South Dakota Counseling Association
2010 Preconference will be held by SDACES, SDMHCA, and SDSCA
2010 Preconference Workshops
Web 2.0 Boot Camp and Cyberbullying
Presenter: Dr. Russell A. Sabella
Sponsored by: SDSCA
Thursday, April 22
Web 2.0 Boot Camp: Using Communication Technologies to Reach and Teach School Counseling Program Stake Holders (9:00 AM-Noon) 3 CEU Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have great potential for helping school counselors disseminate important information and interact with students and stake holders. This comprehensive training incorporates focuses on free or almost free services that counselors can use to enhance their school counseling programs.
Cyberbullying (1:00 PM-4:00 PM) 3 CEU Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, with the intention of harming others. The technology used includes e-mail, message boards, blogs, instant messaging, cell phone, text messaging, defamatory personal Web sites and/or online personal polling Web sites. Frequently, media such as sounds, text, video, altered graphics, and photos are incorporated into the piece to add to the attacks. This workshop endeavors to help you understand the nature of cyberbullying and provides helpful tips for prevention and intervention among both bullies and victims.
½ Day Workshop: SDSCA Members-$40 SDSCA Student Members-$20 Nonmembers-$65
Both Workshops: SDSCA Members-$75 SDSCA Student Members-$35 Nonmembers-$100
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
SDMHCA Members: $75 SDMHCA Student Members: $35 Nonmembers: $100
Legal and Ethical Decision Making for Counselors
Sponsored by: SDACES
Thursday, April 22-Noon to 4 PM
Presenter: Leah Piersol
4 CEU
Leah Piersol is a counselor and an attorney. She will address the current legal and ethical issues facing counselors today. Workshop participants will explore the current state of the law for counselors from a national and state perspective. National and local court decisions, which impact you as a counselor, whether in private practice, at an agency or in a school setting will be discussed. Finally, ethical decision making information (i.e., models, strategies, etc.) will be reviewed for use in day-to-day practice.
SDACES Members: $40 Student Members: $20 Nonmembers: $60 (includes 2011 SDACES membership)