Bio: Please complete a BRIEF (1 paragraph only) biographical sketch written in the 3rd person. EXAMPLE Donna Sheperis, PhD is an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training-Online for Palo Alto University (California). She earned her PhD in Counselor Education from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Donna has taught for land based and online programs since 2000. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Arizona and Texas; a National Certified Counselor; a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor; and an Approved Clinical Supervisor with over 20 years of experience in clinical mental health counseling settings. *
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Target Audience: Describe the audience that will most benefit from your presentation.
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Session Description: EXAMPLE Credentialing is important to the legitimacy of a profession, and to the professional stature of the individuals who practice within that field. However, counselors use different formats to market their qualifications and the result is confusion among consumers. Further complicating client decision making is the fact that most consumers use acronyms to represent credentials and the public is not educated about the differences (e.g., LPC, LCPC, LMHC, NCC, or CCMCH). In order to understand consumer perceptions of counseling credentials, we utilized a quantitative Q Sort methodology due to its ability to provide a “systematic study of subjectivity” (Rozalia, 2008). In other words, we wanted to know which counselor qualifications might play an empirical ole in the selection of a counselor.
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Learning Objectives: Please provide 3 or 4 objectives. EXAMPLE -Review of the manager's role in setting their employees up for success. -Understand the trainee's perspective. -Explore learning principles that are effective in adult education.
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