1908Frank Parsons, often called the founder of guidance, founded Bostons Vocational Bureau, a major step in institutionalizing of vocational guidance1907Jesse B. Davis, the first person to set up a systematized guidance program in the public schools, suggested that classroom teachers of English composition teach their students a lesson in guidance once a week.1905Binet & Simon develop mental ability scale

1892American Psychological Association founded

1917Development of the Army Alpha and Beta test1913Founding of the National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA), which was the forerunner of the American Counseling Association. It established an association offering guidance literature and united those with an interest in vocational counseling for the first time.

1911Education courses for counselors had begun at Harvard University1908Clifford Beers publishes A Mind That Found Itself. Contributed to public awareness of issues relating to mental disorders

1924State certification of guidance counselors begins1920Freuds ideas begin to influence mental health professionals1920Certification of counselors in Boston and New York1920Education courses for counsellors almost exclusively emphasized vocational guidance

1932John Brewer published a book titled Education as Guidance. He proposed that every teacher be a counselor and that guidance be incorporated into the school curriculum as a subject.

1930Broadening of counseling beyond occupational concerns. The seeds of this development were sown in the 1920s, when Edward Thorndike began to challenge the vocational orientation of the guidance movement

1929Abraham and Hannah Stones establishment of the first marriage and family counseling center in New York City.1927Publication of new psychological instruments such as Edward Strongs Strong Vocational Interest Inventory (SVII), this instrument set the stage for future directions for assessment in counselling

1939Development of the first theory of counseling, The Clinical Method of Guidance, which was formulated by E.G.Williamson and his colleagues (including John Darley and Donald Paterson) at the University of Minnesota.1939The U.S. Employment Service published the first edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) described known occupations in the United States and coded them according to job titles.1938School counseling became more of a national phenomenon.1938Congress passed theGeorge-Dean Act that created the Vocational Education Division of the U.S. Office of Education and an Occupational Information and Guidance Service.

1952The establishment of the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) with the purpose of formally organizing groups interested in guidance, counseling, and personnel matters.1946U.S. government further promoted counseling through the George- Barden Act of 1946, which provided vocational education funds through the U.S. Office of Education for counselor training institutes.

1945Counseling becomes dominant school guidance service1942Carl Rogers publishes Counseling & Psychotherapy and begins the era of individual counseling

1962Gilbert Wrenn set the tone for the decade in his widely influential book, The Counselor in a Changing World.

1953The passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)1953The charting of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). It joined APGA as its fifth member shortly thereafter.1952The Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of APA was formally established. It was initially known as the Division of Counseling Psychology.

1985Chi Sigma Iota, an international academic and professional honor society, was formed in 1985 by Thomas J. Sweeney to promote excellence in the counseling profession.

1984After considerable debate, the APGA changed its name to the American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD)

1982the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) was formed

1981The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) was formed as an affiliate organization of APGA.

2002Counseling formally celebrated its 50th anniversary as a profession under the umbrella of the ACA.

1992AACD to modify its name and become the American Counseling Association (ACA). The new name better reflected the membership and mission of the organization.

1987CACREP achieved membership in the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA), bringing it into a position of accreditation power parallel to such specialty accreditation bodies as the APA

1986Establishment of the American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB) by Ted Remley.

2006US congress officially declared Feb 6-10 as National School Counseling Week2003Center for School Counseling Outcome Research was developed by Jay Carey