREP Standard applicable to all programs regardless of specialization (e.g., Addiction Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling) are: Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice, Social and Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development.

Is Cacrep accreditation important?

CACREP accreditation is not always necessary, but it’s an important step in ensuring compliance with widely recognized standards among counselors and counselor educators.

What are the seven core specialty areas in professional counseling?

These include addictions; career; clinical mental health; clinical rehabilitation; college counseling and student affairs; marriage, Page 4 4 couple, and family; and school counseling. For each specialty area, standards pertaining to foundations, contextual dimensions and practice are provided.

What happens if my program is not CACREP accredited?

You will never lose your license because of the accreditation status of your graduate program. If you completed your counseling degree from a program that was not CACREP accredited and decide to move, ACA will advocate with your new home state that you should have reciprocity and be issued a license.

What does CACREP stand for?

Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
ACES approached the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA, a pre-cursor to ACA) about cooperative accreditation efforts and the result was the establishment of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) in 1981.

What if my program is not CACREP accredited?

Why does CACREP accreditation make a difference?

It makes a range of professional prospects easier, such as finding loans and partners to open up an independent counseling practice. CACREP accreditation is not vital, but it is an important step in ensuring compliance with widely recognized standards. As such, it is a benefit to any counseling student’s future career.

What if my counseling program is not CACREP accredited?

What organizations did not support the 20/20 Definition of counseling?

Two of the 31 entities involved in 20/20 (constituting 6% of participating organizations), the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), declined to endorse the consensus definition of counseling.

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