Florida School Counselor Association 2021 Conference

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

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.

Now accepting applications for the School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs.

  

Now accepting applications for the School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs.   Some quick facts about the FGCU counseling graduate programs and our graduates: 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 Department of Education approved and both the school counseling and clinical mental health counseling programs are nationally accredited (CACREP). 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. 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. 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 of Counseling also offers a certificate in Relationship and Family Counseling. School Counseling: Graduates from this program work in public and private schools that serve PK-12 students and some work in postsecondary 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 includes an on-campus counseling center as well as funds for student professional development opportunities. Learn more about the School Counseling degree here: https://www.fgcu.edu/mariebcollege/counseling/schoolcounseling-ma   Learn more about the Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree here: https://www.fgcu.edu/mariebcollege/counseling/clinicalmentalhealthcounseling-ma The deadline to apply is February 1 of each year although students are encouraged to start early. Applications will be considered for admission on a space available basis to qualified applicants beyond the deadline. Applications are reviewed by the Admissions Committee and interviews are scheduled between February 10th and March 15th. Initial notices of acceptance, deferred decisions or denial of admission are mailed by the first week in April.   If you have any questions, feel free to email us! Department of Counseling   Marieb College of Health & Human Services  Florida Gulf Coast University   counselingprogram@fgcu.edu   The mission of Florida Gulf Coast University's (FGCU) Counseling Programs is to prepare exemplary professional practitioners, leaders, and scholars. The programs use a research-practitioner approach that integrates the use of current technology, supervised field experiences, scholarly inquiry, and intellectual and creative resources to work with an increasingly diverse and global society. The program trains counselors who work in pre-K through grade 12 schools, social service, government agencies, hospitals, community organizations, and private practice. The FGCU counseling programs educate well-rounded counselors who demonstrate competence included in the high standards as set forth by our accreditation and professional organizations.

FSCA Convention: 2020: Vision for a Bright Future CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) invites you to the 2020 Annual Convention from Thursday, October 29th – Saturday, October 31st.  The annual professional development event is the only state-wide convention that draws school counselors, school counselor educators, and child experts together with the goal of helping all Florida students experience school success and prepare for a world of opportunities.

Learn more: https://www.fla-schoolcounselor.org/2020-convention/

ASCA U ...

WOW. ASCA U Specialists From American School Counselor Association

"We understand a lot of professional development events have been canceled, so we wanted to make sure our members, nonmembers and graduate students can get the professional development they need and have requested. Therefore, from March 17– May 15, we're offering our ASCA U Specialist trainings for only $29 for members (regularly $99) and $49 for nonmembers (regularly $249). No code needed. If you have any issues purchasing or registering for any of these professional development offerings, please contact ​us.

https://schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors/professional-development/learn-more/covid-update

#SchoolCounseling

Aging Coalition Meeting

FSCA Convention Call for Proposals — Deadline June 3

Proposals are now being accepted for 75-minute breakout sessions. FSCA is seeking proposals promoting evidence-based programs that highlight the latest techniques and practices in school counseling to improve students' academic, college and career readiness, and social-emotional development for the 2019 FSCA Convention. Proposals must be received by midnight on June 3. Submit your proposal here.

18th Annual Southwest Florida Conference on Aging

Registration is now open for the 18th Annual Southwest Florida Conference on Aging, May 9, 2019, Crowne Plaza at Bell tower, Ft. Myers.  FGCU's very own Dr. Lirio Negroni will be presenting on the topic of Diversity and Culturally Sensitive Care.  Contact hours available for nursing, social work, marriage and family therapists. mental health counseling, attorneys, nursing home administrators, physical therapists, and professional guardians.

4th Black Mental Health Symposium

The call for proposals is open is for the 4th Black Mental Health Symposium and closes on March 15, 2019. The BMHS is a professional development event that equips mental health professionals with culturally-specific interventions to improve outcomes in Black communities. This year's theme is Affirm. Awake. Arise. The Hilton Charlotte at University Place (NC) will house this 2-day BMHS on September 26-27, where there will be over 40 dynamic breakout sessions, student poster presentations, panel discussions, awards ceremony for scholarship, service, and advocacy; networking, and up to 12 NBCC-approved CE credits. Dr. King Davis from University of Texas at Austin will deliver a full keynote address.

All proposal applications are welcome but preference is given to those that address Black LGBT issues, addictions recovery within Black communities, counseling and supervising Black students and counseling, publishing, Black issues in academia, transgenerational grief and trauma, and post-slavery phenomena. Applications can be found mid-page blackmhsymposium.com. Sponsors, advertisers, and exhibitors are encouraged to send inquiries to sponsor@blackmhsymposium.com. General questions or concerns can be addressed at info@blackmhsymposium.com. #BMHS2019

Workshop: Dr. Scott D. Miller

Counseling and Psychological Services

SAVE THE DATE!

Friday, May 17, 2019

 Counseling and Psychological Services is pleased to present its
11^th Annual all-day workshop at
Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida with

Dr. Scott D. Miller

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D. is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence, an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. He is one of a handful of “invited faculty” whose work, thinking, and research is featured at the prestigious “Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference.”

Registration will open later this spring! 

Further dates & details will follow!

Look for our Registration Flyer in your inbox SOON!!!

6 CEUs, continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack included in registration

6 CEUs provided by Florida Gulf Coast University – Counseling & Psychological Services CE Provider# 50-13783.  Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

For further information, contact Holly Mathews at hmathews@fgcu.edu  or by phone at 239-590-7950.

Limited number of sponsorship opportunities.
Contact Workshop Director –Wendy Powell at wpowell@fgcu.edu

Upcoming Webinars from the American School Counselor Association

Join us for the upcoming September/October webinar sessions. Click the links below to learn more and register. Remember, all ASCA webinars are free to ASCA members. If you missed a previously aired webinar, watch it on demand via ASCA On Air. To view the entire 2018–2019 webinar schedule, visit the ASCA webinar page.  Date/Time Webinar Title Sept 21, 2018, 3 p.m. Eastern SEL + School Counseling = Thriving Students Sept. 27, 2018, 3 p.m. Eastern The Art of Group Counseling in Schools Oct. 3, 2018, 4 p.m. Eastern Postsecondary Options for Students With Disabilities Oct. 9, 2018, 2 p.m. Eastern Strategies to Ensure Students Attend College and Persist Oct. 18, 2018, 3 p.m. Eastern Integrate a Growth Mindset in Schools Oct. 24, 2018, 1 p.m. Eastern Technology Tools for the Non-Techie

Self Care and Stress Relief

Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT): Improving Effectiveness One Client at a Time

SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, May 17, 2019

Counseling and Psychological Services is pleased to present its 11th Annual all-day workshop at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida with Scott D. Miller Ph.D, co-founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence.

One of a few “invited faculty” whose work, thinking, and research is featured at the prestigious “Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference”.

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D. is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. He is one of a handful of “invited faculty” whose work, thinking, and research is featured at the prestigious “Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference.”

Now, that’s exciting!

Friday, May 17, 2019

Registration will open later this spring!

Further dates & details will follow!

6 CEUs, continental breakfast, and afternoon snack included in registration

6 CEUs provided by Florida Gulf Coast University – Counseling & Psychological Services CE Provider# 50-13783. Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. For further information, contact Eva Romanowicz at eromanowicz@fgcu.edu or Holly Mathews at

hmathews@fgcu.edu or by phone at 239-590-7950.

Limited number of sponsorship opportunities.

Contact Workshop Director – Jill Isaacson, LMHC – jisaacson@fgcu.edu

Introduction to Relationship and Marriage Counseling

Florida Gulf Coast University and The Department of Counseling is excited to announce an experiential workshop in Introduction to Relationship and Marriage Counseling taught by Dr. Alise Bartley, an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) clinical fellow and AAMFT supervisor.  The class is designed for post-master’s school and mental health counselors and social workers who want to extend their professional competencies and development as well as advanced students of these professions. 

This experiential workshop will provide students with:

• ·       A review of principles and techniques for working with relationships in counseling.
• ·       Level One Gottman certification.
• ·       Training to utilize the PREPARE/ENRICH system with couples who are dating, engaged, or married along with the Parenting and Adoption/Foster care version.
• ·       Three graduate credits toward professional development requirements. 

Dr. Bartley has negotiated special rates for Gottman training ($99, regularly $199) and free access to the PREPARE/ENRICH assessment system (regularly $210.)  One text - Couples in Treatment (2014) by Weeks & Fife is also required. 

The class will be a hybrid format with the following Friday and Saturday class meetings:

5/18/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Getting started: Course and assignment expectations

6/8/18 (5:30-8:30pm):      Principles: Couples

6/9/18 (9 am-3 pm):         Approaches/techniques: Couples

6/22/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Pre/Enrich review

6/23/18: (9 am-3 pm):      Pre/Enrich review

7/6/18: (5:30-8:30pm):     Gottman training

7/7/18: (9 am-3pm):         Gottman training

7/20/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Wrap up

Participants who are not presently FGCU students will follow the postbac non-degree registration which starts on April 16, 2018.

Questions regarding this class may be directed to Dr. Bartley at abartley@fgcu.edu

Community Mental Health Symposium

New at FGCU: Relationship and Family Counseling

The FGCU Department of Counseling is 
pleased to announce a new postmaster’s opportunity for professionals in counseling or a closely related practice field who have a master’s degree and may already be licensed in a related profession: Relationship and Family Counseling. 

What and When? Starting with a course in the Fall of 2017, MHS 6445 Introduction to Relationship and Family Counseling on Tuesday evenings, students can decide to apply for and complete a full certificate or simply add the knowledge to their professional practice from this individual course. 

Why? Over the years, student, community, and alumni demand has grown.  Now, with a minimum of 12 graduate credits, students in this non-degree certificate can add the knowledge and competencies of relationship and family counseling to their current practice and potentially add a Florida license in Marriage and Family Therapy (see http://floridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov/licensing/ for more information). 

How? To take the course you must submit a FGCU Post-Baccalaureate Non-Degree Application to the Office of Graduate Admissions, provide proof of prior master’s degree in counseling or a related field (transcripts) and documentation of any counseling certification or license held in Florida or any other U.S. state, if applicable.  This is the same documentation needed to apply for admission to the full certificate program.  For information, see http://www.fgcu.edu/Graduate/applicant-types.html.

Questions? For more information: contact Dr. Molli Bachenberg, mbachenberg@fgcu.edu or 239 590-7798 or counselingprogram@fgcu.edu, 239-745-4723 or me for information about the program or to register for the fall course.  Space will be limited. 

Regards,

Madelyn L. Isaacs, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

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Certificate requirements:

• MHS 6445 Introduction to Relationship and Family Systems (3) Starting in Fall 2017
• MHS 6435 Family Counseling Theory and Techniques (3)
• MHS 6444 Relationship/Marriage Counseling Theory and Techniques (3)

At least one course from among Clinical Mental Health Counseling program course inventory under advisement:

• MHS 6021  Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3)
• MHS 6070  Mental Disorders (3)
• MHS 6450  Issues in Addictions and Abuse (3)
• MHS 6470 Human Sexuality (3) 
• MHS 6466 Trauma and Crisis Intervention: Theory & Practice (3)
• MHS 6422 Theory and Techniques of Play Therapy (3)
• MHS 6073 Counseling Children and Adolescents: Building Resilience (3)
• MHS Internship (1-3)