Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
Action Requirement for CACREP accreditation for educational programs
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 7/14/2017
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7/6/17  7:19 pm
Commenter: Savannah LeBarre, Radford University

Oppose-detrimental to rural regions
 

I oppose! I graduated from Radford University's Psychology Master's program and then went on to get my doctorate. Many who graduated from the same Master's program did not get a doctorate for a variety of reasons. Some went on to jobs, which is beneficial to the community. Rural communities, such as those surrounding Radford, are considered mental health professional shortage areas and changing the criteria to CACREP only, it would likely cause that shortage to increase as many programs do not meet that criteria. That would be detrimental for the rural communities! It would make more sense to increase the ability to have providers available instead.

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