Substance Exposed Newborns and Children

The FSW Social and Human Services Program is offering a free half-day conference on Substance Exposed Newborns and Children (see below).  This is a wonderful learning opportunity for educators and counselors working with substance exposed children. 

Click here to register.

2020-2021 Association for Humanistic Counseling Emerging Leaders Program

The AHC Emerging Leaders program was developed to allow student and new professional leaders to participate in AHC activities, receive mentorship, and connect with professional networking opportunities.

Emerging Leaders will be selected to serve for the 2020-21 term (July, 2020 to July, 2021). Master’s level students, doctoral level students, and new professionals (having graduated in the past year) will be selected as AHC emerging leaders. Recipients must be an AHC member at the time of application and fall into the master’s, doctoral, or new professional categories. Emerging Leaders choose an area of interest within the division and receive mentoring related to that area. Emerging Leaders will provide a minimum of 50 hours of service to an AHC committee, project, or task. Emerging Leaders will also have opportunities to learn the responsibilities associated with serving in elected leadership positions within our association. They will also receive FREE conference registration for the 2021 AHC conference.

Emerging Leaders will be featured in our newsletter, Infochange, and recognized at the AHC meeting at the American Counseling Association Conference.

Interested applicants should submit:

• The Emerging Leaders application
• Your Curriculum vitae
• Two letters of reference describing your leadership skills and experiences, and your value of humanistic practices (letters cannot come from members of the AHC selection committee) 

    Send your application to Amanda Evans at evans3am@jmu.edu no later than December 1, 2019.  The selection committee will notify applicants of the status of their application by December 23, 2019.   

    Applications can be found:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IeDmUMCC-6OH2hrLWuVLX6hQ9AniEG6P/view?usp=sharing
   
    If you have any questions, please contact the Emerging Leaders Committee chair: Amanda Evans at evans3am@jmu.edu.

MSWs, LMHCs, & LCSWs Needed

Florida’s 5th Annual Dads Take Your Child to School Day

Florida’s 5th Annual Dads Take Your Child to School Day will be held Wednesday, September 25, 2019. This initiative serves to highlight the significance of fatherhood and male role model engagement in education. We urge all schools to host a meaningful and informative recognition for fathers, father figures and male role models and to continue to foster this important connection throughout the year, thus building their capacity as effective school partners.  @EducationFL #scchat

Resources:
http://www.fldoe.org/schools/family-community/activities-programs/parental-involvement/dads.stml

The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence is hiring!

Please see the attached position postings for the Director of Programs, and the Information and Member Services Coordinator.

To apply for a position, please email a cover letter indicating your interest in the position and resume to jdritt@fcasv.org. In the subject line of the email type Application for (name of position). No phone calls please. The positions will remain open until filled. Review of applications will begin August 30th, 2019.

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FSCA Bulletin and Conference Info

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Thank you for being a member of the Florida School Counselor Association and for contributing to our mission to strengthen school counseling and impact students.    ASSOCIATION NEWS The mission of FSCA is to support and promote school counselors, their ethical practices and professionalism, to impact students' academic, college/career, and social/emotional development. 2019 Convention SPOTLIGHT ADVOCACY this year's point of emphasis for the 2019 FSCA Convention. Come learn strategies for advocacy at the school level, district level, and with stakeholders. PAUL RIPCHIK, opens the 2019 Convention with the keynote, The Heart of a Counselor. As the Associate Principal, Paul's leadership with his 12 school counselors at Shenendehowa High School, developed a plan to recognize and rebrand the Shenendehowa Counseling, College & Career Center. In 2017 the school was recognized as an ASCA Model Program (RAMP) and School of Distinction. Paul now serves as an ASCA Lead RAMP Reviewer. 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