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SAMHSA HONORS 'PROOF,' 'LAW AND ORDER,' NPR AT SECOND ANNUAL VOICE AWARDS

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) honored television, film and radio writers and producers last night at the second annual Voice Awards, hosted by Mariel Hemingway, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Joint Announcement: CORE and CACREP Boards Adopt MOU Outlining Intent to Merge

The Boards of Directors of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) are pleased to announce their intent to merge into a new accrediting entity.

Speaker Resource Center

ACA has prepared this section of the Convention Web site to help you participate and publicize your sessions at the Convention.

ACA Annual Convention Presenter Guide

This guide has been developed to help you prepare for a successful presentation at the 2007 ACA Convention & Exposition.

COBO Convention Center

COBO Convention Center information and resources.

Averbach takes first place in ACA Foundation essay contest

Shana Averbach, majoring in marriage and family therapy at San Francisco State University, is the first-place winner in the American Counseling Association Foundation's 2006 Graduate Student Essay Contest.

10 Things You Can Do This Summer to Enhance Your Career

Summer can be a great time to recharge your batteries and enhance your career. Here are 10 ideas for digging out of the dog days doldrums.

ACA Presents: Legends of Counseling

As a special feature for our members, ACA brings you ?Legends of Counseling? -- a multi-part series of interviews and insights from giants in the counseling profession.

Protecting Your Licensure Portability

Q. My partner?s job practically guarantees that we?ll be moving every two to three years. What can you tell me about reciprocity that will help me transfer my license around the country?

The DCA and DMHCA announce their annual conference and workshop.

The newly-revived Delaware Counseling Association and Delaware Mental Health Counselors Association are pleased to announce their first annual conference and workshop, which will be held on 11/04/2006 at the Dover, Delaware campus of Wilmington College.

Counselors Care Fund - Helping Our Own

Across the nation, counselors are reaching out to help colleagues by making a gift to the Counselors Care Fund. And, the American Counseling Association Foundation is doubling the Fund by matching each gift, up to a total of $50,000!

ACA Announces Members Only Content

In the next few weeks, ACA will begin to publish Members Only content on www.counseling.org. These pages will be available exclusively to ACA Members.

Graduate Student Association Survey -- For Students Only

In an effort to design the GSA in a manner that is most responsive to counseling graduate student needs, we are requesting current graduate students' input and feedback. The members of the GSA Taskforce are inviting you to participate in the following ...

Education Issues in Counseling -- Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions regarding education issues in counseling.

National Problem Gambling Awareness Week

To educate the public and health care professionals about problem gambling and to raise awareness that hope and help are available, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has organized an annual National Problem Gambling Awareness Week to be ...

Tours of Detroit: For ACA Convention Attendees

From Motown to Henry Ford -- See the new Detroit with special tours for ACA Convention attendees.

Career Center Special Events at Convention

Employers of counselors and counselors seeking professional opportunities will have a venue for meeting one another in the ACA Career Center, located in the Exhibit Hall, during our convention in Montreal.

ACA's Taskforce on Counselor Wellness and Impairment

The Governing Council of the American Counseling Association established a Task Force on Impaired Counselors in the Spring of 2003. The creation of this task force reflects a growing awareness of impairment in the field as well as ACA's commitment to ...

The 2nd annual ACA Graduate Student Ethics Case Study Competition

The ACA Ethics Committee has begun accepting registrations for the Case Study Competition for teams of Master's students and teams of Doctoral level students in counselor education programs.