Featured Education Sessions

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ACA Waiting List Only Status Series

There’s one in every agency, clinic, and larger practice setting—that one clinician who all clients want to see. His or her status is always: Waiting List Only! What special skills or traits do these clinicians share? Why are they SO sought-after? This series will present powerful talks with six Waiting List Only clinicians. Listen closely to their strategies and find out for yourself. Session titles coming soon.

 

ACA Client-Focused Research Series

ACA strives to increase the visibility of research that empowers professional counselors. Whatever you want to call it—evidence-based practice research, best practices research, or outcome research—this unparalleled professional series will shed light on what works best.

An Examination of Executive Function, Stress, and Adolescent Attachment in a Social Neuroscience Model Using NICHD SECCYD
Margaux Hanes Brown

Arab American Perspectives on Counseling: Experiences From the School and Community Settings in a Non-enclave Community
Tahani Dari
, Shadin Atiyeh

Empirical Evidence for Child-Centered Play Therapy: Findings and Recommendations From a Meta-Analysis
Yung-Wei Lin

Expectations and Experiences Associated With Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Counselors
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant

Factors in the Selection of Science Courses by Girls in Senior Secondary Schools in Benue State and Counselling Implications
Enechojo G. Egbe-Okpenge

Have You Texted Your Family Today? A Research Project Exploring the Impact of Technology on Families
Susan N. Perkins
, Kylee Ball

Hurricane Katrina Seven Years Later
Kimberly Nicole Frazier

Impact of a School-based DBT-Infused Group Intervention on Student and Parent Reported Behavioral Distress
Richard Joseph Ricard
, Mary Alice Fernandez

Parental Alliance for Low-Income Couples and Individuals Participating in Relationship Education Workshops
Ryan G. Carlson
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The Influence of Caregiver Intimate Partner Violence on Treatment Attrition for Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Leigh DeLorenzi

The Influence of Relationship Education and Parenting Education on Relationship Satisfaction
Jenene Case Pease

The Relationship Between Types of Bullying/Victimization and Internalization/Externalization Problems for Bullies and Victims
Rebecca Newgent

Transitioning to Parenthood: Investigating the Influence of Relationship Education on Parental Attitudes
Sejal Barden

Without Words for Emotion: Alexithymia Challenges for Troubled Adolescents
Kenneth Michael Coll
, Brenda J. Freeman

ACA Counseling in Action Demonstration Series

Learning about new techniques and strategies to use with your clients is one thing, but seeing them in action, and being able to implement them immediately upon return, is another. Topics include:

  • Threat assessment in the community college setting
  • Disaster mental health intervention following a terrorist event  
  • Group counseling for targets of cyber-bullying
  • Counseling techniques in gaming addiction
  • Counseling male victims of domestic violence
  • PTSD counseling with returning soldiers

Register Today, Super Saver Rates Thru December 15, 2013

Professional / regular
$370

New Professional / student / retiree
$270

Non-member Attendee
$530

Non-member student
$375

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Preconference Learning Institutes

Super Saver Rates Thru 12/15/13

Professional / regular
Day: $140
Evening: $95

New Professional / student / retiree
Day: $95
Evening: $70

Non-member Attendee
Day: $200
Evening: $155

Non-member student
Day: $155
Evening: $130

Register