NCE Exam Prep
NCE Exam Prep is organized by E Care Behavioral Health Institute.
Overview:
This boot camp is a 4-day training series. Two hours each session total of 8 hours will prepare mental health professionals to pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which you’re required to answer 200 MCQs.
Studying for this four-hour-long test can be quite overwhelming, especially with the overload of knowledge available. This is where our team comes in. At E Care Behavioral Institute, we provide comprehensive NCE exam prep to help prospective counselors to pass the exam. Each day there will be a practice test that Janelle Bettis-Cox will go through and help you analyze the questions and choose the right answer. It also includes inspirational elements, a review of study skills, and support to assist participants to have successful results!
The NCE Bootcamp will cover the eight CACREP domains on which the examination questions are based. The following is the schedule and content that will be covered. Please note key concepts from the domain will be covered to keep within the timeframe.
Five Working Behavioral Area:
Assessment:
• Fundamental Counseling Issues
• Diagnostic and Assessment Services
• Professional Practice
• Professional Development Supervision and Consultation
Outline:
Session One:
• Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice- Professional functioning (history, roles, organizational structures, ethics, standards, and credentialing)
• Social and Cultural Diversity —Issues and trends in a multicultural and diverse society
Session Two:
• Counseling and Helping Relationships —understanding of counseling and consultation processes.
• Career Counseling —career development.
• Fundamental Counseling Issues
• Diagnostic and Assessment Services
Session Three:
• Human Growth and Development —nature and needs of individuals across the lifespan
• Assessment and Testing —individual and group approaches to assessment and evaluation
• Professional Development Supervision and Consultation.
Session Four:
• Group Counseling and Group Workgroup development, dynamics, counseling theories, group counseling methods and skills, and other group work approaches
• Research and Program Evaluation —types of research methods, basic statistics, and ethical and legal considerations in research.
Objectives:
• Assess study skills and plan for improvement
• Practice time -management techniques for successful studying
• Improve test performance.
• Enable individual clinicians to develop knowledge and competence in the field of mental health.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.