Rainbow Trails for children experiencing loss of a loved one

 

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 

Community Autism Network @ FGCU Event!

 

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

Unmasking the Epidemic Virtual Event

Source:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1275437766169673/

Event by Kids' Minds Matter

Online: kidsmindsmatter.com

Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT – 8 PM EDT

Price: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min

Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook

Join the SWFL community on MARCH 18 in uniting as one voice for the thousands of children struggling with mental health issues during this FREE virtual event. This event is your first step in providing hope for thousands of children who desperately need access to mental health care in your back yard.

It is no secret that COVID-19 has greatly impacted our community, businesses, nonprofits, and families. The isolation and uncertainty have also led to long-term mental health implications. Our children are suffering and keeping up with the growing demand is a challenge. Through generous donations, strategic planning and collaboration with community partners, access to care is increasing across the region, though the need continues to surpass available resources.
Our community is facing a mental health epidemic, and it is only going to get worse unless we come together to show our children they are not alone.

Please dedicate 1-hour on March 18 as we unmask the mental health resources available to your family, unmask the faces of local youth who are advocating for enhanced access to mental health care, and unmask the change desperately needed for our children.

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
6:30 p.m. - pre-show, including local mental health resources
7:00 p.m. - event begins

𝗘𝗺𝗰𝗲𝗲 - 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀, NBC-2 anchor

𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 - 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, whose 12-year-old son died by suicide in Spring 2020

Learn more: kidsmindsmatter.com/event/unmasking

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2021-2022 FSCA BOARD

 

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2021-2022 FSCA BOARD

The Florida School Counselor Association is soliciting candidates for its Board of Directors. Please help identify the next generation of Florida's school counseling leaders by seeking a Board of Director's seat, or by encouraging other FSCA members you believe to be talented leaders in your area to self-nominate.

Nomination packets will be accepted up to 5:00 pm on March 17, 2021. After March 17, voting instructions and ballot will be sent to FSCA members. Four (4) Board of Director seats will be filled for this election year. Those candidates receiving the four highest number of votes are considered elected to the FSCA Board of Directors and shall serve a three-year term.

The three year term of newly elected Directors will begin on July 1, 2021 and end on June 30, 2024.

For detailed responsibilities and criteria to be placed on the ballot: click here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FdnaCawvOGuyuhGBtUWlhAoz0hJ0PyK8/view

For the nomination application packet: click here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j9_BFL0tqfC4FO0lfbUU38e0yY-AEM8D/view

Community Autism Network: Social Event

 

CBT for Teens: Simple Strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Teenagers in the Pandemic

 Source: https://iscainfo.com/Webinars

February 17, 2021 @ 12:00-13:00  GMT

One of a school counselor’s most important jobs is to help our students make choices and practice behaviors that are positive and healthy. By examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings and behaviors with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies counselors can do just that. 

Never before, however, have counselors had to be so creative in finding new ways to bring counseling techniques into a school setting. We often have only a few sessions with students, and now we have to connect and build coping skills ONLINE too!

This brief workshop will help school counselors working with adolescents compassionately use a five part CBT model to help teens change negative thought patterns to positive ones and teach young people that they are capable of handling anything that comes their way.  We will take a special look at how these strategies can be used online and in the context of the pandemic.

Participants will learn:

• What is CBT and why is it effective for teens

• How to use a CBT 5 part model

• How can it be used in a school setting

• Tools and strategies that can be used online and in person

FREE Family Based Solutions (FBS) events

Please see below links to FREE Family Based Solutions (FBS) events. Please feel free to share.

Finding Hope For Our Families And Community Tickets, Tue 9 Mar 2021 at 18:00 | 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-hope-for-our-families-and-community-tickets-140990214527

Family Based Relationships, Information Event Tickets, Thu 25 Mar 2021 at 10:00 | 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-based-relationships-information-event-tickets-140982988915

Child To Parent Abuse Professionals Networking Event April 2021 Tickets, Thu 22 Apr 2021 at 10:00 | 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/child-to-parent-abuse-professionals-networking-event-april-2021-tickets-135697467779

Note: Make sure to double check the start time for your own time zone.

FGCU Department of Counseling Collaboration Day!

 Dr. Ann Tilman, school counseling program faculty member, and our counseling graduate students focus on "collaboration day!" during #NSCW21 #schoolcounseling

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

FBS Chat with Dr. Russ Sabella

 

Join us for an FBS Chat with Dr. Russ Sabella Monday at 8pm GMT

Posted by Ayse Adil on Saturday, January 23, 2021

Youth Suicide Prevention & Awareness Training

Cory Watkins, Chief Strategy Officer for The Jason Foundation will give us an introduction to the national health issue of youth suicide and provide information about warning signs, elevated risk factors, and other important supporting materials. This one-hour training will enable participants to help recognize and respond to at-risk individuals and assist you to create an action plan and provide resources. Recommended for Teachers, Counselors, Youth Workers and Parents.

Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Date: January 21, 2021 

https://www.parkroyalhospital.com/events/?ee=20

FGCU Serenity Garden: Join us on this Journey

To learn more, visit https://www.fgcu.edu/studentlife/healthandsafety/caps/serenitygarden.aspx

 

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