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An Internationalization Competency Checklist for American Counseling Training Programs

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Through a mixed method design the researchers sought to develop an internationalization competency checklist that U.S. counseling training programs could use as a pragmatic guide in their efforts to internationalize their curriculum and training environments. Based on a six-domain framework and using content analytic method, 70 potential internationalization competency items were generated. The items were further validated by 66 counseling professionals in the field who were knowledgeable about counseling training and have experience with international activities, resulting in 43 items with 60% or more positive endorsement. These 43 items were selected to form an International Competency Checklist. Practice and research implications of the study’s findings are discussed.

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This study was funded by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Research Grant Award.

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  1. Department of Counseling, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA

    Kok-Mun Ng & Peggy Ceballos

  2. Department of Leadership & Counseling, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA

    Devika Dibya Choudhuri

  3. Department of Counselor Education, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USA

    Brigid M. Noonan

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Ng, KM., Choudhuri, D.D., Noonan, B.M. et al. An Internationalization Competency Checklist for American Counseling Training Programs. Int J Adv Counselling 34, 19–38 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-011-9141-5

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