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Mastering Your Craft: The Role of Continuing Education in Professional Development

Access a wide range of online courses designed to help mental health professionals earn continuing education credits. Stay informed while enhancing your knowledge and skills with tailored courses for mental health professionals.

Rural Counseling Competencies: A Delphi Study

Practicing in rural areas presents counselors with a unique set of challenges compared to those in urban areas. Gain valuable insights on how to utilize the Delphi method to improve counselor preparation and practice in rural areas.

SMART Recovery: An Assessment and Evidence-Based Counseling Approaches

The prominence of substance use disorders (SUDs) makes it likely that clients seeking mental health services will have experienced SUD-related dynamics in some way. Explore how Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART Recovery) can be used to treat SUDs and assess its compatibility with evidence-based counseling approaches.

Challenging Stigma in Counseling for Neurodivergence and Disabilities

With individuals with disabilities as the largest minority in the US, there is a demand for professional counselors to increase their competencies in this area. Learn the ABCs of affirmative care for clients with neurodiversity, disabilities and intersectional identities, build a neurodivergent and disability-affirmative toolkit, and gain tangible resources.

Ways to Receive Continuing Education Credit

Professional Development Center

Earn continuing education credit by taking advantage of ACA's online professional development programming. Here you can access innovative educational content created for the counseling profession. Learn in a variety of formats such as video-based courses, education sessions, and webinars; as well as text-based book chapters and journal articles.

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ACA Conference & Expo

When you attend our flagship educational and professional development event, you'll have the opportunity to receive Continuing Education (CE) credit hours. Also as an attendee, you'll explore new strategies for self-care, advocate for the counseling care of tomorrow, and access the latest tools and resources to support your clients. Attend our conference and enjoy networking.

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Certificate in Counseling Youth Series

Join us for eight, expert-led sessions that will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to address the range of pressing issues impacting youth today. Completion of all eight sessions will allow participants to earn the ACA Certificate in Counseling Interventions and Evidence-Based Treatment for Specific Issues with Children and Youth.

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Continuing Education Approval

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

NAADAC: The Association for Addiction Professionals

Association for Play Therapy (APT)

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners