Reviews the campaign to pass a counselor licensure bill in Idaho, and provides specific and workable guidelines for a successful effort under the headings of professional responsibility, realities of political life, outreach, veracity, endurance, and need for the law. (JAC)

This article presents results and recommendations of the ACES Licensure Commission study on the licensing of counselors. (Author)

The issue of standards for professional practice and the problems of deciding by whom and in what manner they are to be developed and enforced are concerns of guidance and counseling. This article presents one perspective on the dilemma, and suggests steps that might lead to its partial resolution. (Author)

The coordinator of a successful legislative effort by Oregon psychologists and chairman of the first Board of Examiners comments on some potential conflicts between professional idealism and political realities. (Author)

In this dialogue the authors share their respective views about the nature of counseling and about its relationship to professional psychology. The major issue is level and intensity of professional preparation. (Author)

This article gives a brief history of the development of standards of preparation by APGA and the nature of APGA might at present strengthen the process of accreditation as it relates to counselor education. (Author)

A survey of the short history of the issue of counselor certification and licensure are the springboard for imagined future outcomes. Questions to ponder concern how licensure will come about, who will regulate the profession, and what part counselors must take to avoid the dilemma of lawsuits and malpractice. (MPJ)

Analyzed (N=221) questionnaires completed by members of the Idaho Personnel and Guidance Association and the Idaho Psychological Association. Results indicated that both counselors and psychologists perceive a need for counselor licensure. Psychologists favored higher minimal academic levels for counselor practice than counselors. (RC)

This article examines the internal and external pressures that brought about the creation of the APGA Licensure Commission. It traces some important events that have occurred at least in part because of the Commission. Finally, the article discusses the active focus of the current APGA Licensure Committee. (Author)

New licensing laws (e.g. Ohio's 1972 enactment which closely follows the APA'sr psychologists and school psychologists) are described. Implications for the counseling profession are examined and recommendations for action offered (independent proposal of legislation by counselor associations, test cases,etc.). (EAK)

This article takes a look into the future regarding counselor recertification. The authors discuss some of the complications of the recertification process and propose some techniques for evaluating pupil personnel workers. (HMV)

This article updates one in the June, 1977, Personnel and Guidance Journal and focuses on the same four issues: support within the counseling profession for additional credentialing practices, professional identity, licensure as the main credentialing thrust, and development and implementation of an effective method of accrediting preparation…

Studied questionnaires distributed to counselors in a variety of settings throughout Oregon. Results indicate licensure was an important consideration for 87 percent of the respondents, with general support for a licensure bill by 77 percent of the respondents. Training beyond a master's degree was the preferred level of educational training…

Counselors lack credentialing methods that meet their needs for gaining credence outside of the schools. It is suggested that the lack of a clear identity, including a focused philosophical base and the clear designation of functions, underlies the problem of establishing effective credentialing processes. (Author)