Professional Identity

SECTION II. Professional Identity

Overall comment for Standard II.G:The design of the curriculum appears well suited to meet common core curriculum experiences, however most syllabi did not provide enough information on curricular experiences to determine whether the focus of the standard is covered by the course. Courses that are required in only one of the two programs cannot be used as evidence of meeting Standard G, unless a similar common core learning experience is provided in two program-specific courses (i.e., a different course required in each program).

Response:The overall comment for Standard II.G from CACREP initial reviewers stated that “the design of the curriculum appears well suited to meet common core curriculum experiences, however most syllabi did not provide enough information on curricular experiences to determine whether the focus of the standard is covered by the course”. In responding to this request, the Department revised all syllabi to include a specific section on “Curricular Experiences” and revised the standards table and the standards matrix documents to align with syllabi.

In reviewing and revising all syllabi we also assured that all standards are either covered in a course that both all school and mental health counselors took or we assured the standard is covered in courses within both of the major areas, school and mental health counseling. This is demonstrated in the Standards Table and Standards Matrixwhich shows where each standard is addressed.  

Standard II.G1.a It is not clear how this standard is covered by curricular experiences in COU 813; the history of mental health counseling is covered in COU 803, and the history of school counseling is covered in COU 825.

Response: See the revised syllabi for courses COU 803, COU 813, COU 814, and COU 825

Standard II.G1.b

It is not clear how this standard is covered by curricular experiences in cited courses, particularly as that relates to strategies for interagency collaboration.

Response: See the revised syllabi for courses COU 803, COU 813, COU 814, and COU 825

Standard II.G1.c

It is not clear how this standard is specifically addressed in COU 847. COU 825is only taken by school counseling students.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 825 and COU 847

Standard II.G 1.d

It is not clear that this standard is addressed in COU 813; COU 814is only taken by school counseling students.

Response: See the revised syllabi for courses COU 813 and COU 814

Standard II.G 1.f

It is not clear that this standard is addressed in COU 813; COU 814 & COU 825 are only taken by school counseling students (COU 825 does cover this standard however).

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 813 and COU 825

Standard II.G 1.h

It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 813; COU 825 is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 813, COU 814 and COU 825

Standard II.G2.c

It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 804.

Response:See the revised syllabi for course COU 804

Standard II.G2.d, e

It is not clear how these standards are addressed in courses cited.

Response:  See the revised syllabi for courses COU 804, COU 820and COU 847

Standard II.G3.a

Although it seems more likely than not this standard is addressed in EPY 839, the syllabus does not specify what is covered in the curricular experiences referenced; COU 850 is only offered in the Mental Health Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839and COU 850

Standard II.G3.b

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839. It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 848(which only covers child and adolescent counseling); COU 825is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839, COU 825, and COU 848

Standard II.G3.c

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839. COU 847 does not appear to include focus on the effect of crisis on persons of all ages.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839 and COU 847

Standard II.G3.d

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839. COU 850 is only offered in the Mental Health Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839 and COU 850

Standard II.G3.e

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839. It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 846; COU 825 is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839 and COU 825

Standard II.G3.f

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839. Although COU 848and COU 855certainly cover aspects of this standard, it is not clear how they cover the full range of the standard.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839, COU 848, and COU 855

Standard II.G3.g

See comments under G3.a related to EPY 839.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses EPY 839, COU 825, COU 849, and COU 855

Standard II.G4.a

It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 846.

Response: NOTE: This Standard was incorrectly identified by the initial reviewers as going with the COU 846 Techniques class instead of the COU 822Lifestyle and Career Counseling class.

See the revised syllabi for course COU 822

Standard II.G5.b

The curricular experiences covered in COU 840are not described. It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 846.

Response: See the revised syllabi for courses COU 822and COU 825

Standard II.G5.c

It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 846. COU 825is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 814, COU 822, and COU 850

Standard II.G5.d

Although it seems evident that this standard would be covered in COU 840, only assessments are described in the syllabus, and not curricular experiences. It is not clear how the standard is covered in COU 846. COU 825is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for course COU 822

Standard II.G5.e

COU 850, which is the only course cited for this standard, is only offered in the Mental Health Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 848 and COU 850

Standard II.G5.f

It is not clear how this standard is covered in courses cited.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 803, COU 825, COU 848, COU 850, and COU 880

Standard II.G5.g

It is not clear how this standard is covered in COU 847; suicide prevention models are not alluded to in the curricular experiences. COU 825is only offered in the School Counseling program.

Response:See the revised syllabi for courses COU 825, COU 847, COU 848 and COU 850

Standard II.G7.a

It is not clear that this standard is covered in EPY 816.

Response:See the revised syllabi for course EPY 816

Standard II.G7.b

It is not clear that all concepts within this standard are covered in EPY 816, i.e., environmental assessment, performance assessment, individual and group test and inventory methods, psychological testing and behavioral observations.

Response:See the revised syllabi for course EPY 816

Standard II.G8.d-e

It is not clear that the concepts of these standards are covered in EPY 869. COU 814 is only taken by school counseling students.

Response:See the revised syllabi for course EPY 816