Instructions

Welcome to the profession of counseling! As part of this welcome, review the brief Prezi welcoming you to The American Counseling Association. Please click on https://prezi.com/ewvqx6qslytc/american-counseling-association-101/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

and move through the Prezi. Click on the right arrow at the bottom of the presentation frame and you will scroll through the presentation. Make sure your sound is up so you can hear the audio. If you cannot hear the sound on the Prezi or the Prezi sound is distorted, look below the Prezi and click on "return to the old version." Next, visit the https://www.counseling.org/

and explore the resources, articles, and information available.

Part I

Read the required readings for Unit 1. Using these readings, and additional scholarly sources provide a summary on each of the topics listed below. Be sure to include in-text citations and references to properly credit your sources and support your points.

Your summary should include:

• Discuss one historical event you believe most influenced the counseling profession, and why;
• Describe one current organization that influences where the profession is heading, and why;
• Discuss what benefits, services, and current issues that are highlighted by the American Counseling Association (ACA) are most relevant to you as a counselor-in-training, and why.
• Share one resource that you discovered from the ACA website that you believe will help you as you develop your counselor identity.

Remember that in scholarly writing (required in all CMHC assignments, unless otherwise specified), you need to correctly and frequently integrate and cite the sources that are informing your writing. Anytime you are presenting information that is not your opinion MUST be accompanied by an in-text citation as well as a corresponding reference in a reference list at the end of the discussion post or written assignment.

Note: one of your required "textbooks" for this class is to join ACA. Your membership will allow you to explore all areas of the website, which will greatly assist you in this discussion.