“…The ASGW professional training standards (2000) recommend at least 10 hr and promotes 20 hr of experiential training for CITs as group members, leaders, and observers. CACREP provides standards and guidelines; however, each counselor education program is challenged uniquely to develop specific strategies and educational experiences to Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 13:57 06 April 2015 260 THE JOURNAL FOR SPECIALISTS IN GROUP WORK/September 2014 meet these standards for group work in their curriculum (Anderson & Price, 2001;Merta, Wolfgang, & McNeil, 1993;Shumaker, Ortiz, & Brenninkmeyer, 2011). Programs have chosen to meet these experiential requirements in a variety of ways such as instructor led groups, self-directed groups, non-instructor led groups, activity based groups, and psychodrama groups.…”