Action | Requirement for CACREP accreditation for educational programs |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/1/2015 |
While CACREP is a good standard among counseling accrediting bodies, there is no empirical evidence demonstrating that counselors graduating from those programs have better outcomes than those from other good standards. Thus I think it is a huge disservice to limit otherwise qualified practitioners, particularly as it reduces much needed access to professional counseling services (even recent efforts for counseling within the military is shifting away from a CACREP only standard).