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Happy New Year & 2009 Highlights

President Lynn Linde, the Governing Council, staff, and volunteers of the American Counseling Association (ACA) would like to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for your membership, support, and the trust you have bestowed upon us, your ...

ACA Helps Welcome New SAMHSA Head

The American Counseling Association was invited as representatives of the counseling profession to meet and welcome Pamela Hyde, the new Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), on the evening of ...

Senate Health Care Bill Fails to Cover Counselors Under Medicare

The Senate?s health care reform bill, unveiled November 18th by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, fails to establish Medicare coverage of licensed professional counselors.? This despite the fact that the Senate has twice approved Medicare coverage of ...

House Passes Major Health Care Reform Bill, Including Medicare Coverage of Counselors!

The House of Representatives took an historic step forward on Saturday, November 7th with the passage of major health insurance reform legislation, H.R.3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.?

Deadline Fast Approaching for ACAF Grad Student Essay Competitions

With two Grand Prize Awards for $2,500 Scholarship Grants, plus eight $500 runner-up scholarship grants, current graduate students don't want to miss the coming deadline for either the ACA Foundation Graduate Student Essay competition, or the Ross ...

2010 Conference Scholarships Program Now Open

The ACA Foundation is now accepting accepting applications for Scholarship Awards for the ACA 2010 Annual Conference. The Awards cover?Conference registration fees for counseling grad students, with one Grand Prize Scholarship also providing 3 nights ...

6th Annual Graduate Student Ethics Competition

The American Counseling Association is pleased to announce the opening of the 6th Annual Graduate Student Ethics Competition. This program is designed to offer Graduate Students an opportunity to work in teams to compete in how to handle the ...

Important Victory---California Becomes 50th State to License Professional Counselors

On October 11, 2009, the counseling profession achieved a historic goal with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing into law of California Senate Bill 788, establishing licensure of professional clinical counselors in the state.

California Counselor Licensure Bill on Governor Schwarzenegger?s Desk

The counseling profession?s long-standing goal of achieving recognition in all 50 states is a major step closer to completion. In the final hours of its legislative session, the California legislature approved a bill establishing licensure of ...

2010 ACA National Awards Nominations Now Open

The Awards Committee of the American Counseling Association announces the start of the nomination process for the 2010 ACA National Awards. The Awards will be presented at the ACA 2010 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.

ACA is blogging: my.counseling.org

ACA just launched its newest communications vehicle: an ACA blog. Join the conversation. Recent topics: standards, TV shows that focus on mental health treatment and therapy, and much more!

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Worth Reading and Sharing: Information on Bullying

Bullying appears very often in the health and safety concerns expressed by students, parents, and educators. From the school to the playground to the community mall, aggressive, violence-prone youth are causing anguish for many of their peers.

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Washington Seeks Comment

The U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services are jointly requesting information to assist in developing regulations to implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA).

Two Ways Members Can Contribute to Counseling Today

On a monthly basis, Counseling Today attempts to publish articles that cover a wide variety of issues in the profession and that speak to ACA's diverse membership. But there's no better method for choosing useful content than asking our members -- ...

Fast Fact: 12 Percent of American Youth Live With an Addicted Parent

Remember when parents worried about the drug and alcohol use and abuse of their children? A new SAMHSA report, "Findings for Children Living with Substance-Dependent and Substance-Abusing Parents 2002-2007," suggests that concern is a two-way street.

Coping with the Emotional Aspects of the Swine Flu Outbreak

The Swine influenza A virus infection (swine flu) has captured headlines, generating a need for citizens to be informed and practice caution. In addition to identifying state and local sources of information and communicating with medical ...

U.S. Baby Boomlet Reflects Record Number of Births in 2007

According to a preliminary estimate of birth records, conducted by the National Center of Health Statistics and released on March 18, 2009, more babies were born in America in 2007 than at any other time in history.

2009 Conference Keynote Addresses

Keynote Addresses by Judy Shepard and C. Adolpho Bermeo from the 2009 ACA Conference & Exposition in Charlotte, NC

Media Interviews during ACA 2009 Conference & Exposition in Charlotte, NC

How counselors are helping their clients cope with the economic downturn was of interest to media outlets in Charlotte. The general topic of finding jobs and the work of career counselors was the focus of all but one of the interviews. A segment ...