The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs: Promoting Quality in Counselor Education

Abstract

Much has changed for the counseling profession in the 30 years since the founding of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). CACREP, the primary specialized accreditor for the counseling profession, has been an influential participant in the growing recognition and professionalization of counseling. This article offers an overview of CACREP and accreditation and addresses some primary issues confronting CACREP, counselor preparation programs, and, in some instances, overall U.S. higher education.

Professional Identity Development of Counselors-in-Training in a School Internship Program in Turkey

“…Considering that the 2009 CACREP standards identify 165 core standards and approximately 60 standards per specialty area (Urofsky, 2013), attaining accreditation can be a cumbersome process. Curricular attention given to each standard can vary widely across programs.…”

Counseling psychology: a view of the scientific production in the brazilian postgraduation

“…The attendance may be developed in hospitals, schools and other institutions such as nurseries and police department [8][9] . For the sake of a better understanding of the challenges and potential of this area, however, it is fundamental to encourage scientific research, covering the different scenarios counseling has approached, whether in health 10 , education [11][12] or within a general human development perspective 13 , keeping in mind the particularities of the interdisciplinary dialogue that characterizes contemporary psychological care. It is acknowledged that, in the graduate education context, much of this knowledge is not only produced, but also transmitted and disseminated to the scientific community.…”

Updating the School Counseling Research Agenda: A Delphi Study

“…In counselor education, related changes include greater focus on closing achievement and access gaps (Dahir & Stone, ; Feldwisch & Whiston, ), increasing the number of school counselor preparation programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP; Urofsky, ), and providing more preservice training on the use of data (Hatch, Poynton, & Pérusse, ). The profession also has more sophisticated models of collaboration and leadership (Janson, Stone, & Clark, ; McMahon, Mason, & Paisley, ).…”