College Admissions Knowledge Evaluation (CAKE)

The College Admissions Knowledge Evaluation (CAKE) is an interactive quiz assessing the knowledge students and families need to make informed college decisions. How much College Knowledge do you have? Take the CAKE and see!

http://www.collegesanity.com/

Student-to-School-Counselor Ratios 2015-2016

The latest student-to-school-counselor ratio data is available from the 2015–2016 school year. Take a look and see how your state stacks up. View the data by ratio (lowest to highest) or by state (alphabetically).

Source: American School Counselor Association

Research Participation Request

Dear Master’s Counseling Student,

My name is Dee Dee Hecht-Hewit and I am in the process of completing a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at The University of Akron. I would greatly appreciate your assistance with my doctoral dissertation.  I am asking master's-level students currently enrolled in a counseling program to participate in this study.

The purpose of this study is to explore group differences in the way individuals think and feel about different types of clients.

This study has been approved by the University of Akron’s Institutional Review Board (#20160409).  For questions regarding the rights of research participants, please contact the IRB at (330) 972- 7666.

This survey is anonymous and should take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
If you agree to take the survey, which includes the full informed consent form, please click the link below.

https://akron.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1ySrtIjL9ibs8oR

Thank you for helping my study advance counselor education.

Sincerely,
Dee Dee Hecht-Hewit
Doctoral Student, The University of Akron School of Counseling

Study Invitation: How perceived support, work-life balance, and mentoring impact the experiences of graduate student parents

Good afternoon. My name is Tiffany Rogers, and I am a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at the University of South Carolina. I am currently conducting a quantitative study on how perceived support, work-life balance, and mentoring impact the experiences of graduate student parents (Master's, EdS, and doctoral) in counselor education programs. I was wondering if you could forward the following survey information along to students in your counseling programs. Please let me know if any additional information for the study is needed. 

_____________________________________________________________________

Dear potential participants, 

I am currently conducting a study in order to better understand how perceived support, perceived work-life balance, and mentoring impact the experiences of graduate student parents. To be eligible to participate in this study, you must be (a) currently enrolled as a graduate student in a counselor education program (Master’s, EdS, or doctoral); and (b) have at least one child who is younger than 18. 

This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of South Carolina. All information collected is anonymous, as you will not be asked any identifying information, and the survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

If you are interested in participating in the study, click on the survey link below. If you have any questions, my contact information is provided at the end of this email. 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RHBPXHD  

Thank you,

Tiffany Rogers, M. Ed., NCC
Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education & Supervision
Graduate Assistant, Office of Assessment
Graduate Student Member, Provost's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

P: 803-777-8603
E: tlrogers@email.sc.edu

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Research survey: Graduate and undergraduate students’ relationships with their parents

DEAR PARTICIPANT:

I am writing to request your help with an important research project being conducted for my dissertation at Argosy University, Sarasota. I am a doctoral student at Argosy University, Sarasota, and must complete this research project in order to graduate. This researcher would like to learn more about graduate and undergraduate students’ relationships with their parents and their professors.   The study is important because it will help the faculty to better understand your needs and will assist them in providing services to you.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. The questionnaire will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.  Your unique experiences will provide useful information for this study.  I recognize that participation in this research project is voluntary, and I very much appreciate your assistance. It is only with the generous help of students like you that my research can be successful. As a way of saying thanks for your participation, you will be entered into a drawing for one of several $50.00 gift cards after you successfully submit your web survey.

Winners will be contacted via e-mail after the data collection period ends.  Your answers are completely confidential and no individual’s answers will be identified as your name will not be connected to your answers. This survey is entirely voluntary.  Please read the Informed Consent. By entering the date you are verifying your consent to participate in this research.  To begin the survey, please click on the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stuprofrelationship

If you have any questions or comments about this study, please feel free to contact me or my advisor using the information below. This research is being conducted in collaboration with Argosy University, Sarasota.
Thank you very much for helping with this important study.

Sincerely,

Nicole M. Jackson, MA, LPC, LCADC, HS-BCP
Doctoral Student
Argosy University
njackson35@stu.argosy.edu
jsuprina@argosy.edu

Research Participant Request: Graduate and undergraduate students’ relationships with their parents and their professors

DEAR PARTICIPANT:

I am writing to request your help with an important research project being conducted for my dissertation at Argosy University, Sarasota. I am a doctoral student at Argosy University, Sarasota, and must complete this research project in order to graduate. This researcher would like to learn more about graduate and undergraduate students’ relationships with their parents and their professors.   The study is important because it will help the faculty to better understand your needs and will assist them in providing services to you.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. The questionnaire will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.  Your unique experiences will provide useful information for this study.  I recognize that participation in this research project is voluntary, and I very much appreciate your assistance. It is only with the generous help of students like you that my research can be successful. As a way of saying thanks for your participation, you will be entered into a drawing for one of several $50.00 gift cards after you successfully submit your web survey.

Winners will be contacted via e-mail after the data collection period ends.  Your answers are completely confidential and no individual’s answers will be identified as your name will not be connected to your answers. This survey is entirely voluntary.  Please read the Informed Consent. By entering the date you are verifying your consent to participate in this research.  To begin the survey, please click on the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stuprofrelationship

If you have any questions or comments about this study, please feel free to contact me or my advisor using the information below. This research is being conducted in collaboration with Argosy University, Sarasota.
Thank you very much for helping with this important study.

Sincerely,

Nicole M. Jackson, MA, LPC, LCADC, HS-BCP
Doctoral Student
Argosy University
njackson35@stu.argosy.edu
jsuprina@argosy.edu

Supporting Safe and Healthy Schools: A National Survey of School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers Thank you in advance for participating in our study, Supporting Safe and Healthy Schools: A National Survey of School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA), and Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) are partnering on this study to learn more about the perspectives of secondary school counselors, psychologists, and social workers who play a key role in the academic success, safety, and well-being of our nation’s youth, especially those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT). The results from this survey will not only help us understand more about school-based support services for LGBT students, but also to understand how we can foster safe and healthy learning environments for all youth. What this survey is about. We hope to learn more about the experiences of school counselors, psychologists, and social workers in U.S. secondary schools (e.g., middle and/or high schools), including their perspectives on school climate and school-based practice with LGBT youth. The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. There are no direct benefits from participation. Although you will receive no direct benefit from participating in this study, you may feel some satisfaction from providing important information about your work and supporting efforts to create safer learning environments for students. Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. You do not have to take the survey. If you choose to not take the survey, there will be no penalties or negative consequences for doing so. In addition, we anticipate that your participation in the survey will not expose you to any risk beyond what one would experience in everyday life. We understand that some participants may feel uncomfortable answering particular questions in this survey, and you are free to skip any questions that cause discomfort. You can also stop taking the survey at any time.  The survey is completely confidential. We do not ask for your name (and please do not put it anywhere on the survey). Your email address will not be linked to your survey responses, and no one affiliated with this study will know whether or not you decide to participate in this survey. While we do ask some questions about the characteristics of your job and your school, including an optional question about your school district's name, none of this information will be used to identify you. The survey software we are using ensures the security of its data, and information collected from this survey will remain password protected on computers accessible only to our research staff. For these reasons, we hope that you will be comfortable being completely honest when answering our questions. Upon completion of the study, any publications or presentations related to the study will be reported in the aggregate, and results of this study will be made available online. Take the survey now: http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/6122g51fdf

Study: Use of Application Software (Apps) for Learning, Self-care and Enhancement of Counseling Proficiencies among Counseling Students

Chi Sigma Iota, Beta Upsilon Chapter at Barry University, is searching for participants to take part in a research study (IRB#130301). The title of the study is “Use of Application Software (Apps) for Learning, Self-care and Enhancement of Counseling Proficiencies among Counseling Students”. This study is being conducted by the CSI-Beta Upsilon research team 1 under the direction of Dr. Raul Machuca, assistant professor in counseling at Barry University. The aims of the research are to examine master and doctoral counseling students’ attitudes towards the use of apps for learning, self care and counseling practice. Your participation in this research study will involve responding to demographic information and an anonymous survey about your use of apps. To be a participant in this study you are required to be a master or doctoral student of counseling.

Your consent to be a research participant is strictly voluntary and should you decline to participate or should you choose to drop out at any time during the study, there will be no adverse effects. There are no known risks for this study. There are no direct benefits to you for participating in this study. There are, however, some indirect benefits: if interested, participants and distributors of the survey will receive a detailed guide of counseling related technological applications (APPs), approximately 90 apps, as a reward for completing the short survey; also your participation will contribute to research in the area of technology in counseling. If interested in receiving the counseling related apps guide please reply to the primary researcher.

The questionnaire is estimated to take an average of 10 minutes to complete. To start the survey, participants may copy and paste this link into their web browser:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/25RBH2S

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the study, your participation in the study, or you are interested in the counseling related apps guide, you may contact, Dr. Raul Machuca, by phone at 305-899-3703 or by email at RMachuca@barry.edu. 

***Mobile Assessment Technologies in Clinical Practice Survey***

You are invited to participate in an online survey about using mobile technologies, such as smart phones, tablets or text messaging, to assess adults with serious mental illness. This anonymous and confidential survey will take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete and you will have the opportunity to enter in a raffle for one of ten $50 Visa gift cards. Study procedures have been approved by the North Carolina State University’s Institutional Review Board (NCSU IRB Study # 3150).

To be eligible to participate, you must be:

• A mental health professional;
• Practicing in the United States or Canada; and
• Providing clinical services to adults with serious mental illness (defined as a mental disorder that substantially interferes with one’s life activities and ability to function).

If you meet the eligibility criteria and are interested in participating, please click the following survey link:  http://ncsu.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_eKaFHu75Yez6FDL

If you have any questions about the study, please contact, Dr. Sarah Desmarais (sdesmarais@ncsu.edu). To report any technical difficulties, please contact the project coordinator, Ms. Katareena Done (kdone@ncsu.edu).

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this effort to improve our knowledge about current and future use of mobile assessment technologies in clinical practice!

From the ACA to Grad Students

Dear Graduate Students and New Professionals,

ACA really enjoys paying as much attention as we can to graduate students and new professionals and we need your help to do so.

An important ACA initiative is our special For Graduate Students and New Professionals Only conference series.  Each year at the annual conference, ACA provides education sessions by some of the most famous authors, theorists, and leaders in professional counseling on topics specifically chosen by graduate students and new professionals.  Previous For Graduate Students and New Professionals Onlypresentations have included:

• Patricia Arredondo          Making the Most of Supervision.
• Gerald Corey                     Finding a Meaningful Life After Graduate School.
• Gerald Corey,

                Marianne Corey,

               & Jamie Bludworth           Becoming a Professional Counselor

·         Rebecca                               Insider Tips: Landing That First Counseling Job.

                Daniel-Burke                      Finding a Counseling Job in This Lousy Economy.

                                                                A New Opportunity: Getting a Job in Integrated Care.

·         Marcheta Evans                What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know About Mindfulness.

• Jo-Ann Lipford                                                

Sanders                                What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know About the Current State of Multiculturalism.             

• Carman Gill &    

                 Stephanie Dailey             Got Spirit? Our Clients Do.           

• Sam Gladding                    What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know About Humor in Counseling.         
• Sam Gladding &                                                               

Donna Henderson           Keeping the Boundaries From Breaking in Counselor Education: Professor/Student Relationships.                   

• Jane Goodman                 Master Teaching Techniques for Rookie Counselor Educators.
• Allen & Mary Ivey            What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know About Neuroscience.
• Marty Jencius                    What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know About Social Media.
• Jeffrey Kottler                   What Can I Do With My Counseling Degree? Career Options for Graduate Students and New Professionals.
• Courtland Lee                    Let Your Degree be Your Passport: International Opportunities for Graduate Students and New Professionals.
• Lynn Linde                          Office Politics 101.
• Sandra Lopez-Baez          Practical Pointers for Graduate Students and Professionals.
• Deborah Legge                 Preparing Graduate students and New Professionals for Success in Private Practice.
• Chris Moll                            From Backpacks to Briefcases: Making the Transition From Graduate Student to Professional Counselor.
• Jane Myers                         Wellness & Self-Care for Graduate Students and New Professionals.
• Beverly O’Bryant              Knowing me, Supporting Me, and Marketing Me.
• Cynthia Osborne,            

                 Pamela Paisley &                            

Jack Culbreth                     How to Find Post-Grad Supervision on a Shoestring Budget.        

               

• Mark Pope                          How to Get Through Your Dissertation (and Graduate).  
• Anneliese Singh                “Do Ask, Do Tell”: Current LGBTQ Issues in Counseling for Graduate Students and New Professionals.
• Don W. Locke                    Building Skills and Advocating for the Counseling Profession.

ACA needs your help in determining the lineup for the 2014 ACA conference in Hawaii next March. We would love to have you respond to the following two questions:

1. Other than a faculty member in your own program, who is a famous counselor that you would enjoy seeing (and meeting) at the conference?  Who is the person

most likely to get the following reaction from you:  “I can’t believe I’m seeing her/him in person!”

2. What topic(s) would you like to see at the 2014 conference for the For Graduate Students and New Professionals Only series?  Most of our student attendees are enrolled

in master’s degree programs, so while we certainly want doctoral level related programs, we are especially desirous of topics that are meaningful to master’s level students

and new professionals. 

ACA thanks you for your willingness to help construct the 2014 For Graduate Students and New Professionals Only series.  The ACA conference is the world’s largest conference for professional counselors (3,500 attended the Cincinnati conference last month) and we hope that everyone can come to Hawaii. For information on the conference – including how to submit a proposal before the June 5^th deadline- visitwww.counseling.org/conference

. Even if you can’t attend we still would love to have your ideas for the series.

You can send your thoughts directly to ACA at dkaplan@counseling.org.

Thanks

David

David Kaplan

ACA Chief Professional Officer

Survey: Relationships between counselor cognitions, identity complexity, and counseling competence

I am a third-year doctoral student at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, conducting a dissertation study researching relationships between counselor cognitions, identity complexity, and counseling competence.  I am currently seeking participants for my study.  Eligible participants are current Master’s or Doctoral-level Counseling students, current or retired counseling practitioners, or counselor educators.  The study consists of three surveys and a brief demographic questionnaire and should take no longer than 40 minutes to complete.  For those who are interested, upon completion of the surveys, there is the option of providing an e-mail address (completely separate from your individual responses) in order to enter for a chance to win one of four $25 Barnes and Noble gift cards.  To participate, please follow the link below:

https://uncg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bk3f5dSSjE0ekCN

Please feel free to pass this e-mail along to students or other eligible participants.  If you have any questions about the study, please feel free to contact me at memarti4@uncg.edu.

Survey: The views and the work of professional helpers

Are you a professional helper, for example a therapist, coach, counselor or career counselor? Will you then please help me by taking a new survey? Through this survey I want to learn about the views and the work of professional helpers.

The survey will probably take you about 5 - 10 minutes. Your answers will be processed anonymously and confidentially. The results of this study will be published within a few weeks on this website.

Go to the survey ->
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHN97TJ 

Research Participation Request

Good Day,

My name is Karen Decker, and I am a doctoral student in the Counselor Education and Supervision Program at Capella University. I am currently working on my dissertation under the advisement of my Dissertation Mentor, Dr. Amie Manis.  My research study is intended to examine if relationships exist between social justice advocacy training, counselor competence in social justice advocacy and likelihood to advocate of counselor educators and counselor trainees who are in the Practicum and Internship phase of their training in CACREP accredited Master’s level counselor education programs. I am recruiting individuals to participate in a survey that will take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. In order to participate, you must either be a counselor educator in a CACREP accredited counseling program or a counselor trainee in the Practicum and Internship phase of your training in a CACREP accredited counseling program. Participants will remain confidential.  No identifying information about the participant, the program or the school will be collected. Researchers will be blind to this information as will program directors.

Although participants will be able to remain anonymous, those who choose to can enter their information into a drawing to win an Amazon gift card. A $100 Amazon gift card will be awarded through a random drawing of participants who choose to participate in the drawing. Drawing entry data will not be tied to survey responses to ensure anonymity of responses.

This study has been approved by the IRB at Capella University (IRB # 403586-1).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at kdecker1@capellauniversity.edu or my mentor at Amie.Manis@capella.edu. If you would like to participate in this research study, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your browser.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y2N2B9B

Thank you for your assistance.

Karen Decker

Research Participant Request

 If you are a counselor in training, but have not participated in this study and would still like to, orknow of any counselor(s) in training at the Masters level that may like to participate, I would very much appreciate your assistance in getting my last essential participants. The link to do so can be found here:http://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8xgbk39nd1Y8A1n

  Also, you can enter to win one (1) of five (5) $25 gift cards for your participation by entering your email address when prompted.  I sincerely thank you for your consideration and time. 

Link: http://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8xgbk39nd1Y8A1n

Research request: human relationships and advocacy in counselors

 My name is Tyler Rogers and I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Counselor Education.  I am completing my dissertation research on human relationships and advocacy in counselors currently pursuing a Master's degree in counseling. For any counselors in training on the listserv that have not participated yet, here

 is a link to the survey for my study, which contains an informed consent and information sheet. The survey will take approximately 15-25 minutes to complete. If you would like to be entered to win one (1) of five (5) @25 gift cards for your participation, please enter your email address when prompted. 

        You may also forward this email to your peers in your counseling graduate program that may be interested in participating in the study, but may not be on the CESNET listserv. If you participated via my request on COUNSGRADS last week, you will not be eligible to participate again. Only counselors currently in Master's level training are eligible to participate. I thank you so very much for your time and consideration. I know that every moment in graduate school is valuable, so I really do appreciate your participation in helping a fellow student. Have a wonderful week.

The link is also found here: http://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8xgbk39nd1Y8A1n

California Youth Demand a Plan for More School Counselors

ACA 2013 Student Essay Competitions - $1,000 Grand Prize!

 ACA 2013 Student Essay Competitions - $1,000 Grand Prize!

ACA is sponsoring TWO student member essay competitions---Deadline to enter is Friday, February 8^th.

In conjunction with the ACA Foundation, these competitions feature a $1,000 Grand Prize and also feature ACA Annual Conference registrations and/or ACA eGift certificates to runners-up and honorable mentions. In addition, selected essays will be published in Counseling Today.

The two programs are:

·         The Graduate Student Essay Competition supported by Gerald and Marianne Corey and Allen and Mary Bradford Ivey

·         The ACA Future School Counselors Essay Competition supported by the Roland and Dorothy Ross Trust

ACA student members are encouraged to address one of four contemporary professional issues included among the essay topics and submit their 500 word essay by February 8, 2013 at 11:59 EST.  Complete rules, eligibility requirements, essay topics, and, electronic submission forms can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Essaycompetition2013

Defining Trauma

Defining Trauma: Give Us Your Feedback

SAMHSA is now seeking input from the public on the concept paper, SAMHSA's Working Definition of Trauma and Principles and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach.

For ease of review, the paper is divided into three sections:

1. Definition of Trauma
2. A Trauma-Informed Approach
3. Guidelines for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach.

Each section has a separate link and unique forum to provide comments and, if you wish, to vote on comment offered by others. You have up to 10 votes to endorse other comments, and you may revise your votes throughout the comment period.

The feedback forum will be open beginning Monday, December 10, 2012, and ending at midnight eastern time on Friday, December 21, 2012. This forum will provide an open and transparent process for stakeholders to offer their comments about the definitions, principles, and guidelines, and also make suggestions for improvement.

Feedback on the forum is an important part of the public dialogue on this issue. Your feedback will be carefully considered in the shaping of the definitions of trauma and trauma-informed approach, and the principles and guidelines of a trauma-informed approach.

Learn More About How SAMHSA Developed the Working Definition of Trauma

Survey: integration of career-related topics into counseling services

Attention all doctoral students and current faculty! Please consider participating in a short (only 3 questions!) survey about the integration of career-related topics into counseling services. The survey is approved by the IRB boards at the University of Tennessee and Kent State University. If you are interested in participating, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your internet browser.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CareerCounselingKSU

Thank you for your consideration,

Melinda

Melinda M. Gibbons, Ph.D., NCC

Associate Professor

School Counseling Coordinator

Counselor Education

Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling

441 Claxton Complex

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN 37996

865-974-4477

mgibbon2@utk.edu

Request for participation: The Relationship among Career Thoughts, Optimism, and Spirituality of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Dear Educators,

I am Levette Dames, a Doctoral Candidate, in Counselor Education at the University of South Florida. If you are a survivor of breast cancer, I would like to invite you to be a part of this study entitled, "The Relationship among Career Thoughts, Optimism, and Spirituality of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer”. I would appreciate if you would distribute this call for participation to agencies, hospitals, and survivors of breast cancer. This study has been approved by University of Florida’s eRIB #8443. In addition, the Career Thoughts Inventory has been adapted and reproduced online by special permission of the Publisher, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.

In order to be eligible for this study you or either participants must meet all of the following criteria:

a) Survivor or diagnosed with breast cancer (more than one year)

b) Live or from the Florida (US) or The Bahamas (Caribbean) area

c) Between the ages of 18-65 years

The purpose of this study is to help surviving women diagnosed with breast cancer improve the career thoughts and advance the career development.

The survey has small pages, but it usually takes 30 – 45 minutes to complete. While you may not receive any direct benefit for participating, we hope the study will help women who have or will experience the diagnosis of breast cancer especially, in the field of improving career thoughts while assisting with the medical aspect. Also different cancer affiliated organizations may also use these results to be added to existing interventions.

I can be contacted at 242-225-7556 or 813-974-3515 (leave a message with Sandy Turner). If you have questions about this research study, you can contact one of my major professors, Dr. Herbert Exum (hexum@usf.edu) or Dr. Carlos Zalaquett (carlosz@usf.edu) at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

As a thank-you for your contribution, a $3 dollars donation per participant will be made toward the Florida or the Bahamas Cancer Society Divisions, and participants will be placed in a raffle to win one of three $50.00 dollars vouchers.

If you would like to participate please email Levette S. Dames at dameslevette@yahoo.com to receive the link, password to access the survey, and additional information about the study.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Sincerely yours,

Levette S. Dames

 

Doctoral Candidate and Instructor

President FCDA 2011-2012

University of South Florida
(813) 974-3515