Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Pre-Conference

Solution Focused School Counseling 101
and
Advanced Solution Focused School Counseling: Building Skills

Solution Focused School Counseling 101
This workshop presents the foundation for the solution focused approach as it applies to the busy school counselor’s agenda. This workshop will include case studies that illustrate how the solution focused approach works with typical school related issues of misbehavior, lack of motivation, ADHD, anger, defiance and resistance. Participants will learn steps to begin building a solution focused school counseling program.

Advanced Solution Focused School Counseling: Building Skills
This workshop is for those individuals who have previously attended Dr. Metcalf’s trainings. It offers the school counselor advanced application of the solution focused approach including group counseling, parent conferences, Response to Intervention (RTI) and solution focused interventions for depression, ADHD, anger substance and sexual abuse. The session will involve a variety of role plays to help the participant practice and understand the solution focused approach and is meant to be a skill building experience using motion pictures and case studies to help explain the process.

Linda Metcalf, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist. She is an Associate Professor in the School Counseling Program at Texas Wesleyan University and is the author of several books including Counseling Toward Solution, 2nd Edition, and A Field Guide to Counseling Toward Solutions.

Practical Steps to Implementing the new California Standards for the School Counseling Profession

A renaissance is occurring for California school counselors that is changing the face of the profession. The California Standards for the School Counseling Profession (CSSCP), published in May 2008, defines the unique contributions of school counselors and establishes the core content for quality school counseling practices in California. California school counselors have turned a historical page in their progression with the passage of AB 1802 in 2006; it is now incumbent on us to collectively take the next step in implementing the CSSCP. This workshop will explore best-practices in each of the six standard areas and participants will learn how to utilize the CSSCP to develop performance expectancies and to prompt school districts to adopt and implement the CSSCP. Attendees will receive a free paperback version of the CSSCP document (a $15.00 value.)

Loretta Whitson is the Director of Student Services for the Monrovia Unified School District, Executive Director for CASC and the co-author of the Middle and High School Supplemental Counseling Program: Increased Support for Student Success in California Schools. Kathy Rapkin is a counselor at Arcadia High School whose school counseling program received State recognition in 2007 from the H.B. McDaniel Foundation. Kathy is a former President of CASC and President of the Arcadia Pupil Support Services Association. Loretta and Kathy both served on the CSSCP Advisory Committee.

Friday, November 14, 2008 - Conference

Keynote Speaker
Jason Womack

Enjoy a keynote address by professional workplace coach Jason Womack, M.Ed., M.A. Jason’s degrees in Education and Psychology couple together to help others implement change in their professional and personal lives. He applies this wealth of knowledge to learning environments to help solve the day-to-day challenges of work/life balance in an era of increased accountability.

www.jasonwomack.com