School counselor preparation to meet the guidance needs of exceptional students: a national study. (Counselor Preparation).

A representative sample of counselor educators at U universities were viewed to identify the kinds of curricula seminary counselor preparation programs use for preparing scholars to work with exceptional scholars (ES). Program courses in exceptional scholar education (ESE), competencies, field experiences, state certification requirements for ESE courses, the step of importance accorded by counselor educators to prepare graduates to be subservient to ES, and the educators' horizontal of satisfaction with current program requirements were investigated. Sixty-two percent of the programs reviewed did not offer a specific ESE course; however, 53% of these programs (N = 146) reported that ESE competencies were incorporated