1892

1905

American
Psychological
Association
founded

Binet & Simon

develop mental
ability scale

1907

1908

Jesse B. Davis, the first person to

set up a systematized guidance
program in the public schools,
suggested that classroom teachers
of
Englishofcomposition
teach
their
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the National
Vocational
Clifford
Beers
publishes
A
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students
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was
the forerunner
of the American

Frank Parsons, often called

the founder of guidance,
founded Bostons Vocational
Bureau, a major step in
Development
Education
courses
ofof the
institutionalizing
vocational
guidance
for
Army
counselors
Alpha
and
had

1913
1908

Counseling
Association.
established
Contributed
to Itpublic
an association offering guidance
awareness
of issues relating
literature and united those with an
interesttoin mental
vocationaldisorders
counseling for the
first time.

1917
1911

begun
Beta
at Harvard
test
University

1920

1924
1920

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courses
for
Freuds
begin
State
Certification
certification
of
tocounsellors
influencealmost
mental
counselors
of guidancein
exclusively emphasized
health
professionals
counselors
Boston
and
begins
New
vocational guidance
York

1930
1927

1932
1929

Broadening
Publication of new
counseling
psychological
beyond
John
Brewer published
a book
Abraham
and Hannah
occupational
instruments
concerns.
such asThe
Edward
seeds of
titled Education as Guidance.
establishment of
Strongs
this development
Strong Vocational
were sownInterest
in the Stones
He proposed that every teacher
Inventory
1920s, when
(SVII),
Edward
this Thorndike
instrument be the
first marriage
and
a counselor
and that guidance
began
set thetostage
challenge
for future
the vocational
directions
be incorporated
into thecenter
school
family
counseling
for
orientation
assessment
of in
thecounselling
guidance
curriculum
as a subject.
in New York
City.
movement

1939
1938

1939
1938

The U.S. Employment

Service
Congress
passed theGeorgepublished
thethat
firstcreated
edition of
Dean Act
thethe
Dictionary ofEducation
Occupational
Titles
Vocational
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U.S. described
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Education
occupations in the United States
and an Occupational
and coded them according to job
Informationtitles.
and Guidance
Service.

Development of the first theory of

counseling, The Clinical Method
of Guidance, which was
formulated by E. G. Williamson
and his colleagues (including John
Darley and Donald Paterson) at the
University of Minnesota.

School counseling
became more of a
national
phenomenon.

1946
1942

1952
1945

U.S.Rogers
government
further
Carl
publishes
promoted counseling through the
Counseling &
George- Barden Act of 1946,
Psychotherapy
and
which
provided vocational
education
fundsthe
through
the U.S.
begins
era of
Office of Education for counselor
individual
counseling
training institutes.

The establishment of the

American Personnel and
Guidance Association (APGA)
with the purpose of formally
organizing groups interested in
guidance, counseling, and
personnel matters.

Counseling
becomes dominant
school guidance
service

1953
1952

1962
1953

The Society
of Counseling
The
passage
of the
Psychology (Division 17) of
National
Defense
APA was formally
established.
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initially
Education
known as the Division of
(NDEA)
Counseling
Psychology.

The charting
Gilbert
Wrennofsetthethe
Schoolin his
tone American
for the decade
Counselor
Association
widely
influential
book,
(ASCA).
It joined APGA
The Counselor
in a as
its Changing
fifth member
shortly
World.
thereafter.

1984
1981

1985
1982

Sigma Iota, an
Council for
After The
considerable
debate, the Chi
National
Board
international academic and
Accreditation
of Counseling
the APGA changed
its
professional
for Certified
honor society, was
and
Related
name
to theEducational
American
formed in 1985 by Thomas J.
Programs
(CACREP)
was
Association for Counseling
Counselors
Sweeney to promote
as an affiliate
andformed
Development
(AACD) excellence in the counseling
(NBCC) was
organization of APGA.
profession.

formed

1992
1986

2002
1987

AACD
to modify its name
Establishment
of theand
become the American
American Association of
Counseling Association (ACA).
State
Counseling
Boards
The new
name better reflected
the membership
(AASCB)and
bymission
Ted of
the Remley.
organization.

CACREP
achievedformally
membership
Counseling
in the Council on Postsecondary
celebrated its 50th
Accreditation (COPA), bringing
anniversary
asofa
it into a position
accreditation
power
parallel
profession
under
theto
such
specialty
umbrella
ofaccreditation
the ACA.
bodies as the APA

2003

2006

Center for School US congress officially

declared Feb 6-10 as
Counseling
National School
Outcome Research
Counseling Week
was developed by
Jay Carey