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NationalCertifiedCounselor
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Summer/Fall 2002
National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.and Affiliates
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Features . . .
Tying Counselor Standards toNBPTS Requirements 1
Spotlight on NBCC Affiliates 2
Announcing New Standardsfor the NCSC Credential 3
NBCC Bids Farewell toDr. Nicholas Vacc 5
New Officers Elected forNBCC, CCE, and RACC 6
NBCC Marks20th Anniversary 12
Departments . . .NCCs of Note 4
Recertification News 5
CE Provider Update 6
NCC Network 7
Tying Counselor Standardsto NBPTS RequirementsBy Thomas W.
Clawson, NBCC Executive Director
Over the past few months, there has been significant progress in
defining along-term relationship between the National Board for
ProfessionalTeaching Standards (NBPTS) and NBCC. NBPTS has
determined that itwill proceed with the establishment of a
certification for school counselors.However, a new relationship is
being explored, and we are now dealingwith details of what we
assume to be the agreement that will be officialbetween NBCC and
NBPTS.
On April 8, upon the invitation and arrangement of Richard Wong,
theexecutive director of the American School Counselor
Association(ASCA), I met with NBPTS executive vice president, Dr.
Gary Galluzzo.Since then, we have had a telephone meeting and two
face-to-face talksregarding future plans.
On June 27, Dr. Galluzzo and I spoke to the ASCA Delegate
Assemblyand other invited ASCA members. After brief presentations,
we answeredquestions for two hours.
Although neither board has fully ratified the proposal, this
proposal isour goal:
� NBPTS will continue development of a certification for school
counse-lors, which will be among its current credentials. The NBPTS
schoolcounselor credential will be recognized for higher pay
incentives alongwith all other NBPTS certificates.
� NBCC will continue to offer the National Certified School
Counselor(NCSC) credential.
� Eligibility for the NBPTS credential will include holding our
NCSCcredential.
� NBCC will partner with NBPTS in creating an assessment that
willeliminate a major portion of the NBPTS process and be included
in theNCSC requirements.
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Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE)
The Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE®) is a
corporate affiliateof NBCC®. In the last newsletter, we announced
the launch of CCE’s newWeb site (www.cce-global.org) and outlined
the services offered by CCE.These include Examination Services,
Credential Review and ManagementServices, Association and Board
Management Services, Supervision andCareer Development credentials,
a Study Guide for the NCE®, and i-counseling, which offers online
continuing education to counselors.
In this issue, we are proud to formally introduce CCE’s new
online con-tinuing education Web site, i-counseling, at
www.i-counseling.net.i-counseling was developed by counselors for
counselors and offers user-friendly online continuing education
opportunities. A unique facet ofi-counseling is that the continuing
education articles are free to any user.This gives you access to
cutting-edge information at your convenience. Ifyou wish to receive
formal continuing education hours, you may purchasean online quiz.
Once you pass the quiz, you can print a certificate ofcompletion to
submit to NBCC, your licensure board, or anothercredentialing body.
i-counseling keeps track of the courses you have com-pleted, and
you can return at any time to print a new certificate of
comple-tion for documentation purposes. The certificate of
completion includesyour name, the name of the course, the date you
passed the quiz, and thenumber of continuing education hours
awarded.
All i-counseling courses are NBCC-approved. These courses are
devel-oped by CCE in consultation with leaders in the field,
including ERIC/CASS. Current courses include Psychodiagnosis,
Psychiatric Epidemiol-ogy, Rural Mental Health, and Divorce
Mediation. New courses on Super-vision, Family Counseling in the
Schools, School Violence, RefugeeMental Health, Life and Personal
Coaching, Substance Abuse, andCybercounseling are in
development.
CCE invites you to try i-counseling, a new continuing education
option,and let us know what you think. ❏
SPOTLIGHT ON NBCC AFFILIATESNBCC NEEDS YOURE-MAIL ADDRESS!NBCC
increasingly uses e-mail toprovide timely, critical informationto
our certificants. Please go toour Web site and update your e-mail
address. You can do this bygoing to www.nbcc.org andselecting “my
nbcc” from themenu bar on the left-hand side.Once logged-in, you
can updateyour contact information,including your e-mail address,
andcheck your status.
We respect your privacy and donot sell or otherwise divulge
youre-mail addresses.
Thank you.
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North Carolina.
NBCC ChairWayne L. Lanning
Executive DirectorThomas W. Clawson
Newsletter EditorPam Leary
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Tying Counselor Standards to NBPTS RequirementsFrom Page 1
� Both boards will respect eachother in any state or
localnegotiations for higher paybased upon certification.
There will be a need for manymeetings and joint committees
toassure a quality assessment process;however, both Dr. Galluzzo
and Iare positive about the future of thisprocess. In simple terms,
the fol-lowing will occur:
NBCC will continue to requirea master’s degree and regularly
re-view standards based upon currentcounseling profession
standards.NBCC consistently has maintainedthat the bachelor degree
require-ment of NBPTS is not relevant
within our profession. By requiringthe NCSC for NBPTS
application,the Teacher Board has elegantlykept its requirements
intact whiledeferring to NBCC for formulatingstandards of counselor
training,practice, and ethics.
NBCC is in the process of revis-ing the NCSC requirements. Weuse
CACREP standards, ASCAprogram standards and formalpractice
statements, as well as ourown national studies to formulateboth
requirements and assessment.As we develop the first NBCCschool
counselor examination, welook forward to cooperating withNBPTS
assessment professionals
and committees.We cannot predict the exact
timing for the new arrangement totake place; however, spring of
2004is the likely time. Rest assured thatthe NCSC credential will
continueto be available throughout and af-ter this entire process.
In January2004, the NCSC standards willchange, and an examination
willbe added (see article above). Cur-rent NCSCs will be asked to
par-ticipate in norming of the newexamination.
It is with pleasure then that weannounce an agreement by
bothboards to continue to move for-ward cooperatively. ❏
Announcing New Standardsfor the NCSC CredentialAs noted in our
lead article,beginning January 1, 2004, newcandidates for NBCC’s
NationalCertified School Counselor(NCSC) credential will
completethe following requirements.(Additional requirements do
notaffect counselors currently holdingthe NCSC credential.)
� The candidate must hold theNational Certified Counselor(NCC)
credential.
� The candidate must have com-pleted graduate coursework in
thefundamentals of school counseling.This coursework includes, but
is notlimited to, foundations of schoolcounseling, contextual
dimensions ofschool counseling, and schoolcounseling knowledge and
skills.
� The candidate must havecompleted a minimum of threeyears of
post (counseling) master’s
supervised experience as a schoolcounselor.
� The candidate must pass apractical simulation
examination,currently under development byNBCC.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICESTATEMENTIn order to prepare for the
practicalsimulation examination, on orbefore January 1, 2003,
applicantswill be asked to provide a Profes-sional Practice
Statement as part ofthe application process. While notassessed or
scored, this ProfessionalPractice Statement will allow thecandidate
to reflect on practice bypreparing the following:
� Explain the reason you becamea school counselor and
yourpersonal philosophy of schoolcounseling.
� Describe how you incorporateyour personal philosophy of
schoolcounseling into daily practice.
� Describe how you use nationallyrecognized standards for
schoolcounseling programs.
� Describe how you evaluate youreffectiveness as it relates to
studentsuccess in academic, career, orpersonal/social
development.
The Professional Practice State-ment will also provide ongoing
de-scriptions of school counselingpractice that will be compiled
andresearched to create a longitudinalassessment of national
norms.NBCC is pleased to join theAmerican School Counselor
Asso-ciation (ASCA) in the promotionand ongoing enhancement of
theNCSC credential, which is grow-ing at a rapid pace nationwide.
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NCCS OF NOTE
Victoria Merrill-Washington presentsa check for $200 to Mike
Dexter,president of Crown Point Chamberof Commerce, as a donation
to theNew York Disaster Relief Fund.
� Debra Bush, NCC, NCSC, ofLaurel, MS, with her coworkers,won
the Kenneth B. Hoyt Awardfor Exemplary Guidance Programsfor her
work at West Jones HighSchool in Laurel. The award wasgiven at the
2002 AmericanSchool Counselor Association(ASCA) conference in
Miami, FL.
� Ralph E. Covington, NCC,CAS, LPC, of Concord, NC, wasrecently
nominated for the KeenanInstitute of Ethics’ CharacterEducator of
the Year Award.Covington was nominated for hisdevelopment of
creative character-building programs for youngpeople. These
programs includeddevelopmental classroom guidanceactivities, a New
Student Orienta-tion Program, an “Above the Line”Club for at-risk
youth, and aclassroom guidance cooperationactivity based upon the
populartelevision program, Survivor.Covington retired from the
NorthCarolina public schools with 32years experience. Currently
acounselor in private practice,Covington can be contacted at
51Edgewood Avenue, Concord, NC28025.
� Kamlesh Mehrota, NCC, LPC,of Glen Ridge, NJ, recently
re-ceived both the Individual Perfor-mance Award for her
counselingservices for the year 2001 with theNew Jersey Department
of Laborand the Group Merit Award forher services to the September
11victims affected by the WorldTrade Center attack. Mehrota
hadalready been a recipient of the
Individual Merit Award in 2001.The awards were given by the
NewJersey chapter of the InternationalAssociation of Personnel
inEmployment Security.
� Victoria Merrill-Washington,NCC, of Merrillsville, IN,
recentlycontributed in two significant waysto the New York Disaster
ReliefFund. She gave three seminars:“Stress Management,”
“Longevityfor the New Year,” and “WeightLoss/Weight Management.”
Theproceeds of $200 from the seminarswere donated to the New
YorkDisaster Relief Fund. Her workwith the fund has been featured
onChannel 56, CLTV Channel 16,and in the February/March issue ofUSA
Roller Sports magazine.Merrill-Washington, a nationallyknown
speaker, may be contactedat VMW Consultant Services, POBox 11393,
Merrillville, IN 46410;219-226-1381;
e-mail:[email protected].
� Judith L. Oakes, NCC, aschool counselor from Gallup, NM,
was cited by the ASCA for Honor-able Mention in the
ExemplarySchool Counseling Programs at the2002 ASCA conference in
Miami,FL.
� William H. Stone, Jr., NCC,NCCC, of Winthrop, ME, wasselected
by the Association forAssessment in Counseling as thisyear’s
recipient of the ExemplaryPractices Award. The
association’sdecision was based on Stone’s newbook, The
Harrington-O’SheaCareer Decision Making System.The award was
presented at theAmerican Counseling Association(ACA) conference in
New Or-leans in March 2002. Stone is theCEO of Promising Futures
CareerServices of Falmouth, Maine, 4Fundy Rd., Suite 102, PO
Box6149, Falmouth, ME 04105;207-781-7999; fax:
207-228-3566;www.promisingfutures.com.
� Richard Wedemeyer, NCC,MAC, of Norman, OK, receivedthe Rose
State College 2002Excellence in Teaching Award. Hehas taught at
Rose State as anadjunct professor of psychologysince 1985. In
addition, he recentlycompleted the second edition ofSucceeding in
Medical School: AGuide to Making the Grade andComing Out Sane
(Eagle Press,Greenville, SC, January 2002).Wedemeyer serves as a
professionalconsultant and education specialistto the College of
Medicine at theUniversity of Oklahoma HealthSciences Center,
assisting studentswith academic skills. He is also inprivate
practice.
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NBCC BIDs Farewell to Dr. Nicholas Vacc
Dr. Nicholas Vacc
The InternationalAlliance for
Invitational Education
announces the
2002 World Conference
“Invitational Leadership:From Success to
Significance”
Atlanta, GA
October 10–12, 2002
For more information:www.kennesaw.edu/coned
770-423-6765
Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc, of Greens-boro, NC, died on June 8 after
anextended illness. Dr. Vacc servedas an NBCC and CCE examina-tion
consultant for 18 years andwas instrumental in the develop-ment of
the current NationalCounselor Examination for Licen-sure and
Certification, the Exami-nation for Certified ClinicalMental Health
Counselors, and theCounselor Preparation Compre-hensive Examination
for graduatestudents. His contributions areamong the chief reasons
NBCC isthe examinations leader in ourprofession. His steadfast,
enlight-ened, and patient leadershippropelled NBCC forward in
pro-fessional examination development.
Born in Cleveland, OH, on Sep-tember 22, 1939, Dr. Vacc
servedthe counseling profession in manycapacities. He was the
president ofthe Association for Assessment inCounseling, editor of
the Journal ofMeasurement and Evaluation inCounseling and
Development, andpresident of Chi Sigma Iota Inter-national. During
his tenure at the
University ofNorth Caro-lina, Greens-boro, Dr.Vacc servedas the
chair-person of theDepartmentof Counselingand Educa-tional
Devel-opment. He was selected as the JoeRosenthal Excellence
Professorand, under his leadership, the de-partment was twice
selected as theOutstanding Counselor EducationProgram (1991 and
1994).
Dr. Vacc had more than 120scholarly publications. He was
theauthor of 11 books or monographs,contributed to eight chapters
inthe works of others, and published70 referenced articles. He was
a fre-quent presenter at professionalconferences and was often
recog-nized by his profession. Among his
awards and honors were theAmerican CounselingAssociation’s David
K. Brooks Dis-tinguished Mentor Award and theArthur A. Hitchcock
Award forDistinguished Professional Service.The Association for
CounselorEducation and Supervision alsorecognized Dr. Vacc with its
Dis-tinguished Mentor Award, and theAssociation of Measurement
andEvaluation in Counseling and De-velopment gave him the
Meritori-ous Service Award. He was alsothe recipient of the Ella
StephensBarrett Award from the NorthCarolina Counseling
Associationand was nominated for the NorthCarolina Board of
GovernorsAward for Excellence.
His guidance, his leadership,and, most of all, his friendship
willbe deeply missed by all who werefortunate enough to have
knownhim. ❏
SEPTEMBER 11 AFFECTS RECERTIFICATION RATEFor the past several
years, the recertification rate for NCCs has been in
theneighborhood of 87 percent. In 2001, we saw a low of 78 percent
of NCCsreturning their completed recertification forms in April in
contrast to a 97percent return rate for August, most of which
arrived after September 11.The rate remained in the high 80s and
90s for the rest of 2001.
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERSNBCC wishes to thank all of the NCCs who
not only volunteered theirservices in the aftermath of the
September 11th attacks but who also tookthe time to write of their
experiences for the collection that NBCC iscompiling. NCCs are
still volunteering, and we hope those of you who dowill send us a
written account of your experiences. Please send your storieson
this topic to NBCC at #3 Terrace Way, Suite D, Greensboro, NC27403.
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New Officers for NBCC,CCE, and RACC Are ElectedElections were
recently held for Director positions on the NBCC,CCE and RACC
Boards. Congratulations to all new board membersand officers.
NBCC:New Board Members: Dawna Jackson-Sanford, NCC, LCPC,LMFT,
Boise, ID, and Thomas J. Keller, NCC, ACS, LMHC,Indianapolis,
IN.
Officers: Chair, Wayne L. Lanning, NCC, LPC; Chair-elect,Charles
F. “Rick” Gressard, NCC, MAC, LPC, LMFT; Secretary,Thomas M.
Collins, NCC; Past Chair, Dorothy Jeffries Anderson,NCC, CCMHC.
CCE:New Board Member: Clifford “Ford” Brooks, Jr., NCC.
Officers: President, Barry Glick, NCC; President-elect,
Harold“Dick” Hackney, NCC, LPC, ACS; Secretary, Stanley
J.Maliszewski, NCC; Past President, Thomas M. Lovett, NCC.
RACC:New Board Member: David C. Weigle, NCC, ACS.
Officers: President, Stephen P. Barrett, NCC;
President-elect,Samuel T. Gladding, NCC, CCMHC; Secretary, Betsy J.
Page,NCC, ACS, LPCC; Past President, Sandra B. Barker, NCC,MAC,
LPC.
Many thanks for years of service and contribution to the
counsel-ing profession to those NBCC Board members leaving us this
year:Lynn E. Brueske, NCC, MMCHC, ACS, LMHC, and Estela M.Pledge,
NCC, MAC, ACS, LCPC, CADC. We wish you both thebest in your
continued work in our field.
Farewell also to departing CCE Board Member Judy Lombana,NCC,
LMHC, and RACC Board Member Leon E. Spencer, NCC,MAC, LPC. You all
have our deepest gratitude for your valuable ser-vice to NBCC, CCE,
and RACC. ❏
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Summer/Fall 2002
John Swanson
� Joan H. Blacher, NCC, MFT,of Somis, CA, and Robert J.Meadows,
a criminal justice expert,have coauthored a guide forparents of
oppositional, defiantteens. Difficult Teens: A ParentsGuide for
Coping (Meadow OaksPress, 2002) describes characteris-tic behaviors
of such children,discusses risk factors for becomingdefiant,
explains the impact onfamilies, and identifies relevantschool and
legal issues. To order:contact Meadow Oaks Press,260 Maple Court,
Suite 118,Ventura, CA; 805-529-7847;www.meadowoaks.com;
orwww.amazon.com.
� Janice Calnan, NCC, fromOttowa, Ontario, Canada, hasauthored a
new book. In SHIFT:Secrets of Positive Change forOrganizations and
Their Leaders, sheoffers a new perspective on copingwith the
perceived disorder andchaos of today’s ever-changingworkplace.
SHIFT offers simplesteps to help the leader slow down,notice how he
or she contributes tothe work environment, and thenmove forward in
a more purposeful,effective, and personally rewardingmanner. To
order: contact Cre-ative Bound Resources, 1-800-287-8610; fax:
613-831-3643; e-mail:[email protected].
� William Watson Purkey,NCC, NCSC, of Greensboro, NC,and David
B. Strahan have appliedthe valid principles of
InvitationalEducation to the enduring problemof classroom
discipline in a newbook. Inviting Positive ClassroomDiscipline
presents practical ideas inthe form of “blue notes,” a color-
coded framework that describestheoretical concepts that work
inmany different settings. Whenapplied to discipline, the tenets
ofInvitational Education will createan overall classroom
environmentthat will greatly improve studentachievement. To order:
contactRadford University Center forInvitational Education, c/o
PaulaHelen Stanley, College of Educa-tion and Human Development,PO
Box 7009, Radford University,Radford, VA 24142; 1-540-831-6509; fax
540-831-5059; e-mail:[email protected].
� Robert Schwarz, NCC, ofHaverford, PA, has published anew book
Tools for TransformingTrauma (Burnner Rutledge, July2000). The book
presents anintegrated framework for treatingtrauma that includes
Ericksonian,Solution Oriented, NLP, andEnergy approaches. It
includesmore than 30 detailed instructionsand rationales for using
differenttools at different points in a phase-oriented treatment of
trauma.Schwarz has also created two self-help audio tapes that
teach creat-ing safety as well as boundaries.There is also a
videotape for mentalhealth professionals demonstratingthe use of
Trauma ReassociativeConditioning (aka V/K dissocia-tion). To order:
contact Schwarz at349 West Lancaster Avenue, Suite101, Haverford,
PA 19041; 610-642-0844; www.drbob.net.
� John Swanson, NCC,CCMHC, a licensed professionalcounselor in
Corvallis, OR, hasrecently written a book calledCommuning with
Nature: A Guide-
book for Enhancing Your Relationshipwith the Living Earth.
Inspired by hisown nature explorations, Swansonpresents workshops
in the emerg-ing field of ecopsychology. Hebelieves that
ourrelationship withthe naturalenvironment is acritical compo-nent
of mentalhealth that haslong been over-looked. Thisguidebook is
avaluable resourcefor therapists, educators, wildernessguides, and
anyone who loves theoutdoors and wants to reconnectwith nature. It
is filled withinsightful theory, practical exer-cises, and examples
of how theauthor successfully applies histheories in his own
practice. Toorder: go to www.1stBooks.com;1-888-280-7715;
e-mail:[email protected].
� Joe Wittmer, NCC, and MaryAnn Clark, NCC, both of
theUniversity of Florida, Gainesville,recently published a
school-widecharacter education program forK–6 grades. Program
publicationsinclude a 176-page teacher hand-book, Teaching Children
to Respectand Care for Others, along with an80-page instructor’s
guide for useby counselors for the purpose oftraining teachers in
their respec-tive schools. Teachers are taughtthe techniques needed
for buildingcohesion, belonging, and bondingwithin their respective
classrooms.To order: contact EducationalMedia Corporation,
Minneapolis,MN; 1-800-966-3382.
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InternationalCareer Development
ConferenceNovember 6–10, 2002
Hyatt Regency HotelOrange County
Irvine, California
NBCC is a supporting sponsor. NCCs will receivea discount on the
registration fee.
Registration Information
www.career.ccc.comor
contact Janet SaundersPhone: 650-359-6911 Fax: 650-359-3089
Email: [email protected]
Continuing education approval or advertisement does not imply
NBCC endorsement of any product, method, or theory of
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NBCC BOARD OFDIRECTORSWAYNE L. LANNING, NCC, LPCStillwater,
OklahomaChair
CHARLES F. GRESSARD, NCC, MAC, LPC, LMFTWilliamsburg,
VirginaChair-Elect
THOMAS M. COLLINS, NCCStroudsburg, PennsylvaniaSecretary
DOROTHY JEFFRIES ANDERSON, NCC, CCMHCTacoma, WashingtonPast
Chair
M. SYLVIA FERNANDEZ, NCC, NCSC, ACSPembroke Pines, Florida
DAWNA JACKSON-SANFORD, NCC, LCPC, LMFTBoise, Idaho
THOMAS J. KELLER, NCC, ACS, LMHCIndianapolis, Indiana
SYLVIA C. NASSAR-MCMILLAN, NCC, LPCCharlotte, North Carolina
TED ILIFFAtlanta, GeorgiaPublic Member
THOMAS W. CLAWSON, NCC, NCSC, LPCGreensboro, North
CarolinaExecutive Director
The National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.(NBCC) values
diversity. There are no barriers tocertification on the basis of
gender, race, creed,age, sexual orientation, or national
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NBCC Marks20th AnniversaryThe regular June meeting of the NBCC
Board of Directors was anythingbut ordinary. It was the 20th year
of operation for NBCC, and the eventwas recognized by inviting all
of the past chairs of the board to a specialmeeting. The meeting
included presentations for them and by them inorder to bring us
full circle to where we stand today, at the beginning ofthe new
millennium. We were honored by the presence of the followingpast
chairpersons: Lloyd Stone, Carl Swanson, Fred Adair, Elinor
Waters,Dick Percy, John Bloom, Bob Pate, Janine Bernard, Sandra
Lopez-Baez,Dick Page, and Lynn Brueske. Unable to attend and sorely
missed wereBetty Hedgeman, Joyce Breasure, Wanda Lipscomb, and Joe
Wittmer.
Staff members reported feeling “awed” by the presence of so many
ofour profession’s leaders in one room. And, indeed, before the end
ofthe day, there were laughter and tears and a deepened sense of
purposeand dedication felt by all. Presentations by the staff
illustrated thegrowth that NBCC has experienced since the early
1980s. We pointedout the 32,500 NCCs, the six major examinations
administered, the 43states using our exams, the increase in staff,
building size, and budget.In contrast, the presentation by the past
chairs related NBCC’s historyfrom a personal viewpoint. They were
the eyewitnesses, the architectsof the facts that most of us have
only read about. They were the shep-herds who brought us to the new
millennium, and now we go forwardto a bright future because of
their contributions. ❏