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New Web Page Addresses Accreditation and Licensure Portability

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  ACA Member Toolkit

  Members: Download your monthly ACA Member Toolkit for important announcements/reminders, links to our latest learning opportunities, job leads, and much more. Please note that the FREE CE of the Month is only available through the end of the month in which the Toolkit runs. 
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  Call Your Representatives for More Funding for School Counselors

  According to the CDC, up to one in five kids living in the U.S. shows signs or symptoms of a mental health disorder in a given year. However, nearly 80 percent of kids who need mental health services won't get them. This leads to higher absences, lower grades and an increased drop-out rate. ACA advocates for a 250 to 1 ratio of students to school counselors. The current national average is 471 to 1. You can help bridge this gap and get schools to increase funding for counselors by calling your local representatives and reaching out to your school board superintendents. Take action
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  Free Podcast - Values & Ethics in Counseling

  Dana Heller Levitt and Holly J. Hartwig Moorhead provide an overview of the ethical code and how counselors need to address their personal values in the counseling relationship. Case examples and practice guidance is offered throughout this conversation. Listen
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  Counseling Today: The Counselor’s Role in Ensuring School Safety

  The antidote to school violence, in all its forms, is an inclusive and resilient environment in which counselors are a visible presence and facilitate the building of relationships across the school community. More
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  JCD: Can Counselors Prevent Societal Violence?

  Feelings of humiliation are intensified during turbulent times, and counselors are often on the front lines of the suffering. The most devastating outcome of humiliation is violent aggression—including incidents of mass shootings and suicide bombings. Linda Hartling and Evelin Lindner discuss the dynamics of humiliation and present specific ways counselors can help victims of humiliation to heal, leading them out of destructive reactions into creative action. More
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  Read Our Weekly Newspaper Columns

  "Counseling Corner" columns help educate the public about counseling issues, counselors, and the counseling profession. Read all columns to date, and learn how you can use them to promote counseling. More