Renew, Rejuvenate, Refresh:
It’s All About School Counselors!
All K-12 School Counselors welcome!
Wednesday, April 8th
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
AEA267 in Cedar Falls
Great sessions and collaboration time!
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome
8:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Mental Health Issues for School Counselors
10:30 a.m. Sessions
- Ethics and Recordkeeping -Nicole Proesch (Room A)
- Ready! Set! Knit! Kelly Donlon (Room B)
- PBIS and Counseling-How It Goes Together -Josie Evanson (Room C)
- Trauma Sensitive Schools-Jen Alexander (This is a double session and will continue at 11:30) (Room D)
- The Nurtured Heart Approach -Sandy Thomson- (Room F)
11:30 a.m. Sessions
- Evolution of the School Bully-Nicole Proesch-(Room A)
- Intermediaries-Connecting Today's Students to Tomorrow's Careers- Iowa Intermediary Network (Room B)
- Play Therapy: What Is It and Why Does It Matter-Kristen Meaney-Whalen (Room C)
- Trauma Sensitive Schools-Jen Alexander-(This is a double session and is continued from10:30) (Room D)
- LEAD (Loving Everything About Differences) - Empowering Adolescent Girls With Leadership and Self-Confidence- Becky Lins (Room F)
12:30 Lunch and check out booths in the lobby
1:20 p.m. Sessions
- Surprise! You're the 504 Case Manager! Now What??? Angela Wittmer-(Room B)
- GRIT -Jaclyn Lussenhop (Room C)
- New School Counselor Standards -ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success Amy Holst, Keystone AEA Consultant Room D
- Building Relationships with Mental Health Counselors-Jacob Schafer (Room F)
2:25 p.m.
Start with the Trimtabs: Keeping Balance in the World of a Professional School Counselor
Kris Meyer
Mental Health in Schools
Emily Conrad, LMSW:
Emily Received her B.A. in Psychology and a Master's in Social Work both from the University of Northern Iowa. Emily has been working with children in the mental health field for 8 years. She is currently employed at Black Hawk Grundy Mental Health Center as a School-based Therapist serving within the Cedar Falls Schools. She provides therapy for students in elementary through high school.
Alyssa Fruchtenicht, LMSW
Alyssa received her B.A. in Psychology from Buena Vista University. She then went on to get her Masters in Social Work from the University of Northern Iowa. Alyssa is employed at Black Hawk Grundy Mental Health Center as the Coordinator for School-based Therapy and serves students in the Waterloo Schools as a School-based Therapist.
Karen Aldrich, AEA Special Education Coordinator
Karen Aldrich graduated from UNI in 1982 with a BA in education. She continued her education at UNI and obtained her Masters and Doctoral degrees, which included conducting research in the area of mental health assessment and intervention. Karen taught students with mental health issues and behavioral disorders in the Marshalltown School District for 13 years. She has been employed at AEA 6/267 first as a trainer with the Iowa Behavioral Initiative and then as a special education coordinator.
Legal Updates for School Counselors
Legal Guidance on common issues - (Session 1) This session will provide legal guidance on common issues that school counselors are dealing with on a day to day basis. Among the topics of discussion will be confidentiality, FERPA, public records laws, student search and seizure, reporting child abuse, bullying and harassment and more!
Evolution of the School Bully- (Session 2) This session will discuss the evolution of the traditional school bully beginning with face to face bullying and then evolving to bullying over the internet, through texting, and other social media. We will review current court cases dealing with these issues and discuss how school administrators, teachers, and other employees should handle these issues to avoid liability and more importantly STOP THE BULLYING!
Nicole Proesch is the Legal Counsel for Office of the Director at the Iowa Department of Education, joining the department in August of 2012. In this position, she acts as legal counsel to the State Board of Education, the Director, and as general counsel to the Department. Her other duties include serving as the Department’s administrative law judge, assisting with drafting of legislation including the 2013 Education Reform, and assisting the coordination of administrative rules for the Department.
Ready, Set, Knit!
Kelly Donlon, UNI School Counseling Graduate Student
PBIS and Counseling-How It Goes Together
Josie Evanson, Bunger Middle School, Waterloo CSD
Trauma Sensitive Schools
Jen Alexander, Hansen Elementary School Counselor, Cedar Falls CSD
The Nurtured Heart Approach
The Nurtured Heart Approach is an approach designed to help our most intense children succeed, but has indeed helped all children flourish. The goal of The Nurtured Heart Approach is to build a child’s inner wealth by recognizing their greatness and celebrating their successes to build resilience within the child. This approach has helped countless numbers of students, families, and school staff to help all our children flourish. If you are looking for simple, yet effective and practical way to build positive relationships with all children, this is it!
Sandy Thomson, Charles City Middle School CounselorIntermediaries: Connecting Today’s Students to Tomorrow’s Careers
Learn how to utilize your Iowa Intermediary Network to build bridges between classrooms and businesses. Our goal is to support educators in preparing students for the modern workforce. Intermediaries establish connections with local employers to provide relevant, work-based learning activities, create career exploration opportunities, and improve workplace readiness skills for students to assist them in making informed post-secondary education and career decisions.
Iowa Intermediary Network: Mary Schultz, Lizette Aguero, and Erin Swancutt
Play Therapy: What is it and Why does it Matter?
Kristin Meany-Walen is an assistant professor at UNI. She specializes in working with children using play therapy and actively counsels children in elementary schools. Kristin has a number of published research articles and chapters that focus on Adlerian play therapy. She is currently working on the third edition of Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy, with Dr. Terry Kottman, which is scheduled to be released in Summer 2015.
Updated School Counselor Standards-ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success
Amy Holst, Keystone AEA Consultant
Buidling Relationships with Mental Health Counselors
Surprise! You're the 504 Case Manager! Now What???
This session will focus on the school counselor's role in the 504 process. As a case manager or part of the 504 team, school counselors play a pivotal role in developing 504 plans with accommodations that meet the needs of their students. Topics will include: 504 VS IEP regulations, child-find systems, development process, appropriate accommodations and maintaining the 504.
GRIT
As educators, you have most likely heard about GRIT and how it is the new big thing in education. Many wonder what is GRIT and how do you teach it? GRIT will be defined using "How Students Succeed" and "Got GRIT?" Lesson plans and experiences will also be shared.
Jacyln Lussenhop, Davis Elementary School Counselor, Grinnell CSD
LEAD (Loving Everything About Differences) - Empowering Adolescent Girls With Leadership and Self-Confidence
Becky Lins, Peet Junior High School Counselor, Cedar Falls CSD
Start with the Trimtabs: Keeping Balance in the World of a Professional School Counselor
Dr. Kristine Meyer is a speaker, storyteller, educator, and counselor. She is the director and assistant professor of Professional Counseling Programs for Buena Vista University and does clinical counseling at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA where she lives with her husband, Don.
One of the most special descriptions of Meyer came from a former pastor when he said, “Kris, you don’t remind me of anyone.” To that she says, “YES!!!”