Ethics and Values in Real-Life Counseling Practice
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Identification: WEBA17006
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
Counselors often face difficult situations when counseling clients with different belief systems. Understanding how one’s own value system can affect the ability to counsel effectively is the first step to navigating tricky client sessions and situations. Dr. Stephanie Dailey will discuss ways counselors can support their clients without sacrificing their own values.
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Private Practice: Getting off to a Strong Start
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Identification: WEBA17005
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
Before deciding to open a private practice, counselors must make some very tough decisions about insurance, finances, legal issues and other considerations.
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Counselor Tips for Success: Transitioning to New Positions in Schools
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Identification: WEBA17004
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
Starting a new position in a new school is challenging, even for seasoned school counselors. Dr. Nancy Carlson discusses some tips and ideas for getting off to a good start with a new population of students. Topics covered range from organizing student schedules to handling a diverse student population with a variety of counseling needs.
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Multicultural Counseling with Immigrant and Refugee Communities
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Identification: WEBA17003
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Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee communities face unique challenges when moving to a new country and culture. Drs. Vivian and Courtland Lee spent two years in Malta exploring and studying these cultures to gain an understanding of how to better counsel these groups, including asylum seekers. Understanding the motivation behind the decision to leave one’s home, and the relationship between acculturative stress and quality of life are key to understanding the counseling needs of the immigrant and refugee population.
Speaker(s):An Overview of Military Service Members and their Families: How Mental Health Professionals Can Best Serve this Population
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Identification: WEB17002
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
The focus of this webinar is to provide clinicians in the field an overview of the military and its culture, which will create a better understanding of this population’s needs and how counselors can best serve them.
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Identification: WEBA17001
Credits: None available.
The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics outlines the ethical responsibilities of its members and provides guidance to counselors in fulfilling their professional responsibilities. The ethics code is revised every seven to 10 years to reflect changes in society; changes in the way we, as professional counselors, view our relationships with our clients; and our evolving view of competent practice.
As the counseling profession matures, actions that the American Counseling Association takes help crystalize who we are as a profession. Ethics, foundational moral principles and professional values are central to who we are, what we believe and how we should carry out our responsibilities to others. Each iteration of the ACA Code of Ethics, beginning with the 1961 code, has attempted to highlight that.
ACA’s ethics codes have always put clients first. The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics built upon previous codes to further clarify the expectations for ethical behavior by counselors. The current code makes it clear that counseling is about the client, not the counselor.
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American Counseling Association: First Budget Briefing
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Identification: WEB170525
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President Trump's proposed education budget would eliminate all funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichments (SSAE) grant program (Title IV, Part A), a federal program that just received its first appropriation last year. The SSAE program is a block grant intended to help school districts provide a well-rounded education by funding school-based mental health programs, school counseling programs, and drug and violence prevention programs. The American Counseling Association is extremely concerned about the administration’s proposal, and we have urged Congress to reject the President’s budget and fund SSAE at its authorized level of $1.65 billon. Attend this free webinar to:
Traumatic Stress and Marginalized Groups
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Identification: CPA24341
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With increasing frequency, professional counselors are needed to respond to communities that have experienced major traumatic events. Cirecie A. West-Olatunji, Ph.D., provides background information on the sociohistorical nature of trauma within socially and culturally marginalized communities and highlights evidence-based interventions that can be used to facilitate recovery and empowerment. Dr. West-Olatunji discusses traumatic stress and how it differs from posttraumatic stress disorder. She provides specific interventions that have proven effective in addressing traumatic stress due to social and cultural marginalization. Dr. West-Olatunji is an associate professor and director of the Center for Traumatic Stress Research at Xavier University of Louisiana, and she is a past president of the American Counseling Association.
Counseling students who have experienced trauma: Practical recommendations at the elementary, secondary, and college levels
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Identification: CPA24339
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
Counselors require special skills when counseling students who have experienced trauma. In this session, Richard Joseph Behun, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, Julie A. Cerrito, Ph.D., NCC, NCSC, and Eric W. Owens, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, make practical recommendations for how to counsel students at the elementary, secondary, and college levels. They discuss developmental and risk factors for students at the each level and cover trauma-related responses and treatment considerations. Dr. Behun is an assistant professor at Marywood University. Dr. Cerrito is an assistant professor and director of the school counseling program at The University of Scranton. Dr. Owens is an assistant professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Counselor Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Human Trafficking
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Identification: CPA24336
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*Counselors requiring New York State approval must contact ACA upon completion to obtain customized CE certificate
With between 800,000 and 4 million individuals sold for sex or labor every year, modern-day slavery (human trafficking) is the world’s second largest criminal industry in the world, and the fastest growing. Jared S. Rose, M.A., LPC/CR, NCC, provides an overview of this social justice problem, its impact on victims, and the necessary supports to assist individuals in their movement toward being survivors and thrivers. He discusses the warning signs, screening methods, and counseling approaches and interventions that are appropriate with this population and provides counseling resources for this population. Participants will learn how counselors can be social justice advocates against the trafficking of people. Mr. Rose’s areas of expertise include HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, sex/sexuality/gender minorities, sexual health, and the impact of culture on sexualization of children and the sexual exploitation of women/girls.