ASCA National Model – American School Counselor Association

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The Power to Motivate Mar 30, 2020

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Does it seem like you’re more committed to positive changes for your students than they are? Before students can improve their grades, build healthy relationships or pursue career plans in earnest, they must be deeply motivated. Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based counseling style that taps into students’ own motivation to make positive changes in their lives. Learn practical techniques to help students change their future trajectory for the better. Download handout here.

Earn 0.1 CEUs/1 contact hours for this webinar by purchasing and passing the corresponding quiz found in the Specialists and Exams section of the Online Store. Search on the webinar title to find the exam in the online store. CEU exams are available for three years following the live webinar.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Build working relationships with students by displaying empathy.
Use motivational interviewing skills to increase the chances students will move beyond the status quo.

Speaker:

Reagan North, School Counselor, Kamiak High School, Mukilteo, WA

Recording date: Mar. 30, 2020

School Counseling in an Online World Mar 24, 2020

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Discover how school counselors can transition to an online setting during uncharted times. Explore essential virtual components and discuss ways to mirror your school counseling program in an online setting. Download the handout.

Earn 0.1 CEUs/1 contact hours for this webinar by purchasing and passing the corresponding quiz found in the Specialists and Exams section of the Online Store. Search on the webinar title to find the exam in the online store. CEU exams are available for 3 years following the live webinar.

Learning objectives:

After attending this webinar you should be able to:

Identify a variety of new techniques to support students online

Presenters:

Barron Whited is certified as a K–12 school counselor and is entering his 10th year of cyber education. He has 23 years of experience in elementary, secondary and higher education. Barron has been featured on “Pittsburgh Today Live” on KDKA, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, New York Daily News, Today’s Show-NBC and USA Today. He also has presented at the 2018 ASCA Annual Conference as well as at the 2018 and 2019 Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Conferences.

Virtual school counselors who will support this webinar session and help answer questions: Whitney Patterson, Jill Palme, Tara Quisito, Michael Mirth, Erica Lee, Laura Manko, Mindy Rockower, Danielle Ambrose and Mia Jafarian

Original air date: March 24, 2020

Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism Feb 26, 2020

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Combating absences often feels like an impossible feat. Learn about evidence-based practices for improving attendance, and hear how one school counseling department creatively implemented these interventions. The significant positive impact on attendance and behavior caught the district superintendent’s attention and was implemented in other schools K-12 districtwide, so it can be replicated in your school or district too. Download accompanying handout here.

Earn 0.1 CEUs/1 contact hours for this webinar by purchasing and passing the corresponding quiz found in the Specialists and Exams section of the Online Store. CEU exams are available for 3 years following the live webinar.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you should be able to:

Describe the unique needs of students with chronic absenteeism and their families.
Reflect on current practices for addressing attendance concerns.
Identify factors shown to successfully improve attendance.
Employ at least one new strategy to maximize your impact.

Presenter:
Claire Brantley is a school counselor at Stonehouse Elementary School in Williamsburg, Va.

Original air date: Feb. 24, 2020

Adopt-A-Classroom Connections Feb 11, 2020

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Learn how one district’s faculty and K–12 students collaborated to encourage all students’ career and college aspirations. The Adopt-A-Classroom initiative paired high school with elementary school students to share their future stories, which included four-year colleges, working in the trades, military service and entering the workforce. Through this conversation, elementary students became excited to take advantage of the opportunities offered at their high school and to explore their own future stories. View accompanying handout here.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Brainstorm a program connecting high school students with elementary students to encourage a college-going culture.
Access resources to use during classroom presentations.
Encourage alternative pathways while in high school, such as CTE & dual enrollment courses.

Presenters

Brian Jandreau, Principal, Gorham High School, Gorham, ME
Kate Stevens, School Counselor, Gorham High School, Gorham, ME

Original air date: Feb. 10, 2020

The School Counselor Role in Creating Safe and Supportive Schools Through Prevention and Intervention Jan 30, 2020

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Hear about how school counselors help develop safe and supportive schools in this congressional briefing presented in conjunction with the 2020 School Counselor of the Year events.

Build Student Leaders Jan 29, 2020

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Are you looking for ways to build student leaders at your elementary school? Hear different initiatives that help students successfully develop leadership skills. From welcoming new students to a classroom to mentoring peers, elementary school students can be empowered by school counselors to take ownership in school initiatives. Download accompanying handout here.

Learning objectives:

After attending this session, you will be able to

Explain how to incorporate student leaders in your school counseling program.
Outline and implement at least one student leadership program in your school.

Presenters:

Kristina Kern, School Counselor, Mills Elementary School, Austin, TX
Denise Berry, School Counselor, Clayton Elementary School, Austin, TX

Original air date: Jan. 27, 2020

Growth Mindset Small Groups Dec 23, 2019

Show notes

Growth mindset small groups give you the flexibility to use one curriculum to address different target behaviors. If you have students dealing with issues such as anxiety, motivation, self-esteem or perfectionism, they can all benefit from adopting a growth mindset and learning more about accepting mistakes as a part of the learning process. Hear how to structure meaningful small groups, and leave with ideas for creating lessons incorporating mindfulness concepts, neuroplasticity, grit and the power of yet. Download handout here.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Plan growth mindset small groups with innovative lessons and projects.
Explain how growth mindset concepts can increase student outcomes.

Presenter:

Lisa King Coleman, School Counselor, Blackwell Elementary School, Marietta, GA

Original air date: Dec. 18, 2019

Solution-Focused Techniques for School Counselors Dec 18, 2019

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Responsive services are school counseling interventions intended to help students with their immediate needs and concerns. In the time-sensitive environment of a school, having brief, effective and strengths-based techniques is critical to a school counselor’s success in supporting students. Hear about numerous solution-oriented counseling techniques and specific language that will fill your techniques toolbox. Download accompanying handout here.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Identify the professional vocabulary associated with solution-focused brief counseling.

Describe an eight-step model of a solution-focused brief counseling session.

Apply additional school counseling tools that support student success and strengthen school counselor preparation for response counseling.

Speaker:

Paul Barnes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Nebraska

Original air date: Dec. 16, 2019

What’s in Your Cultural Toolbox? Oct 16, 2019

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Cultural competency within the counseling profession has become a major emphasis and is even more critical for school counselors. Engage in simple, creative and culturally focused strategies and interventions targeting minority students and parents, specifically African-American and Hispanic high school student populations. Download accompanying handout.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar you will be able to:

Implement a Peer Mediation program incorporating cultural norms and traditions.
Host parent workshops promoting student and parent collaborative engagement.
Implement interactive games to engage students in mental health awareness.

Speakers:

Hazel Jeanette Vaughn, School Counselor, McEachern High School, Powder Springs, GA
Mirna Wynn, Ed.D., School Counselor, Hillgrove High School, Powder Springs, GA

Original air date: Oct. 15, 2019

Ignite Change for Equity and Inclusion Sep 20, 2019

Show notes

Learn practical action steps to interrupt racism and create systemic change at the school level through self-reflection, staff reflection and education activities and anti-bias student lessons. Walk away ready to ignite change for equity and inclusion of all students. Download accompanying handout here.

Learning objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Identify areas of personal bias and increase cultural competency through self-reflection activities.
Create professional development activities for school-level staff to explore systems of the school negatively affecting students of color.
Create K–12 anti-bias lesson plans.

Speakers:

Rebecca Atkins, Senior Administrator for Elementary School Counseling, Wake County Public Schools, Cary, NC
Alicia Oglesby, Director of School & College Counseling, Wake County Public Schools, Cary, N.C.

Original air date: Sept. 18, 2019

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