The American Counseling Association’s recent student membership recruitment program has been chosen for a 2014 Gold Circle Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). ACA’s student membership recruitment program brought in 14,340 new student members to ACA in 2013, a 15 percent increase over 2012. ACA’s overall membership
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The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics was approved by the ACA Governing Council this week at its meeting at the ACA conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics replaces the 2005 edition. The new edition is the first code that speaks to the ethics of using social
American Counseling Association members are invited to review and submit their comments on the first draft of the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics (COE), the latest revision in nearly a decade. The draft was officially announced at the ACA 2013 Conference & Expo in Cincinnati at a town hall meeting
The Department of Defense (DoD) has clarified aspects of its interim final rule (IFR) establishing certification criteria for licensed mental health counselors participating in the TRICARE program, in response to a request submitted by ACA. In a letter to ACA Executive Director Richard Yep, Assistant Deputy Director Mary Kaye Justis
When the American Counseling Association last completed and released a revised version of its Code of Ethics in October 2005, issues of multiculturalism and diversity received special focus because they were increasingly coming to the forefront of counseling practice but had not been addressed in much depth in previous versions