3,000 COUNSELORS TO GATHER IN PITTSBURGH
3.11.2010
ALEXANDRIA, VA.....What do sexual addiction counseling, suicide prevention, animal-assisted therapy, career counseling, and the great merging of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers have in common? They are all in Pittsburgh, PA, where the American Counseling Association (ACA) is holding its 57th Annual Conference & Exposition, March 18-22.
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ACA Graduate Student Ethics Competition
2.2.2010
The ACA Ethics Committee has announced the winners of this year's competition! Congratulations to the team from Eastern Mennonite University for winning at the Master's level, and to Old Dominion University for winning at the Doctoral level.
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ACA Extends Sympathy to Ft. Hood Community
11.9.2009
The American Counseling Association (ACA) is deeply saddened, as is the nation, about the tragic shooting at Ft. Hood.
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ACA Supports Kevin Jennings, A Champion for All Children
10.29.2009
The American Counseling Association (ACA), the world’s largest nonprofit organization representing nearly 43,000 professional counselors, including professional school counselors, strongly supports the work of Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings who directs the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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Hurricane Responders' Input Needed for Professional Resiliency Study
9.9.2009
This article was initially published in
ACAeNews, but the link included did not work properly. The link included here will take responders to the correct location.
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4 Questions 4 Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
9.8.2009
An interview with U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, which appeared in
ACAeNews for School Counselors. The full issue is available
here
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California licensure bill is heading to Governor’s Schwarzenegger’s desk
8.11.2009
The counseling profession's long-standing goal of achieving recognition in all 50 states is a major step closer to completion. In the final hours of its legislative session, the California legislature approved a bill establishing licensure of professional clinical counselors in the state.
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4,000 Counseling Professionals Convene in Charlotte This Week
3.16.2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA....About 4,000 professional counselors are meeting this week in Charlotte, NC, to attend the 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Counseling Association. Career counseling, coping with the stress of the economy, counseling military vets and their families, suicide prevention in colleges, depression in the workplace, working with sexual minority clients and their significant others, stress management, and internet and other addictions are among the topics addressed in the 500+ education sessions on the program.
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