Andrew A. Helwig is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Denver and recently retired after 22 years at the university. In 1990, Dr. Helwig wrote the first edition of the Study Guide for the National Counselor Examination and began conducting counselor exam review workshops. He has now conducted over 225 workshops in 17 states and his NCE Study Guide is in its fifth edition.
Workshop DVDs for the National Counselor Examination (NCE)
The one-day workshop preparing counselors for the National ounselor Exam (and similar counseling exams) which has been conducted over 225 times is now available on DVD. This is a recording of an actual workshop conducted in 2006 in Denver preparing counselors and graduate students for the National Counselor Examination and the Counselor Professional Comprehensive Exam (CPCE).
The recorded workshop is over six hours in length and is contained on three movie quality DVDs.
More About the Workshop DVDs for NCE
The basic content material of the workshop is the Study Guide for the National Counselor Exam which should be used with the DVDs. This NCE Study Guide is the fifth edition (2006) and provides organization and coherence to the workshop and reference is made to page and item numbers throughout the workshop.
Dr. Helwig reviews content material which consists of theories, techniques, concepts, and people providing exam examples and explanations, as well as answers to questions of the counseling workshop participants. Some examples of test questions are examined and discussed for exam preparation.
Four of the eight content areas on the National Counselor Exam and the graduate student CPCE are presented and discussed very thoroughly during the workshop. These areas, often perceived as the most difficult by counselors preparing for the exam are:
- Appraisal (tests and measurements)
- Research and Evaluation (statistics)
- Professional Orientation and Ethics
- Career and Lifestyle Development
The other four areas are reviewed briefly but with signitifiant suggstions about specific content as to importance, likelihood of being on the exam, and strategies for studying the material. These four areas are:
- Human Growth and Development
- Social and Cultural Foundations
- Helping Relationships
- Group Work
The workshop begins with a discussion and review of the National Counselor Exam, the content areas, numbers of questions on the exam from each content area, the work domain contexts, scoring procedures, and cutoff score determination. Test taking strategies are also examined including how to prepare for the exam and strategies to use while taking the exam.
The DVDs are movie quality with audio and visual content.
Also see the Study Guide for the National Counselor Examination (NCE)