Current Trends in School Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Presenter Name(s)
Dr. Jolie Daigle
Dr. George McMahon
Dr. Karen Griffith
Target Audience
Counselor Educator, Supervisor
Abstract
This presentation will highlight current preparation trends in school counselor education. Changes in the CACREP 2016 Standards, school counselor certification, and licensure will be discussed. Additionally, trends in school counslor preparation such as embedding behavioral health and post-secondary planning in the counseling curriculum will be presented.
Description
A panel of school counselor educators will provide updates/changes on the new CACREP 2016 standards, certification, and licensure as it relates to the training of counselors. Additionally, examples of embedding behavioral health and post-secondary planning in the counseling curriculum will be discussed by the panel members. After each panel member gives a brief presentation, audience members will be able to ask a few short questions. After all the panel members have presented the presentation content, audience members will then be able to ask additional questions and panel members and audience members will be able to have deeper discussions. A power point will be included in the presentation as well as a handout for audience members. Learning objectives for this presentation includes: 1. Learn how the changes in the CACREP 2016 Standards impacts counselor preparation, 2. Understand recent changes in state certification and licensure, 3. Understand new trends in counselor prepration such as behavioral health and post-secondary planning and ways to embed the content in an exisiting school counselor preparation curriculum.