Child and Adolescent Counseling Academy
Assessment of Client Core Issues
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Assessment of Client Core Issues Saturday, March 29, 7:30 am - 8:30 am 60-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 307
A client’s presenting problems and accompanying symptoms are often reflections of deeper problematic core issues. Understanding core issues and designing a counseling plan based on this framework enhances effectiveness in facilitating change and relapse prevention especially with clients who present difficult treatment challenges. The model presented in this book helps uncover the origin of these core concerns, provides a means to address them by deconstructing the client’s living story, and challenges counselors to move beyond intervention modalities informed by the diagnostic limitations of the DSM-IV-TR. Child and Adolescent Counseling Academy Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Program ID # 334 Adolescent Depression: A Closer Look at Change Saturday, March 29, 7:30 am - 8:30 am 60-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 319A
The ACA Code of Ethics calls for counselors to "use techniques/procedures/modalities that are grounded in theory and/or have an empirical or scientific foundation" (Section C.6.e). Two counseling approaches, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT), have been found to have empirical support with adolescent depression. Through a case study approach, both approaches will be covered in discussing specific goals and elements of change. Participants are expected to have a foundational knowledge of both counseling approaches. Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Program ID # 336 Using Metaphors as a Creative Way to Help Clients Heal Saturday, March 29, 7:30 am - 8:30 am 60-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 304B
As metaphors are creative in nature, counselors with various theoretical orientations are able to incorporate them into their work. Using appropriate metaphors to help clients express difficult issues and gain perspectives are essential to the change process. In this workshop, case examples using metaphors in counseling will be offered along with ways in which counselors can foster their inner creativity to utilize metaphors in their clinical practice. Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Addictions Academy Program ID # 337 Tools for the Mental Health Counselor: Identifying and Treating Co-Occurring Substance Abuse Issues in Counseling Saturday, March 29, 7:30 am - 8:30 am 60-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 304A
Many clients enter therapy for a mental health issue that masks a co-occurring substance abuse problem. Mental health clinicians are on the front line when it comes to identifying and initiating the treatment of a substance abuse issue. This program focuses on learning the skills needed to 1) bring awareness of a substance abuse problem to the client, and 2) initiate the early stages of substance abuse treatment in counseling. Multicultural Counseling Academy School Counseling Academy College Counseling Academy Program ID # 338 Multicultural Sports Counseling Competencies for Counselors Working with the Athlete Population Saturday, March 29, 7:30 am - 8:30 am 60-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 309
The purpose of this presentation is to examine the multicultural sports counseling competencies among professional school counselors. Participants will be introduced to a foundation of research that connects the multicultural counseling competencies, school counseling, support services for student athletes, and the athlete population. Research findings confirmed the importance of counseling professionals having formal training in providing counseling and support services specifically to high school and collegiate student athletes as well as professional athletes. ALGBTIC Day of Learning LGBT Academy Program ID # SE2-B Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence in LGBTQ Relationships: DV 101 For LGBTQ Competence Saturday, March 29, 10:00 am - 11:30 am 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 306A
LGBTQ competent and affirming Counselors: Increase your knowledge and competence related to LGBTQ survivors and perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence. This Education Session will include "DV 101" and the specifics of LGBTQ DV. An assessment tool will be provided. Barriers LGBTQ people encounter when attempting to access services will be presented, emphasizing the roles bias and social stigma play regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. Local and national LGBTQ anti-violence resources will be included. Multicultural Counseling Academy Program ID # 341 Hans Z. Hoxter Forum: An Exploration of the Distortion of Aboriginal Self - Who am I? Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 316C
This presentation will explore the depth of distortion created in Aboriginal people’s lives through the affect of cultural genocide and enculturation. The current levels of substance abuse, violence and sexual abuse which is at an overwhelming proportion in Aboriginal communities, is understood to be the negative affects of colonisation and long-term oppression, this has given rise to transgenerational trauma within Aboriginal self. However, Transgenerational trauma has created the “Toxic Parent,’ that in turn has lead to ‘early maladaptive schemas’ within the child. These children on becoming adults become toxic parents themselves; it would require intensive therapeutic intervention to break this cycle of abuse. Child and Adolescent Counseling Academy School Counseling Academy Program ID # 343 Antidepressant Medications and Youth: An Examination of Efficacy, Side Effects, and Suicidality Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 313A
Despite a decade-old swirling controversy over the efficacy and side-effects of antidepressant medications for youth, including the introduction of black-box labels that warn of potential increased suicidality, millions of American children and adolescents continue to be prescribed antidepressant medications. Consequently, it is crucial for counselors to be informed about antidepressant efficacy, side effects, potential for increasing suicidality, as well as race and gender issues. This presentation provides participants with clear information about the risks and benefits of antidepressant medications (as compared with counseling). The assessment, monitoring, and intervention roles of professional counselors will be emphasized. IAMFC Sponsored Session Program ID # 345 Legislative and Community Advocacy: Giving Professional Counseling a Voice Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 316B
This program will address the importance of advocacy for all counselors. Professional issues related to counselor identity will be discussed and strategies will be presented to facilitate legislative advocacy and leadership from professional counselors. Specific areas will be discussed so that meaningful communication is presented to communities and legislators. Current legislative issues regarding Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling will also be discussed. Handouts will be provided and group discussion will be encouraged. AMCD Sponsored Session Multicultural Counseling Academy Program ID # 346 AMCD Town Hall Meeting: Special Interest Groups Collaborate on Issues of Multicultural Importance Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 313B
This program provides a forum to share concerns and give voice to ideas in shaping a unified agenda for AMCD. Mentoring, Advocacy and Ethnic Cultural Competency, the Operationalization of Multicultural Counseling Competencies and other initiatives will be addressed. Attendees will offer input, then break into discussion groups and develop recommendations to give the Strategic Planning Committee and the Governing Council of AMCD for the upcoming Strategic Plan revision. This program is designed for participant input, and will not have handouts. The focus is on identifying collaborative ways to work across cultures, and to address specific needs of the African-, Asian-, Latino-, Native-American and Euro-American communities within AMCD. Human Development Across the Lifespan Academy Program ID # 347 Maintaining Counselor Wellness - Lessons From the ACA Taskforce on Counselor Wellness and Impairment Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 315
Witmer and Young posited that "well counselors are more likely to produce well clients" (1996, p. 151). Both counselors and clients are better served when the counselor knows how to manage the challenges of the work we do, and maintain their wellness. The Task Force on Counselor Wellness and Impairment presents their research which illuminates the challenges to counselor wellness, and presents participants with specific strategies for monitoring and maintaining wellness. Child and Adolescent Counseling Academy Program ID # 348 Cultural Competency and Creative Interventions With Traumatized Children Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 318
Creative arts therapies and expressive therapies provide the foundation for a variety of useful techniques with traumatized children often used by counselors. While counselors cannot possibly become prepared in every aspect of creative interventions, this presentation will address areas with which counselors should become familiar before embarking on their application in trauma work, with an emphasis on culturally sensitive practice. Presidential Featured Session Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Issues Academy Program ID # 349 Screening and Treating PTSD with Military Members Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 323B
Support our troops is a catchy phrase, follow-through is more complicated. This presentation will discuss both the myths and realities of PTSD with specific emphasis on combat related PTSD. The presentation will also address the unique variables of the military culture and discuss methods of treatment that work in this setting. Counseling Education and Supervision Academy Program ID # 350 CACREP Standards Revision 2009: A Sneak Preview of the Final Proposal Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 321
Members of the CACREP Standards Revision Committee will provide an overview of how the 2009 CACREP program accreditation standards were developed. Key changes from the 2001 to the 2009 Standards will be identified and potential challenges for program implementation discussed. Counselors' willingness to include new standards for emergency preparedness training and trauma response will also be examined. This program is the last opportunity for public discussion prior to the CACREP Board's adoption of the 2009 Standards. Group Work Academy Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Program ID # 351 Advanced Group Skills-Keeping Members Engaged Using Theories and Creative Techniques While Working With an Individual Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 325
This workshop will offer for the experienced group leader different ways to involve the members when working with an individual in a group setting. The workshop will consist mostly of showing numerous creative ways to engage members while taking the working member deeper. We will show how to use counseling theories in many ways. We promise that participants will take away at least five new ideas that they can use in their next group. ACEG Sponsored Session Career Development/Employment Counseling Academy School Counseling Academy Program ID # 352 Empowering Students to Become the Career Architect of Their Future Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 324
This interactive presentation will focus on an integrated best business practice for working with counselors, teachers and students. The ASVAB Career Exploration Program has enabled Yuma Union High School District to seamlessly integrate the CEP into the school’s curriculum. This presentation will highlight specific win-win strategies and how more 2300 students identified their career goals this past school year. Counseling Ethics Academy Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Issues Academy Program ID # 353 Counseling Ethics: Challenges and Case Examples From the World of Deaf-Blindness Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 323C
Although the number of people living with hearing and vision impairments grows daily, few counselors have considered ethical dilemmas related to such clients. Unique needs of this population can result in unanticipated ethical problems. Session participants will build on their ethical decision-making knowledge and experience to problem-solve ethical scenarios with this emerging new population. Resources and results of research with service providers who have extensive experience in Deaf-Blindness will be provided. Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling Academy Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Program ID # 354 Cultural Implications for Assessing Child-Parent Attachment Styles: The Use of Filial Therapy as a Therapeutic Intervention Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 323A
This workshop will present research based upon the study of attachment disorders and the development of the parent-child relationship. Participants will learn how to assess and measure both the parent's (adult's) attachment style as well as the child's attachment style to their parent. A review of filial therapy will be demonstrated. The results of two filial therapy programs will also be studied to gain and assess cultural implications. Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling Academy Program ID # 355 Why Winning Women Choose Losers: A Review of the Motivations for Poor Relationship Selection and Steps to Avoid Them Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 308
Everyone knows one or is one. The phenomena of capable girls and women choosing needy and dysfunctional men is ubiquitous in our society. Females who are well educated, successfully employed, and clearly attractive mysteriously compromise their lives and mortgage their futures by choosing badly. This research-based presentation will share the feedback of over 300 respondents regarding the reasons for their choices and provide preventative steps to result in healthier relationships. Mental Health/Private Practice Academy Program ID # 356 Courage and Hope as Factors for Client Change: Important Cultural Implications and Considerations Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 317B
Participants will be encouraged to think deeply about the constructs of courage and hope in facilitating client change. Participants will be asked to role play various cultural scenarios to highlight how cultural influences the discovery and use of courage and hope in the counseling process. Participants will also be asked to consider cultural influences such as power differentials, disability, acculturation process, and cultural genocide influence in the use of developing courage and hope in clients. Hawaii Counseling Association Featured Session Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Issues Academy Program ID # 357 Challenging all Counselors to Promote the Dignity and Development of Persons with Disabilities: Counselors in Hawaii Speakout Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 317A
The number of persons with disabilities has greatly increased in the United States over the past several decades. Despite their rising numbers, many counselors are ill-prepared to effectively work with persons with disabilities. This program is designed to increase counselors understanding of ways in which they can effectively promote the dignity and development of persons with disabilities as school/university, career, community, marriage and family, mental health, and private practice counselors. Audience participation is encouraged. Child and Adolescent Counseling Academy Multicultural Counseling Academy Program ID # 359 Bibliotherapy Practices: Contextualizing Latino/a Children's Acculturation Experiences Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 306B
The practice of bibliotherapy with children has been defined as the use of children's literature to explore children's emotions and perceptions as well as to provide a medium to resolve conflicting issues such as grief, bullying, and self-esteem. This presentation is designed to provide counselors with increased knowledge of bibliotherapy practices and theories. The presenters will share with the audience bibliotherapy practices with Latino/a children while identifying key issues of acculturation for this growing population. The presentation will provide a forum for counselors to discuss the implementation of bibliotherapy with their clients or students. CSJ Day of Learning Multicultural Counseling Academy Program ID # SE3-B What We Must Do and Why We Can't Wait: Practical Strategies to Transform the Counseling Profession Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 326
The counseling profession is undergoing major changes. Many of these changes are fostered by multicultural-social justice counseling advocates who have worked tirelessly over the past two decades to foster a transformation in our field. Collectively speaking, these changes have resulted in new approaches to counselor education, counseling practices, and research strategies. In this program, several nationally respected pioneers in the multicultural-social justice counseling movement discuss the various advocacy and organizational development strategies they have helped to implement to stimulate transformative changes in the profession. Comments and questions from the audience are encouraged. ACA Author Session Program ID # 361 Counseling International Students in the United States Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 307
This session is designed to introduce counselors who wish to work with international students in U.S. colleges and universities to the unique issues that are involved in such work. Issues that will be addressed include adapting to an unfamiliar culture and educational system, family expectations, isolation and adjustment, US legal system bureaucracy, career decision and management, sexual orientation, disability, financial obligations, and returning home. The specific needs of students from eastern and southern Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, New Zealand, and the former USSR nations will also be discussed. Counseling Education and Supervision Academy Program ID # 362 Competency-Based Counselor Education: Integrating Treatment Planning, Assessment and Documentation Skills Into the Curriculum Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 90-Minute Program, Advanced, CONVENTION CENTER, Room 319B
Moving towards measuring student learning outcomes and counselor competencies can be challenging. In this workshop, educators, supervisors, and trainers will learn a well-developed training model for teaching assessment, treatment planning, and documentation skills in traditionally academic courses. Participants will also learn how to use scoring rubrics and develop low-maintenance data collection strategies. LGBT Academy Human Development Across the Lifespan Academy Program ID # 363 Yüklə 0,51 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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