Title: Strategies for Culturally Responsive Advocacy in Schools 
Presenters: Sarah N. Brant-Rajahn, PhD, NCC

Free for TCA Members, $10 for non-members
Hosted by the Tennessee School Counseling Association (TnSCA)
Eligible for 1 CE

Description:

School counselors are called to engage in culturally responsive practices and advocacy to promote equitable access to opportunities, support, and resources. This session will highlight the unique challenges marginalized students and their families face. Also, the session will provide strategies and examples for a culturally responsive, tiered approach toward advocacy. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to utilize culturally responsive assessment tools, examine data, and disseminate data to advocate and program for student needs.
2. Participants will be able to discuss culturally responsive advocacy strategies using a tiered approach.
3. Participants will be able to understand approaches to centering advocacy across the ASCA model.

Presenter Bios: 

Dr. Sarah N. Brant-Rajahn is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Prior to becoming a counselor educator, she served as a school counselor in Georgia for 7 years. During her time as a school counselor, she engaged in ongoing advocacy on behalf of her students and developed several initiatives and programs to address student needs. She has presented at numerous national, regional, and state conferences and facilitated multiple training workshops focused on multicultural counseling and advocacy. She currently serves as the SACES Multicultural Counseling Interest Network Co-chair. Her research interests include school racial climate, K-12 Black student identity development, culturally responsive pedagogy and practices, and racial trauma. 

Presenter Bio: Regina Peery, Ed.S. is the founder of Cowboy Up community service project. The project started in 2005 with the mission of suicide prevention, awareness, education, and hope. In the past 16 years, CowBoy Up has trained over 7,000 students about suicide awareness and prevention. The project includes a curriculum that is presented by School Counselors specifically to 7th-grade students. A former Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Peery currently works as an Elementary School Assistant Principal and an Adjunct Professor at MTSU.  

 

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October #3: Register Here - Building Community in Counseling Organizations during COVID-19

Partnership with TCA Membership Chair, Kevin Doyle

Title: Self-Care: Practice Now Before You Need It 
Presenters: Sarah Proctor, LMFT

Free for TCA Members, $10 for non-members
Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Counseling Association (SMCA) - however, all are welcome!
Eligible for 1 CE

Description:  Counseling in the best of circumstances can be taxing. However, during a pandemic, managing your own stress while working with students and clients who are experiencing additional stress is a monumental task. Sarah Proctor shares the importance of practicing self-awareness to be able to identify compassion fatigue, burn-out, and obstacles that inhibit our wellness practices.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify risk factors for compassion fatigue and burn-out
2. Recognize obstacles to resilience
3. Assess personal levels of stress and opportunities for resilience
4. Develop an understanding of an effective self-care plan

Presenter Bio:   Sarah Proctor, LMFT, has been in solo, private-practice for 6 years, which is what she always dreamed of doing when she decided she wanted to be a therapist. She also has experience in an in-patient psychiatric setting, and has been an adjunct instructor at Johnson University in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She has taught Theories of Counseling, Parent Education and Guidance, and a course she developed called Self-Care and Resiliency. She became interested in self-care as a grad student, because she heard the term often and was encouraged to teach clients "good" self-care habits. However, her passion for self-care developed from the practice of truly attending to her own complex, inner-self! 

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Speaker: 

Cody W Dickson, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMHP, NCC is an Associate Professor, Administrative Faculty at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Online Counselor Education Department. Dr. Dickson is the Clinical Administrator for the fieldwork programs and Administrator for the Student Development and Writing Remediation programs. He is a licensed counselor and supervisor in Nebraska and Texas with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health services. He is a consultant on issues ranging from rural workforce development, academic/community partnerships, and accreditation. Dr. Dickson’s research interests include identity development, rural mental health services, social justice/advocacy, contemplative practices, consultation, and treatment of SPMI. He recently received certification in telehealth services.

Children are experiencing anxiety and trauma as a result of events related to the pandemic. This webinar will introduce attendees to trauma, its effects on children, and will offer theoretical and practical strategies to help our clients. The presenter will also discuss how she ethically uses telehealth to work specifically with children and families during the pandemic.

Dr. Lynn Jennings, PhD is a licensed professional counselor supervisor (LPCS), and licensed sex offender treatment provider (LSOTP) in private practice.  She obtained her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University, her Master’s Degree from WTAMU, and her Bachelor’s Degree from WTAMU.  She is a Distinguished Graduate in the College of Education and Social Sciences at WTAMU.

She and her husband, Stephen, have been in private practice for over 17 years, and have a successful practice comprised of six counselors and five staff in Amarillo, TX. 

Lynn is an Adjunct Faculty for Counseling/Counselor Education Department at Texas Tech University, and University of Tennessee at Martin.  Her therapeutic focus includes trauma and trauma-related issues; families in crisis; secondary traumatic stress in counselors and other professionals in the helping field; PTSD, and other trauma-related issues.  

Lynn is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT) and is a Compassion Fatigue Therapist and Compassion Fatigue Educator.  She also holds a certification in Child Trauma, which was awarded by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Lynn is recognized as an expert in child development, child trauma and child sexual abuse in the state of Texas, in family law and criminal law cases, as well as in Federal court.

She has co-authored articles and book chapters on the subjects of marriage and family therapy, career counseling, middle school bullying, ethics, and secondary traumatic stress.  She, along with her husband, Stephen, and their staff, conduct ongoing research in the area of secondary traumatic stress in first responders, the Multidisciplinary Team, attorneys, and counselors.

Lynn and Stephen have been married for 35 years, have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.

 

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 The Tennessee Counseling Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2043. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Tennessee Counseling Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.