COUNSELOR PREPERATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM(CPCE)|QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS|GRADED A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!

COUNSELOR PREPERATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM(CPCE)|QUES-
TIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS|GRADED
A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!


HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Passed in 1996

Patients have control over who is able to access and view their health records



IDEA - ANSWER Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

A civil rights law guaranteeing that students with disabilities receive the services they need



FERPA - ANSWER Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Created in 1974

Also known as the Buckley Amendment

Specifies rights to parents and nonminor students for access to educational records



NVGA - ANSWER The National Vocational Guidance Association was founded in 1913 as
the first emergence of counseling (vocational counseling)

It is now the National Career Development Association (NCDA)



Minnesota Point of View - ANSWER Created by E. G. Williamson, considered the one of
the first counseling theories

Trait and factor theory



American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) - ANSWER Created in 1952 under
the NVGA (now NCDA) to gain a voice in counseling, it is now the American Counseling Asso-
ciation (ACA)




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,ASCA - ANSWER The American School Counselor Association is formed as a division un-
der the APGA in 1952



NDEA - ANSWER National Defense Education Act

Passed by Congress in 1958 to increase funds in schools to improve curriculum and hire
counselors who could identify students excelling in math and science



ARCA - ANSWER American Rehabilitation Counseling Assocation created in 1958



First code of ethics - ANSWER Created by the APGA in 1961



Community Mental Health Act - ANSWER Signed in 1963 by President Johnson which al-
lots money for the creation of mental health centers



AARC - ANSWER Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, formerly the As-
sociation for Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance (AMEG), was founded in 1965



NECA - ANSWER The National Employment Counseling Association began in 1966



AMCD - ANSWER The Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
is founded in 1972



ASGW - ANSWER The Association for Specialists in Group Work is founded in 1973



ASERVIC - ANSWER The Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counsel-
ing is founded in 1974



IAAOC - ANSWER The International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors is
founded in 1974


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,Donaldson vs. O'Connor - ANSWER 1975 - Supreme Court case that ended in the decision
to deinstitutionalize patients in state mental hospitals; barred mental institutions from com-
mitting patients involuntarily if they were not a threat to themselves or others



First state to offer licensure - ANSWER Virginia - 1976



AMCHA - ANSWER The American Mental Health Counselors Association is created in
1978



CACREP - ANSWER The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational
Programs is established in 1981



NBCC - ANSWER The National Board for Certified Counselors starts in 1982

They created the first national examination -- the National Counselor Exam (NCE)



ACEG - ANSWER The Association for Counselors and Educators in Government is created
in 1984



AADA - ANSWER The Association for Adult Development and Aging is started in 1986



IAMFC - ANSWER International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors began in
1989



ACCA - ANSWER The American College Counseling Association began in 1991



ACA - ANSWER American Counseling Association

Originally the APGA, then the AACD (American Association of Counseling and Development;
1983), then in 1995 is changed to ACA


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, ALGBTIC - ANSWER The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in
Counseling (name change in 2007)

Formerly the Association for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Counseling (AGLBIC)
founded in 1997



ACC - ANSWER The Association for Creativity in Counseling is established in 2004



Most recent ethics code - ANSWER Created in 2005

Has new sections regarding technology, end-of-life care, diagnosing, ending practice, and
therapeutic interventions



Final state to offer licensure - ANSWER California -- 2009



U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) - ANSWER A civil rights act that protects in-
dividuals with disabilities from being discriminated against or denied equal access to ser-
vices and opportunities because of their disability.



CAPTA - ANSWER Child Abuse Prevention Act

Defines child abuse and neglect as "Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or
caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploi-
tation; or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm"



CRCC - ANSWER Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification is a nonprofit
founded in 1974 to certify rehabilitation counselors



AHC - ANSWER The Association for Humanistic Counseling

Formed in 1931

"the heart and conscience of the counseling profession"



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