New Graduate Student Orientation

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New Graduate Student Orientation

• Department of Counselor Education

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CED Faculty Members

• Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson
• Dr. Bill Cross
• Dr. Jesse Brinson
• Dr. Shannon Smith
• Dr. Randy Astramovich
• Dr. Wendy Hoskins
• Mr. Larry Ashley
• Dr. Katrina Harris

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CED Faculty Accomplishments

• Active researchers and scholars of counseling
• Publication of research in prominent counseling
  journals
• Books published and book contracts secured
• Regular presentations at major counseling
  conferences
• Editorships of counseling publications
• Actively involved in regional, national, and
  international counseling organizations
• Prominent elected board positions in regional and
  national counseling organizations
• Faculty regularly travel internationally to
  present and provide workshops Ireland, England,
  India, China, Vietnam, Germany, Switzerland
• Demonstrated teaching excellence

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What is Professional Counseling?

• The practice of Professional Counseling involves
  the application of mental health, psychological,
  or human development principles, through
  cognitive, affective, behavioral or systematic
  intervention strategies, that address wellness,
  personal growth, or career development, as well
  as pathology. American Counseling Association
  (2008)

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Practice Settings of Professional Counselors

• Community Counseling Agencies
• Public and Private Schools (PK-12)
• Colleges and Universities
• Private Group Practice
• Psychiatric Programs
• Mental Health Centers
• Employment Career Centers

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CED Graduate Program Foundations
Identity as a Professional Counselor Counselor
First
Specialty Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Specialty School Counseling
Sub-specialty
Sub-specialty
Sub-specialty
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Council for Accreditation of Counseling Related
Educational Programs (CACREP)

• CACREP is an independent agency recognized by the
  Council for Higher Education Accreditation to
  accredit master's and doctoral degree programs in
  counseling
• CACREP establishes best practices for the
  graduate level training of counselors
• CACREP emphasizes common core of knowledge and
  skills for all professional counselors
• The UNLV Department of Counselor Educations
  graduate programs are fully accredited by CACREP

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Life as a CED graduate student

• Rigorous and demanding 2-4 years of studies and
  field experience
• CED faculty are committed to fostering academic
  excellence and personal/ interpersonal growth of
  students
• Faculty regularly evaluate students goodness of
  fit for the profession, including academic
  success, interpersonal appropriateness, and
  professionalism

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Life as a CED graduate student contd

• Flexibility and tolerance for ambiguity
• Openness to experiential learning
• Embracing a social justice/advocacy perspective
• Professional counselor behavior including
  professional communication, meeting deadlines and
  commitments punctuality and attendance group
  collaboration respect for clients, peers, and
  faculty time investment and management
• Participation in local/national counseling
  organizations, especially ACA, ASCA, and AMHCA

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First Semester - Fall 2009

• All students full and part time must enroll in
• CED 701 Introduction to Counseling
• CED 727 Counseling Process Procedures
• Grade of B or better is required in CED 701 and
• in CED 727 in order to continue in the CED
• graduate program.

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CED Graduate Program Sequences

• http//education.unlv.edu/ced/graduate.html

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Certifications Licensure

• CED students eligible to take National Counselor
  Examination (NCE) to obtain National Counselor
  Certification (NCC) credential. Other specialty
  certifications are available after obtaining the
  NCC School Counselor (NCSC) and Clinical Mental
  Health Counselor (CCMHC)
• Graduates of the Clinical Mental Health
  Counseling program are eligible to apply for
  licensure as a clinical professional counselor
  (LCPC) in Nevada
• School counseling majors can pursue the CED
  certificate in clinical mental health counseling
  to be eligible for the Nevada LCPC license

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Field Experiences

• Practicum 100 supervised hours in approved
  community setting (both specialties)
• Spring semester only
• Must make B or better in Counseling Process
  Procedures (CED 727) to take Practicum
• Internship
• Fall and Spring semester only
• School Counseling 600 hours
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling 900 hours

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Student Homework and Details

• An advisement list will be sent out the first
  week of fall term
• All new students are expected to make an
  appointment and meet with their faculty advisors
  prior to mid-term during the fall semester
• All new students must have liability insurance by
  9/15/2009
• All students must join a professional
  organization by 9/15/2009
• All students must be fingerprinted by fall
  semesters end 2009
• All students must send in an electronic facial
  photo to Yolanda Covington at yolanda.covington_at_un
  lv.edu by September 2009
• All students must sign the agreement form in the
  back of the student handbook and hand it into
  Yolanda Covington by 9/15/2009
• All students must sign up for and use their Rebel
  mail email accounts when communicating with the
  faculty or for departmental business

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And finallyAPA Scholarly Writing

• All students must learn and use APA format in
  their reports and writing of class assignments.
• There is an excellent tutorial from the Harvard
  Graduate School of Education. Watching it is
  mandatory http//isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?ke
  ywordapa_exposed
• It's also linked from the "Citations" tab (bottom
  of page) on the Education Subject Guide
  http//guides.library.unlv.edu/content.php?pid942
  3sid61976
• There are additional links to tools and guides
  from UNLV as well http//www.library.unlv.edu/hel
  p/style.html

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