Links to Existing Websites

Links to Counseling Associations & Organizations
American Counseling Association website (ACA)
American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
Ohio Counseling Association  (OCA)
Ohio School Counselor Association (OSCA)
Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (OACES)
Chi Sigma Iota (CSI)

Licensure and Certification
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board
50 West Broad Street, Suite 1425
Columbus, Ohio 43266
(614) 752-5161

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)

Ohio State University links
OSU Counselor Education website
Ohio State University website
School of PAES website
Office of the University Registrar website
OSU Graduate School website
        OSU graduate school publications (including handbook)

Resources

National Guidelines Clearinghouse (196 practice guidelines by disorder and condition)

ERIC Documents, 1993 to January 2004. Full-text, free.
http://www.eric.ed.gov
Search ERIC: http://searcheric.org
Compliance Information
a short pdf containing general HIPAA information
government website on HIPAA

Helpful Mental Health & School Counseling Websites
American Association of Suicidology
This is the official website of the American Association of Suicidology.  It has resources available, including a school counseling suicide prevention program that can be downloaded FREE.  It also contains links to other important suicide prevention, assessment, and treatment websites.

American Psychiatry Association Practice Guidelines
The latest thinking on the treatment of many mental disorders.  Because this is a psychiatric site, pharmacological treatment will be included.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
This website contains up-to-date information on mental health legislation, includes information on public education about mental illness and its effects, and has resources for advocacy, support, and research

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
One of the NIH branches, the NIMH provides extensive clinical information about treatment issues for mental illness, consensus statements for treatment (when available), and results of breaking research.