The Zoom Signal Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors

The Zoom Signal Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors
A simple gesture allows survivors to seek help without leaving a digital trail

Photo: Bill Hinton/Moment Mobile/Getty Images

Just weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown, Elizabeth Barajas-Román was alarmed to learn that incidents of intimate partner violence were increasing in countries around the globe. Approaches that support organizations had previously relied on to reach people in abusive relationships, like running a hotline or providing safety planning in the workplace, were proving difficult to implement while people were stuck at home, often in close quarters with the person perpetrating violence.

Read more:

https://onezero.medium.com/the-secret-zoom-signal-protecting-domestic-violence-survivors-63af4f43556f

Virtual tours online database

Source: ‎Rebecca Chabrow‎ 

With all of my extra time at home, I have been working on developing a spreadsheet for high school students to access virtual tours online. This can be beneficial for seniors who are not getting a chance to visit colleges where they gain acceptance, and for juniors who will not be able to tour colleges before building their college lists. I wanted to share this resource with this group so you can share it with your students.

You can access it at https://tinyurl.com/u768vby.

This spreadsheet includes the following data (from The College Board) and links to give students and parents a virtual college visit experience:

-Name of School

-Number of undergraduate students (The College Board)

-State

-Distance to nearest major city (The College Board)

-Setting (The College Board)

-Residential or Commuter Campus (% of freshman living on campus) (The College Board)

-YouVisit - A website with virtual walking tours (similar to Google Street view) and a tour guide in the corner of the screen narrating what you see

-YouniversityTV - The largest producer of professional college video tours

-YouTube - The school's official channel

-CampusExplorer - A YouTube channel with videos about California schools

-Go Beyond the Brochure - A YouTube channel with videos that give you insider tips about colleges

-CampusReel - Campus and dorm video reviews and video walkthroughs from real students

-Unique Features (The College Board)

If your college is not included in this, but you have a virtual tour online, please send me a private message and I will see what I can do about adding it. If you know of any other great virtual tour sites that I can add, please let me know and I will see if I can add them as well.

Enjoy!

Admissions Deadline: FGCU Department of Counseling Graduate Programs

Coming Soon! The admissions deadline for applying to the FGCU Department of Counseling graduate programs is FEB 1.

Learn more by visiting https://www.fgcu.edu/mariebcollege/Counseling/. You can also call 239-745-4273 if you have any questions. The department offers two different master's degrees and several certificate programs. Go Eagles! .. A few fun facts:

• There are more school counseling and clinical mental health counseling jobs available in Southwest Florida right now than we have available professionals.
• Most of our graduates are hired before they even graduate! All of our students seeking jobs are hired within 3 months of graduation -- MOST before graduation, some right afterwards.
• The FGCU graduate program in school counseling is DOE approved and both the school counseling and clinical mental health counseling programs are CACREP accredited. This is a big deal. It means that you can get to work right away and your degree is highly portable.
• Typically students attend their courses in the early evenings so you would not have to quit your day job.
• Several of our courses are "blended" or "hybrid." This means that some traditional face-to-face classes are replaced by online learning activities. This way, we can take advantage of the best features of both face-to-face and online learning.
• The department offers a dual major track for students who aspire to become both licensed as clinical mental health counselors and certified school counselors.
• The Department of Counseling also offers a certificate in Marriage, Couples, and Family counseling.
• School Counseling: Graduates from this program work in public and private schools that serve PK-12 students and some work in post-secondary institutions including career and technical centers, special training programs for youth, colleges, and universities.
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Graduates from this program work in community agencies, mental health settings, and private practices after graduation and most seek and achieve licensure.
• The department received a $1 million dollar grant to to develop an on-campus counseling center as well as fund professional development opportunities for students. This center is now open!
• The Department offers a standard plan of study for students who are working and an accelerated plan of study for students who can take on a greater work load and finish in two years.

For inquiries, you can email counselingprogram@fgcu.edu

Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education (ISSN: 2577-1299)

The Fall 2019 Issue of the Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education (ISSN: 2577-1299) is now available! You can access all of the articles at https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/jcssw/. New submissions for the Fall 2020 issue are due March 15th.

Aims & Scope: The Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education is a national peer-reviewed journal seeking to promote sexual wellness in the clients and communities counselors serve through a positive approach to sexuality and sexual rights. The journal publishes empirical research using rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, best practices, descriptive and critical theory analyses, case studies, and current trends and issues focused on sexual wellness at all stages of life. Manuscripts should be of interest to professional counselors including clinical mental health, school, rehabilitation, and addictions counselors as well as to other helping professionals who work in a variety of mental and sexual health settings.

Cyber safety with older adults

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Technology is constantly advancing and older adults are adapting to the changes. However, scammers are still finding ways to take get their hands on their money.

FGCU Professor Dr. Russell Sabella stopped by the WINK News studio to discuss how you can help protect your loved ones and even teach them to protect themselves.

Source: https://www.winknews.com/2019/07/15/cyber-safety-with-older-adults/

The SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter issue #160 is now available!

The SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter is designed to advance counselors’ level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions, tools, and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as a counselor. If you would like to share a tip or trick, or if you would like to ask a question, email Russ Sabella at news@schoolcounselor.com. 

https://schoolcounselor.com/enews-160/

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