Counseling & Art Therapy curriculum includes Competencies and Student Learning Outcomes for CAAHEP accreditation (Student Learning Outcomes in Art Therapy) and the eight (8) core learning areas for counseling education (Student Learning Outcomes in Counseling).
Counseling & Art Therapy completes annual program evaluations for continuous program improvement. The evaluation period is three (3) years and the goals for this evaluation cycle follow.
Program Goals:
Graduates of Counseling & Art Therapy program are prepared as competent entry-level Art Therapists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains, and prepared as competent entry-level Counselors in Knowledge, Awareness, and Skills:
- with clinical competence in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning, which includes fostering skills in the therapeutic use of a broad range of art processes and materials, integrative theoretical approaches, and requisite education needed for counseling licensure.
- who speak and write professionally about mental health services.
- to develop an innovative, professional, ethical, research-minded, and culturally responsive approach to counseling and art therapy through academic inquiry, personal art-making, and self-reflection.
Graduate Program Satisfaction:
100% of students/alumni expressed satisfaction with the program (each question should be evaluated for 85% or above with a score of 3/5 or greater) for the 2024 reporting period, with a 89% return rate [CAAHEP standard].
EVMS Annual Program Evaluation FY 2024
The Virginia Board of Counseling posts the pass/fail data for the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE) by the university. The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) provides this data to the Virginia Board of Counseling.
Counseling & Art Therapy has a 95% pass rate for 2021 (the most recent year reported by the VA Board of Counseling).
This exceeds the state average pass rate of 60% for schools across the US that have graduates taking the LPC exam in VA.
