SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING FOR THE

NCE EXAM

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NBCC Exam Types by State (click here for info per State)

Alabama NCEAlaska NCEArizona NCEArkansas NCE/ NCMHCEColorado NCEConnecticut NCE/ NCMHCEDelaware NCED.C. NCEFlorida NCMHCEGeorgia NCEGuam see websiteIdaho NCEIndiana NCMHCEIllinois NCE/ NCMHCEIowa NCE/ NCMHCEKansas NCE/ NCMHCEKentucky NCELouisiana NCEMaine NCEMaryland NCE or EMACMassachusetts NCMHCEMichigan NCEMinnesota NCEMississippi NCE

Missouri NCEMontana NCE/ NCMHCENebraska NCE/ NCMHCENew Hampshire NCMHCENew Jersey NCENew Mexico NCE/ NCMHCENew York NCMHCENorth Carolina NCENorth Dakota NCE/ NCMHCEOklahoma NCEOregon NCEPennsylvania NCEPuerto Rico see websiteRhode Island NCMHCESouth Carolina NCE/NCMHCESouth Dakota NCE/ NCMHCETennessee NCEUtah NCE/ NCMHCEVermont NCE and NCMHCEVirginia NCMHCEWashington NCE/ NCMHCEWest Virginia NCEWisconsin NCEWyoming NCE

For questions about the LPC in your State, visit

the following Website that Lists each State's Websites

Other States Licensure Professional Counseling

Information

The NCE Exam – Keep in Mind

Click below to read the “Candidate Handbook for State Credentialing”

(Highly Recommended)

NBCC Overview Handbook for the NCE ExamNote: It link above does not work, please copy and past the following link into your web browser: http://www.nbcc.org/Assets/Exam/handbooks/NCE.pdf

8 Core Areas (Content – What Doing)

1. Human Growth and Development2. Social and Cultural Foundations3. Helping Relationships4. Group Work5. Career and Lifestyle Development6. Appraisal7. Research & Program Evaluation8. Professional Orientation & Ethics

5 Work Behavior Areas (Context – How Doing)

1. Fundamentals of Counseling

2. Assessment & Career Counseling

3. Group Counseling

4. Programmatic & Clinical Intervention

5. Professional Practice Issues

Studying for the NCEAssessing Your Knowledge Base

Link to an unofficial NCE

Practice Exam

NOTE: You may print a PDF copy or save the practice exam above in Google docs

NCE Study Prep Matrix Planner

CORE AREAS (What Doing)

Fundamentals of

Counseling

Assessment & Career

Counseling

Group Counseli

ng

Programmatic & Clinical

Intervention

Professional Practice Issues

Human Growth & Development

Social & Cultural Foundations

Helping Relationships

Group Work

Career & Lifestyle Development

Appraisal

Research & Program Evaluation

Professional Orientation & Ethics

WORK BEHAVIORS (How Doing)

Study Material Links

CLICK ON LINKS BELOW TO GO DIRECTLY TO SITES

Study Books, CD’s, MP3’sNOTE: On the left of the webpage, click “Clients Preparing for NCE Exam”

App = Quiz Questions

App = Flashcards

Condensed Outlines = Counseling Exam Testing

TidBits

1. Read the question in its ENTIRETY

2. Avoid “filling in the blanks” in your mind

3. Try to formulate an answer BEFORE looking at the choices

- cover the choices

- find an answer that is closest to your answer

4. There is not a set pattern to answers choices on exams

5. Careful not to fall for the distractors answers

6. Use of + - ?

NCE Test Taking Strategies

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SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING FOR THE

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