ACC World Day of Creativity and Innovation (WDCI) Conference on Friday, June 4, 2021

Come join the ACC World Day of  Creativity and Innovation (WDCI) Conference on Friday, June 4, 2021.  This free conference is to celebrate the World Day of Creativity and Innovation.  The sessions are encore presentations of the most highly rated presentations from our 2019 and 2020 conferences. Come for one session or come for the entire day! Continuing education credits are available.

Please sign up at: https://www.creativecounselor.org/acc-webinars

 

Schedule (All times in Eastern Daylight Time):

 

11:00 – 11:50 a.m.     Expressive Techniques for Online Counseling  Priscilla Reyna-Vasquez

 

12:00 – 12:50 p.m.   Digital Sandtray: Using PowerPoint to create a Digital Interactive Sandtrays  Savannah Cormier, Summer Turman, and Turner Pirani

 

1:00 – 1:50 p.m.   Calling all counselor educators! A compendium of creative and experiential practices in online teaching and supervision of counseling to forge energy and engagement with learners!    Mindy Heher, Barbara Cooper, and Heather Zeng  

 

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.  Embodied Counseling from a Distance: Engaging the Body, Inviting Presence, and Building Rapport   Nevine Sultan

 

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.    Still Standing: Rocketman and Internal Family Systems Theory   Crystal Hughes, Emily Horton, and Tonya Hammer

 

4:00 – 4:50 p.m.   Judy Blume, Lenny Kravitz, Deadpool and Voltron: Using Pop Culture as a Portal to the Psyche and the Soul.  Tiffany Rush-Wilson  

 

5:00 – 5:50 p.m.  Project I Am: Reclaiming Identity from the effects of traumatic oppression.   John Beckenbach and Shawn Patrick 

Florida School Counselor Association 2021 Conference

Convention Information: https://www.fla-schoolcounselor.org/
Convention Page: https://www.fla-schoolcounselor.org/2021-convention/

SF24 – Building hope, empowering change A FREE globe-girdling conference – 6th & 7th August 2020

SF24 - Building hope, empowering change - 6th & 7th August 2020 - Be part of it! 

https://www.solutionfocus24.com/

Promising Pathways 14th Annual Virtual Conference on Autism Registration

Promising Pathways 14th Annual Virtual Conference on Autism Registration, Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promising-pathways-14th-annual-virtual-conference-on-autism-registration-142909846197

2021 Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Conference: Building a Beloved Community

 The deadline to submit proposals to present at the 4^th Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Conference: Building a Beloved Community has been extended to February 15, 2021 (5pm EST). While we have received many excellent proposals including from individuals in, for instance, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, England, India, South Africa, Canada, and the USA, we want to give additional individuals an opportunity to submit their work.

The Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies will be hosting this Conference on Zoom on April 9 and 10. As mentioned in an earlier email, the conference registration fee is quite inexpensive (see rates at end of email). We are hoping a very large number of individuals from around the world will present and attend this meeting.

Scholars, students, practitioners, and activists from all disciplines as well as laypersons are invited to submit proposals to present symposia and lightning rounds on the theme “Building a Beloved Community;” a concept introduced by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Proposals will be blind reviewed. We welcome submissions, in particular, that focus on strategies, research, and recommendations based on Dr. King’s work and legacy, peacemaking and peacebuilding, and those that explore the bridge between activism and research.

Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

• Community peacemaking/peacebuilding theory and praxis
• Community violence causes, analysis, alternatives, solutions
• COVID-19 and peace
• Political polarization
• School violence causes, analysis, alternatives, solutions
• Structural violence relative to race, gender, sexuality, class, religion
• Justice and reconciliation
• Race relations
• Law enforcement and marginalized populations
• Mediation
• Domestic violence
• Volunteerism
• Restorative justice
• Poverty
• Religious intolerance and/or conflict
• Community corrections
• Community organizing
• Legislative access
• Immigration
• Gun reform
• Internet and social media for peacemaking/peacebuilding
• Post-conflict reconstruction
• National/international law and local politics
• International peacemaking and peacebuilding/peacemaking and peacebuilding across borders
• Ethnic conflict
• Meditation and mindfulness
• Sports for development and peace
• Suicide prevention
• Human rights
• Sexual harassment
• Economic inequity or equality
• Health disparities
• Environmental issues
• Homelessness

Deadline for submitting proposals: February 15, 2021 (5 PM EST).

Click here to review the guidelines for submitting your proposal.

To submit proposals for the conference:

• Click here to submit your proposal for a lightning round presentation.
• Click here to submit your proposal for a symposium presentation.

Acceptance of proposals does not exempt presenters from paying the full registration fee.

The deadline for early registration is March 6, 2021. Late registration ends on March 26, 2021.

Registration fees are as follows:

Students/Community Members: $15 (early registration); $25 (late registration)

Professionals/Faculty: $30 (early registration); $40 (late registration)

Association for Humanistic Counseling 2021 Virtual Conference: Call for Proposals

AHC is accepting submissions to present at our 2021 AHC conference which will be held virtually June 4th-5th, 2021.  This year’s conference theme is - Growth Through Struggle: Cultivating Strength and Resilience.  Proposals are encouraged, but not required to align with this year's conference theme. Proposals are due by Feb. 5th, 2021.

We are accepting proposals for a variety of presentation formats including; 1 hour and 50 minute panels/presentations;  50-minute roundtable or educational sessions;  or 15-minute pre-recorded poster presentations.  The AHC conference committee will review all proposals and notify attendees of acceptance by the middle of March, 2021 of acceptance. 

Students and new professionals are invited to apply to present 15-minute, pre-recorded poster sessions. 

As a reminder, all accepted AHC conference presentations from 2020 will be guaranteed a presentation slot at the 2021 conference. However, due to the change in format we are requiring that presenters accepted to the 2020 conference resubmit to present at the 2021 conference.

For more information please visit the conference website at https://www.humanisticcounseling.org/ahc-conference

For any questions or inquiries, feel free to email the conference team at 2021ahcconference@gmail.com

FSCA: Call for Convention Theme!

 

10th Annual Children and Youth Mental Health Conference!

More info: https://www.fgcu.edu/coe/coe-communities/childrenyouthmentalhealthconference/ 

Florida School Counselor Association for "2020 reFOCUS: Vision for a Brighter Future

 

 

 

From home or school, join the Florida School Counselor Association for "2020 reFOCUS: Vision for a Brighter Future" Nov. 5-7. The annual professional development event is the only state-wide convention that draws together school counselors, school counselor educators and child experts with the goal of helping all Florida students experience school success and prepare for a world of opportunities.   Dr. Carolyn Stone will share her expertise on legal and ethical issues; Dr. Stan Sonu will discuss the effects of adverse childhood experiences and prevention education in schools; numerous content presenters will present informative breakout sessions; and exhibitors will introduce you to their new offerings.   Enjoy quality professional development at a reasonable registration cost. To register and access details, click here. Registration is $45 for professional and affiliate members, $40 for student members and $100 for nonmembers.   Re-charge, re-energize, re-connect!

 

8th Annual Conference on Geriatric Behavioral Health

 

Geriatric Behavioral Health Conference