The below are taken from the 2016 CACREP (Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) standards for counseling programs, and used as measures of student learning outcomes. These outcomes are specific standards from each of the eight core content instructional areas, along with one from each of the program specialty areas. Outcomes are measured through assignments to assess knowledge and skills related to each standard, and reviewed regularly at program meetings to determine areas of improvement within the program.
- Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice – 2.F.1.b: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) the multiple professional roles and functions of counselors across specialty areas, and their relationships with human service and integrated behavioral health care systems, including inter-agency and inter-organizational collaboration and consultation.
- Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice – 2.F.1.i: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) ethical standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies, and applications of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling.
- Social and Cultural Diversity – 2.F.2.b: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) theories and models of multicultural counseling, cultural identity development, and social justice and advocacy.
- Human Growth and Development – 2.F.3.e: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) biological, neurological, and physiological factors that affect human development, functioning, and behavior.
- Career Development – 2.F.4.h: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) strategies for facilitating client skills development for career, educational, and life-work planning and management.
- Counseling and Helping Relationships – 2.F.5.a: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) theories and models of counseling.
- Counseling and Helping Relationships – 2.F.5.g: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.
- Group Counseling and Group Work – 2.F.6.g: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) ethical and culturally relevant strategies for designing and facilitating groups.
- Assessment and Testing – 2.F.7.e: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) use of assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning purposes.
- Research and Program Evaluation – 2.F.8.a: (Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) the importance of research in advancing the counseling profession, including how to critique research to inform counseling practice.
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling – 5.C.3.b: (Clinical Mental Health Counseling students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) techniques and interventions for prevention and treatment of a broad range of mental health issues.
- School Counseling – 5.G.1.b: (School Counseling students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to) models of school counseling programs.
