Ohio Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (OACES)
http://www.ohio-aces.org

The Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision is one of seven divisions of the Ohio Counseling Association (OCA). OCA, the umbrella organization, is a scientific and educational organization serving members and the public by fostering the advancement of counseling and human development in all settings. This is accomplished through the promotion of sound professional practice and high standards of professional conduct in addition to the sponsoring of educational meetings, conferences and workshops. Such endeavors educate the profession and the public about the human development profession. In its divisional status, the Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision maintains a separate yet integrated governance structure consisting of elected officers, a General Assembly, regional committees, bylaws, operating procedures, and representatives to the OCA Governing Council.

Ohio Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (OAMCD)
http://www.oamcd.org

The Ohio Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (OAMCD) is a division of the Ohio Counseling Association (OCA). It is a professional counseling organization which values the integrity and dignity of all persons regardless of cultural differences and upholds high standards for professionalism. OAMCD is committed to promoting and enhancing understanding, appreciation, and skills relative to cultural differences.

OUR PURPOSE: The Purposes of OAMCD are to promote a greater understanding of ethnic groups among members of the counseling and development professions; improve standards and delivery of counseling and development services provided to ethnic groups; identify and work to eliminate conditions which create barriers to the individual development of ethnic groups.

OUR MISSION: The unifying mission of OAMCD is to promote culturally competent counselors who provide culturally effective counseling. We are committed to work with parents, schools, agencies, and other community bodies who serve varying ethnic groups.


Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association (OMHCA)
http://www.ohmhca.org

OMHCA represents mental health counselors who are advocating for client-access to quality services within the health care industry. OMHCA is committed to promoting the profession of mental health counseling. OMHCA actively monitors legislation on both the state and federal level that impacts the ability of LPCs and LPCCs to practice their profession. In addition to meeting with legislators and state administrators, OMHCA also communicates with leaders in private industry to educate them about the use of LPCs and LPCCs as specialists in the delivery of behavioral healthcare services, encouraging the inclusion of LPCs and LPCCs on managed-care provider panels. OMHCA is also committed to providing professional development opportunities for Ohio mental health counselors.

Ohio Career Development Association (OCDA)
http://www.ocdaonline.org

The Ohio Career Development Association (OCDA) promotes the career development of all people over the life-span. To achieve this, OCDA provides service to the public and professionals involved with or interested in career development, including professional development activities, research, public information, professional standards, and advocacy.


Ohio Association for Specialists in Group Work (OASGW)

The mission of OASGW is to assist and further the interests of children, youth and adults by seeking to provide effective services through the group medium consistent with the goals of the Association for Specialists in Group Work.  Specifically, the goals are to promote group work, facilitate maximum development and remediate disabling behaviors and patterns.  Additionally, we promote group training, education, research, standards and service in the field of group work.

Ohio School Counselor Association (OSCA)
http://www.ohioschoolcounselors.org

At the time of this writing, the educational standards are still being discussed and debated. Some of the major issues that influence school counselors include: new requirements for high school graduation, an increase in credits for graduation, the requirement that fourth-graders pass a statewide reading test before promoting to fifth-grade, and replacing the ninth-grade proficiency test with a tougher tenth-grade proficiency test. Negotiations have produced tentative agreements on several issues, however, a final agreement has not yet been reached.

Since the Ohio Supreme Court declared in March, 1997 that the current system of funding education is unconstitutional, the Ohio legislature has the responsibility of devising a new funding method. Therefore, the educational standards will be tied to the proposed funding alternatives.

Due to the effect these proposals have on the role of the professional school counselor, the Ohio School Counselor Association will keep members apprised of the latest changes in legislation. To keep updated on the policies having an impact on school counselors as well as Ohio's children and adolescents call OSCA at 1-800-680-9414.

Ohio Association for Spiritual, Ethical, & Religious Values in Counseling (OASERVIC)
http://www.oaservic.org

OASERVIC is devoted to professionals who believe that spiritual, ethical, religious, and other human values are essential to the full development of the person and to the discipline of counseling. This division of OCA stresses the "SPIRIT" in the "Mind - Body - Spirit" process of counseling.

Nearly every day, we are confronted with events and discoveries that challenge our ethical common sense. The mission of OASERVIC is to provide a forum for informed and thoughtful consideration of these issues and how they affect counselor education, the counseling profession and the client-counselor relationship.

Chapters

Central Ohio Counseling Association (COCA)

East Ohio Counseling Association (EOCA)

Greater Cincinnati Counseling Association (GCCA)

Miami Valley Counseling Association (MVCA)

Northwest Ohio Counseling Association (NWOCA)

Southeast Ohio Counseling Association (SEOCA)

North Central Ohio Counseling Association (NCOCA)

Affiliates

CHI SIGMA IOTA
www.csi-net.org

Chi Sigma Iota is a rapidly growing International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society that has invited over 17,000 individuals and 170 chapters to membership since its formation in 1985. CSI was established in order to create a link between students, educators, practitioners, and supervisors in various counseling settings. The objective of CSI is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the field of counseling.