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Welcome to the Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and School Psychology!

Thank you for visiting the website of the Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and School Psychology. We hope that you will find information here that fits your purposes. As our mission statement indicates, we are committed to providing high-quality instruction to our students, ensuring competency, leadership, and a desire to contribute to society. In keeping with the conceptual framework

of the College of Education, we prepare competent, committed, reflective professionals.

The training, instruction, and professional development of students is illustrated through stated goals and a COUN Development Plan, which indicates our desire for continued improvement. With a strong committment to diversity, faculty, staff, and students are challenged to support and promote diversity-related instruction, scholarship, outreach, and professional activities.

The Department offers academic programs accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA

), Council for the Accreditation of Counseling-Related Educational Programs (CACREP

), and the Alabama State Department of Education (SDE

). With six accredited programs from which to choose, many opportunities and resources are available to our current students and alumni. Visiting our Annual Reports will show the professional, scholarly, and leadership contributions from our faculty, students, and alumni. We are proud of these achievements, and we encourage all students and faculty to seek greater personal and professional development.

We hope that all questions may be answered through the information provided here. For further inquiries, please contact the Department of COUN