Foundations of Professional Counselor Identity Flashcards
What is CACREP?
The Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs
Who was Frank Parsons?
Father of counseling
- vocational guidance
- 1908
Who was Clifford Beers?
NMHA
Autobiographical - A Mind that Found Itself
-> resulting in the National Mental Health Association
Who was Jesse Davis?
Set up systemize guidance program in public schools
- Prevention Focused
In what year did counseling beginning?
1908
What was the APGA?
American Personal Guidance Association
1952 - 1970’s
-> AMHCA (division of the the ACA)
Define
- Accreditation
- Certification
- Licensure
Accreditation
- colleges or universities are evaluated
Certification
- approval to do something professionally or legally
Licensure
- legal (state) right to practice
- Pursued by an individual
Who gets certified and licensed?
People
Who gets accredited?
Programs Or institutions
What is the difference between licensure and certification?
The difference between governmental regulation and self-regulation of a profession
Name the organizations who provide credentials (license, accreditation, certification?
ie. LPC, NCC…
National Board of Certified Counselors
NBCC -> NCE -> NCC
LPC - state regulated
Define License Portability
would create licensure standardization across all states
Define ACA
What’s its role in counseling?
American Counseling Association
- founded in 1952
- create professional identity
- uphold ethics
- 20 divisions (ie AMHCA)
- 56 branches (is PCA)
Why is important to know the history of counseling?
a profession without history lacks direction
