The Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology train candidates to meet the unit outcomes and standards of the following accrediting boards, state, and national bodies:

• WCU’s Conceptual Framework to meet the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
  • Conceptual Framework for Counselors.pdf
  
  
  
• NBCC – National Board for Certified Counselors is the nation's premiere professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling.
  • http://www.nbcc.org/
  
  
  
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
  • Academic Foundations, Performance, and Professionalism standards for Secondary School Counseling
  • Academic Foundations, Performance, and Professionalism standards for Elementary School Counseling
    
    
• CACREP – The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs is an independent agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit master's degree programs in school counseling and higher education counseling/student affairs
  • http://www.cacrep.org/