The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Associated Schooling Packages (CACREP) has granted accreditation to the MSED in Medical Psychological Well being Counseling and MSED in College Counseling packages at The Faculty of Saint Rose by way of March 2030.
Saint Rose is the one establishment within the larger Capital Area providing CACREP-accredited faculty counseling and psychological well being counseling packages, which implies graduates have met excessive tutorial {and professional} requirements and graduate with the data wanted for achievement within the subject.
“For the scholars, it raises the profile of their diploma, and it creates a shared language that they’ve met rigorous requirements,” stated Claudia Lingertat, a professor of counseling and chair of the Saint Rose Division of Counseling.
College students in this system additionally profit in that CACREP accreditation makes the method of getting licensed in different states smoother, as states worth what the accreditation says in regards to the high quality of graduates.
CACREP accreditation additionally opens doorways for MSED in Medical Psychological Well being Counseling graduates, who will now be eligible for employment within the Division of Veterans Affairs and to obtain cost as impartial suppliers below TRICARE, a well being care program in the US Division of Protection Navy Well being System that serves beneficiaries and their dependents.
The packages are designed for pupil wants, providing courses within the evenings as a result of nearly all of faculty and medical psychological well being counseling college students work full time.
In alignment with the Faculty’s founding values, the packages worth social justice and advocacy, cultural competence, and a trauma-informed method to working with shoppers and college students. Additionally they have a robust popularity for producing excellent professionals, with 100% of the medical psychological well being and college counseling college students final yr securing jobs throughout the subject.
“The college have all labored within the subject,” Lingertat stated. “We’re all the time on the leading edge in our courses, and within the surveys, college students felt exceptionally well-prepared.”