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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6/13/17  9:58 am
Commenter: Judith Bachay, St. Thomas University

Strongly Oppose CACREP only
 

The state of Florida provides opportunity for licensure and certification for trained mental health, school counselor and marriage and family therapy practitioners. Graduates of these non CACREP programs proved much needed services throughout the state and the country. CACREP only penalizes small, Catholic university and students who cannot afford the time way from their jobs and families for extensive internship. We accomplish this through supervised community engaged scholarship and praxis in inner city schools, community mental health centers, elder care programs, etc. our graduates are sought after in the professional arena because they are highly skilled, multi ethnic and multi lingual. CACREP only would eliminate many qualified students and Alums.

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