International Association of Counseling Services: Standards for University and College Counseling Services

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Notes

Editor's Note: The International Association of Counseling Services (IACS) accredits over 170 college and university counseling centers and publishes the National Survey of Counseling Center Directors. IACS's accreditation standards offer guidelines germane to all college counseling centers, not only those applying for accreditation. Therefore the 2010 revision in the standards, the first since 2000, is a significant event. The revised standards are included here in their entirety. In a future issue we hope to evaluate IACS's standards and compare them to other accrediting guidelines used within our field.

1. For the purposes of this document, the terms Services and Centers are interchangeable.

2. The standard on mandatory counseling was amended on October 25, 2005.

3. Amended on October 6, 2006 by the IACS Board of Accreditation.