Article 1 Student Development and Remediation Processes for Counselors in Training in a Virtual Environment Paper based on a program presented at the 2013 ACES Conference, October 17-20, Denver, CO. Abby E. Dougherty, Laura S. Haddock, and J. Kelly Coker Dougherty, Abby E., acquired her BA in Art Therapy from Arcadia University in 2005. She received her master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University in 2010 and is currently seeking her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Walden University where she also holds a graduate assistantship. Her areas of interest include contemplative pedagogy, mindfulness- based practices, addictions, and social–emotional experience for college students with learning disabilities. Haddock, Laura S., is program coordinator for the Counselor Education and Supervision PhD program at Walden University. She has been a counselor educator since 2005, supported by more than 2 decades as a mental health counselor. Her research interests include counselor wellness and secondary trauma, spirituality, crisis response, cultural diversity, and supervision. Coker, J. Kelly, is the senior director of accreditation and academic operations at Walden University. She has been a counselor educator for 15 years. Her areas of expertise include counseling program accreditation, program evaluation, clinical supervision, and training adult learners. Her background is in both school counseling and mental health counseling with an addiction focus. Abstract Counselor educators are charged with training competent, ethical professionals with a strong counselor identity. Online counselor education programs are presented with unique challenges and considerations when attempting to promote student development. Explorations of these challenges, as well as a gatekeeping model to address remediation and procedural fairness, are addressed. Case examples are inclusive of multiple participant roles including counselor educator, supervisor, and student. Keywords: student development, online supervision, remediation, counselor, counselor education