Counseling, M.S. Key Performance Indicators

After completing the Counseling, M.S. program, students will demonstrate competency in the following performance areas.

Core Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Professional  Counseling Orientation and Practice

• ethical standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies, and applications of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling (IIF1i)

Social and Cultural Diversity

• the impact of heritage, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences on an individual’s views of others (IIF2d)

Human Growth and Development

• a general framework for understanding differing abilities and strategies for differentiated interventions (IIF3h)
• ethical and culturally relevant strategies for promoting resilience and optimum development and wellness across the lifespan (IIF3i)

Career Development

• theories and models of career development, counseling, and decision making (IIF4a)

Counseling and Helping Relations

• essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills (IIF5g)

Group Counseling and Group Work

• types of groups and other considerations that affect conducting groups in varied settings (IIF6f)

Assessment and Testing

• use of assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning purposes (IIF7e)

Research and Program Evaluation

• the importance of research in advancing the counseling profession, including how to critique research to inform counseling practice (IIF8a)

Addiction Counseling Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Foundations

• theories and models of addiction related to substance use as well as behavioral and process addictions (AC:1b)

Practice

• strategies for reducing the persisting negative effects of substance use, abuse, dependence, and addictive disorders (AC:3e)

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Foundations

• theories and models related to clinical mental health counseling (CMHC:1b)

Practice

• techniques and interventions for prevention and treatment of a broad range of mental health issues (CMHC:3b)

School Counseling Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Foundations

• models of school counseling programs (SC:1b)

Practice

• design and evaluation of school counseling programs (SC:3b)