Special Features

Racial bias in gifted and talented programs

By Scott Sleek September 26, 2023

A recent article in a special issue of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development explores why racial bias often prevents Black boys from being placed in advanced learning programs.

The power of counselor advocacy

By Brian D. Banks March 17, 2023

Through their advocacy efforts, ACA and licensed professional counselors continue to make progress that affects not only the counseling profession but also the entire country.

Shawn E. Boynes: The right leader at the right time

Counseling Today August 29, 2022

“We are embarking on creating the next life cycle for ACA, and in order to do that, I want members to fully engage in charting the course. This is your organization; I, along with staff, am a steward of it.”

Creating meaningful and lasting change

Counseling Today April 13, 2022

An interview with ACA Antiracism Commission Chair Taunya Tinsley.

Painter and Nawojchik take top honors in graduate student essay competitions

June 30, 2014

Everett Painter of the University of Tennessee and Claire Nawojchik of the University of Virginia were chosen as the grand prize winners in respective graduate student essay competitions. Painter submitted the top essay in the ACA Foundation’s Graduate Student Essay Competition supported by Gerald and Marianne Corey and Allen and Mary Bradford Ivey. The competition…continue reading