News & Events
New Student Orientation
Monday, August 27th, Eagle Learning Center
4:30 - 6 p.m. Student services
6 - 8 p.m. Dinner and Meet Your Advisor
Fall Classes Begin
MPCAC Self-Study Approved for School Counseling and Clinical Counseling Programs
The Counseling Psychology Department has been pre-approved to complete a self-study for the Master’s in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC). MPCAC is a national accrediting body for masters-level degree programs in psychology and counseling that demonstrate high levels of academic and professional excellence for training scientist-practitioners. The department is seeking accreditation for its School Counseling and Clinical Counseling degree programs. This process entails an evaluation of the programs by the department and by the MPCAC reviewers, per the Masters in Counseling Association Committee standards (MCAC).
The MCAC accreditation will distinguish our programs and our students in the field of counseling. We plan to complete the self-study this fall and submit the supporting materials in early 2013.
New Faculty Member Joins the School Psychology Program
The Counseling Psychology Department at Eastern University welcomes Jessica Dirsmith as assistant professor in the School Psychology program. Jessica, who is a nationally certified school psychologist, completed her undergraduate degree at The Pennsylvania State University and her graduate and doctoral work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has done additional coursework, as well as a specialty doctoral internship, in the area of school neuropsychology. Jessica has served as a k-12 school psychologist prior to coming to Eastern University. Additionally, she has worked at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Disorders Unit conducting clinical trials on ADHD care monitoring, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and integrating mental health supports in the primary pediatric care setting. Her research interests include school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports, the prevention and intervention of child and adolescent emotional and behavioral problems, and school neuropsychology. She teachers graduate courses related to psychological assessment and clinical skills development, child and adolescent counseling, and oversees the internship placement process for the school psychology students.
News Releases
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS CONCENTRATION APPROVED FOR COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
St. Davids, PA, August 1, 2012: Eastern University is pleased to announce that the new Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Concentration in the Counseling Psychology Department has recently been approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). According to Dr. Walter S. Chung, CRC, BCBA-D, NCP, BCCP, LPC, Behavior Analyst, Clinical Counselor and Program Evaluation Consultant, and Professor at Eastern University, this means that Counseling Psychology students will not have to provide coursework documentation when they apply for certification, as Eastern's coursework has been affirmed as meeting the educational requirements for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst Examination. (Read more)
FIRST STUDENT FROM GHANA ENROLLS IN COUNSELING PROGRAM
St. Davids, PA, July 26, 2012: Eastern University’s Counseling Department has accepted its first international student from Ghana, Sandra Wiles. Wiles will begin Fall 2012 as a full-time student in the Counseling Department’s 60-credit M.A. in Counseling (clinical).
In Ghana, Wiles attended mixed-race schools and was able to attend a boarding school during her high school years. She worked as a summer intern for a Christian radio station and currently works as an intern at a government institution. (Read more)
