5:00-9:00 PM            Registration Open in hotel lobby

6:00 PM                     SDCA Board of Directors Meeting

8:00 PM                     Area of Specialty Board of Directors Meetings

Thursday, April 22, 2010   (up to 7.5 contact hours)

THURSDAY, APRIL 22

7:30 AM                       Registration Opens – Convention Center Lobby       

Preconference Workshops

The Brain Matters: What Counselors Need to Know to Improve

Clinical Work with Complex Trauma Survivors

Presenter:  Linda Barclay, President of AMHCA

Sponsored by:  SDMHCA

Thursday, April 22 9 AM to 4 PM

6 CEU

Objectives:

*Become familiar with the major research findings re: the impact of complex trauma on brain functioning

*Apply clinical and treatment implications of these research findings to shape counseling processes with trauma survivors

*Identify specific sensorimotor strategies and adjunctive activities to strengthen the integration of brain functioning and promote healing for trauma survivors

4:30 PM        4:30 PM Moderators Meeting – Arikara

5:00 PM                       Chapter Meetings

7:30 – 9:00 PM            Opening Conference Ceremony – Arikara

                              Guarding Kids Against High Tech Trouble

Presented by:  Dr. Russell A. Sabella

9:00 PM     SD Indian Counselors Association Business Meeting – Board Room

9:00 PM                       University Receptions

                                                Northern State University – Pioneer

                                                South Dakota State University – Oz

                                                University of South Dakota – Prairie

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

7:00 AM                       Registration Opens    

8:00 AM-5:00 PM         Networking Lounge – Indoor Courtyard

8:00 – 4:00 PM            Exhibit Area Open – Hotel Concourse

8:30-9:30 AM               Looking at the Past, Reaching for the Future                      Arikara

Presented by:  Dr. Lynn Linde, President of ACA

9:45-10:45 AM             CONTENT SESSIONS  I

 (1)       Building Cultural Bridges with International Students

Presenters:  Lin Lin

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The international population in South Dakota and the regions has been increasing. International students come from various cultural avenues. The efficient communication is the key in international counseling, which greatly affect international students' cultural integration and academic success. This session focus on how to create an atmosphere conducive to international students' integration in campus cultures and the efficient methods in building cultural bridges with international students.

(2)        Practical Ethics Roundtable

Presenters:  Marla Muxen and Hande Briddick

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Counseling supervisors and practitioners are invited to join the Ethics Committee Co-Chairs for an informal discussion of specific ethical challenges and questions. Participants are invited to discuss cases (with identifying information censored) and dilemmas faced in day-to-day practice.

(3)        Working with abused and neglected children:  What every counselor should know

Presenter: Dan Moran

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This presentation will share experiences and coping skills necessary to work with abused and neglected children in their schools and in their homes.  Important resources regarding this topic will also be shared.

(4)        Culture Integration

Presenter:  Dana Sanderson

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What is culture integration?  How can it work within a school setting?  How can it help students learn to work together and understand and appreciate each other better?  Integration can be done in a variety of ways to improve school climate.  The presentation will include ideas for implementation in elementary, middle school and high school settings

(5)        Brief Career Clusters Counseling

Presenters:  Kelly Duncan, Jacob McDonald, Tim Boender, Trevor Mandernach

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This program was designed to help kids navigate the Career Cruising Website through a brief solution focused worksheet and developing action plans to help them achieve their goals. 

(6)        The Impact of Mindfulness Training with Counseling Graduate Students through                           Meditation and Qigong

Presentors:  Yanchun Xu, Emily Noem, Ruth Harper

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This session shares results of a study on the impact of mindfulness training (meditation and qigong) with counseling graduate students and the degree to which these practices improved students’ self-reported wellness.  The techniques are recommended for counselor self-care as well as possible instruction with clients.

(7)        “Sometimes the Smallest Things Make All the Difference!”

Presenter:  Suzanne Whitehead

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Do your sessions/groups/classroom guidance lessons ever need a little pizzazz to get things going?  This interactive workshop will demonstrate some unique ice breakers, gadgets, exercises, surprises, and stress busters that can all be utilized with a therapeutic learning purpose in mind.  Warning: Be prepared to have some fun!

(8)        Psychological Factors related to Parents of Premature Children

                        Presenter:  Kate Jorgensen

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This program addresses the psychological factors that affect many parents of children born prematurely.  Important information will address the trauma related to the premature birth of a child, the NICU experience, loss and grief and transitioning back home.  Furthermore, the program will address caring for a child with additional needs.

11:00-1:00       Area of Specialty Luncheons  (Business meeting can start…eat and finish business)

                                    SDACES – Pioneer

                                    SDMHCA – OZ

                                    SDSCA – Arikara    

1:15 – 2:15 PM                        CONTENT SESSIONS 2

(1)        Transitions

Presenters:  Becca Dravland and John Hegg

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This workshop is all about transitions.  You will learn how to make new students feel welcome and belong to your school community; help make the transition from elementary to middle school smoothly and you will learn about sending middle school students off for high school success! 

(2)        Free Bullying Awareness Materials

Presenters:  Marsha Kucker and Dan Friedrich

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Come see the newest bullying awareness materials Health Edventure is bringing to South Dakota Schools. These materials help raise awareness on four topics related to bullying: Identifying a Bully, Bullying Prevention, Cyber Bullying and Teaching Students How to Deal with a Bully.

(3)        Combining Motivational Interviewing and CBT:  Practical Applications for Client                            Change

Presenter:  Ryan Ostgaard

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This presentation will discuss the process of combining Motivational Interviewing (MI) with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) conceptualzation and application.  The presentation will discuss how to apply MI and CBT to several clinical areas including co-occuring disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, adolescent practice, personality disorders, criminal thinking, and other difficult populations.

(4)        How to Incorporate What You Are Already Doing into Your Comprehensive School                         Counseling Program

Presenter:  Stacy Solsaa

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This presentation will focus on how school counselors can assess what they already do in their schools and turn current programs into a comprehensive school counseling program.  This presentation will also include a brief overview of the SD Comprehensive School Counseling Program Model.

(5)        Working with Students Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disability Attending Post-                               secondary Schools

Presenter:  Alan Davis

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This presentation will focus on ways to promote retention of college students with diagnoses psychiatric disabilities. Emphasis will be on supportive counseling strategies and relapse prevention methods. Reduction of positive and negative symptoms and medication compliance will be covered.

(6)        Lessons Learned from Volunteering with Hurricane Katrina

Presenter:  Suzanne Whitehead

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As professional counselors, we are often consulted and called upon to help during times of crises and disasters.  This workshop explores one counselor’s journey with the American Red Cross volunteering at a shelter near New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  Being competent in crisis counseling is now part of the CACREP regulations for all counselors.   We will explore how counselors can better prepare themselves to be of assistance for inevitable crises that occur.

(7)        Families that Play Together Stay Together

Presenter:  Marla Muxen

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Featuring many family play ideas that are adaptable to counseling settings, this workshop     offers low-to-no-cost ideas to help family members build cohesion and trust by having fun together.

          (8)         Counseling Through the Ages:  The Past, Present, and Future of Gerentological                             Counseling

                        Presenters:  Jennifer Kassing and Rachael Koch

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The presenters will address House Bill 3962 and the impact that Medicare coverage of counseling services may have on the counseling field.  They will also review the past and current issues in gerentological counseling and propose a more integrated approach for      the future.

2:20 – 2:55 PM            Poster Sessions – Hotel Concourse

Informed Consent in E-therapy

Presenter:  Jessica Lewis

Web based counseling services, or E-therapy, remains topic of contention in many circles of the counseling profession.  Practitioners and clients have concerns about privacy, the therapeutic alliance, liability, ethics, and more.  The poster presentation reflects preliminary thesis research from a literature review in the areas of informed consent, e-therapy, and relevant computer mediated communication theory. 

3:00 – 3:55 PM            CONTENT SESSIONS 3

(1)        The Career Style Interview

Presenters:  William Briddick and Hande Briddick

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Attendees are invited to learn about the Career Style Interview. Discover the evolution of this unique approach from technique through the emergence of Career Construction Theory.

(2)        Quest for Success:  Project-based Character Development

Presenter:  Kathy Miller

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Students in the intermediate grades want to feel useful and are seeking greater wide program of individually-designed personal and service learning projects, completed beyond school hours, motivates students to develop positive character traits.

(3)        Narrative Therapy as a Preferred Counseling Approach in Working with Clients

Presenter:  Evadne Ngazimbi

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Narrative Therapy is a postmodern theory that has been found to help clients dealing with various mental health problems. The presentation will focus on teaching the techniques of Narrative Therapy to the participants through role plays, so that they can use them with their clients.

(4)        The CACREP Standards:  What do they Mean for Students, Faculty and                                            Supervisors?

Presenter: Robin Rosenthal

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New CACREP standards incorporate more outcomes-based criteria. Changes for faculty, supervisors and students may feel overwhelming to faculty, supervisors and students. This session offers suggestions for each of the constituent groups for practical yet comprehensive implementation. Handouts will include specific issues raised at the recent 2009 ACES conference.

(5)        Working with Involuntary Clients

Presenter:  Michael Flaherty

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Overview of work with non voluntary and mandated clients. Including ethical issues, efficacy of work with involuntary clients, techniques, involuntary families, and involuntary groups.

(6)        SDMylife (Career Cruising) Updates and New Programs

Presenter:  Steven Rounds

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Learn more about the TCA test prep, Parent Portal, Ability Profiler and the NETWORK program.   We will also go over any updates on the Peresonal Learning Plan affected by the new graduation requirements.

(7)        Fostering Positive Self-Esteem in Students

Presenters:  Jillian Depue and Krista Groeneweg

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Adolescence is a crucial time for the development of self-esteem.  This presentation offers information, new ideas, and useful techniques for adults who want to maximize the power of their presence in the lives of youngsters.  “Guest Experts” in the form of current high school students will join the discussion about what works in terms of identifying and addressing poor self-esteem.

4:00 – 4:55 PM            CONTENT SESSIONS 4

(1)        SAT Team Training

Presenter:  Gary Griffith

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An overview of Student Assistance Training.  Registration and material cost as well as hotel and meals are paid for by the Masons of South Dakota.  Teams are trained to address Substance Abuse, Depression, Suicide, School Violence, Bullying.  It also addresses Academics, Attendance, Health and Behavior

(2)        Counselors Rock America!

Presenter:  Pat McManus

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This interactive training will require movement and a smile. Rock In Prevention is a fast-paced, evidence-based program that meets ASCA Model Goals.  We’ll show how songs are used as teaching tools in the 12-week Rock PLUS curriculum and show how local high school mentors lead the Rock “LIVE” program.  Be careful, this workshop could be fun.

(3)        More Than Listening:  Offering Counseling Strategies to Student Affairs Professionals

Presenter:  Ruth Harper

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How can non-counseling student affairs professionals benefit from counseling-based theories and strategies? Examine case studies from a new NASPA publication that illustrate how counseling skills can help college personnel be more effective in their roles, observe healthy boundaries, and work well with mental health professionals.

(4)        Adapting Counselor Education to Working with People with Disabilities in a Supported Living Environment.

                                    Presenter:  Nicole Spry and Sara Gentry

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This presentation will share with fellow SDCA members the new partnership between SDSU Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling students and the ADVANCE population.  Presenters will discus methods in rapport building and interventions they are currently using with individuals who have disabilities.

(5)        Conflict Resolution:  A program ready to use

Presenter:  Connie Kolbrek and Tobin Bakkedahl

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The counselors from Whittier Middle School in Sioux Falls will be sharing the conflict-resolution program that has been implemented to reduce bullying and violence in our school. Handouts will be provided which include all worksheets, names of videos, and an outline to incorporate your own conflict resolution program in your school.

(6)        Launch - 9^th Grade Targeted Counseling Program

                                    Presenters:  Patricia Peters, Patti Lake-Torbert, and Bill Smith

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Based on the University of Minnesota’s Check and Connect program - Launch was started in the the fall of 2008 in the Sioux Falls School District to target 9^th grade students who exhibit factors putting them at risk for graduating from high school.  Is it working?  Could it work at your school?

(7)        Pros and Cons of Online Counseling and its Implications for Rural Settings

Presenter:  Debi Dusseault

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Counselors and clients have increasingly turned to the internet to use counseling services. This presentation will discuss the pros and cons of the medium as well as the ethics, access issues and cost-effectiveness for a rural counselor.

(8)        Impacting Your Community so that You Can Impact Your School

Presentor:  Dana Sanderson

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This program will include ideas that can be done to positively impact your community and involve others in helping you to promote the guidance program in your school.  Good community relations will help any program become better and stronger.  Hear about ideas that are working and bring your ideas to share with others.

5:00 – 5:55 PM            CONTENT SESSIONS 5

(1)        School Counseling for the Millennial Generation

Presenter:  Courtney Bertsch

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Just as the Baby Boomers were a large generation with substantial influence on American society, the Millennial Generation, or “Echo Boomers” stand poised to affect societal change.  Come learn about this unique generation and ideas regarding how to effectively counsel these students and their families.

(2)        Using Experiential Activities to Teach Multicultural Competences and Social Justice

Presenter:  Evadne E. Ngazimbi and Robin Rosenthal

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Counselor educators are expected to teach multicultural competences to students (ACA Code of Ethics, 2005; CACREP Standards, 2009), but most have not been exposed to the training. The presenters will use a few experiential activities to teach multicultural competences and social justice to participants.

(3)        “Favorites” Idea Exchange for Elementary School Counselors

Presenters:  Linda Johnson  (Included on the panel are:  Clark Perkins, Kathy Miller, Kathy Grey, Lexi Seeley and Marla Bjerke).

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Come hear from elementary school counselors from both small and large school districts as to what their biggest “favorites” are.  Five school counselors will share their favorite classroom curriculum, books used with kids, websites, public relations tools, and others.  Leave with a packet of favorite lesson plans.  Come interact and share your favorites with us!

(4)        Resources for Parents and Counselors to Help Students with Learning Issues

Presenter:  Margie Neugebauer

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The goal of the Learning Disabilities Association-SD is to empower parents and students to be advocates for the services they need. This round-table discussion will offer some of the many agencies and programs that are available to help counselors, parents and students.  Some resources available will be from Parent Connection, Parent Information Resource Center, SD Advocacy, the International Dyslexia Association, and Learning Disabilities Association of America.

(5)        Hot Topics in School Counseling

Presenters:  John Hegg, Becca Dravland, Diana Mach, Linda Johnson, Julie Gonsor

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Being a professional school counselor has unique challenges in South Dakota.  Join the president of SDSCA and the k-12, middle, elementary and high school SDSCA vice-presidents as hot topics relevant to being a professional school counselor in South Dakota are discussed.  Participants will also be encouraged to present topics of interest for discussion.

6:30 PM           SDCA President’s Reception – Arikara                      

7:00 PM           SDCA Awards Banquet and Live & Silent Auction – Arikar