Maryland Counseling Association Presents

Annual Conference 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS!

Friday, November 14, 2014
Johns Hopkins University Columbia Campus

Conference Theme: "Wellness in the Age of Technology"

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marty Jencius AKA "Technophile"
Dr. Jencius is the founder and list manager of CESNET-L, a professional online listserv for counselor educators. He is the co-founding editor of The Journal of Technology in Counseling, a web-based, peer reviewed journal, and founder/editor of CounselorAudioSource.net, a podcast series for counselors. Currently, Dr. Jencius's technology interests include virtual worlds as co-founder of Counselor Education in Second Life . He is also on the editorial boards of The International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling and the Counselor Education and Supervision Journal and is a writer/editor of a monthly column, The Digital Psyway, in Counseling Today, the monthly publication of The American Counseling Association. Dr. Jencius was elected to serve as President of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision for 2014-2015. 

CLICK HERE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM

If you have experience or expertise providing services around the conference theme and would like to share your knowledge with the MCA community at this year’s conference, please complete the attached proposal form and return it for consideration by March 15, 2014 to MCA President-Elect, R. Tony Spann (rufusspann@yahoo.com).

PESI
MD Legal Issues in Behavioral Health in Maryland: Legal and Ethical Considerations Seminar

When: -  Wednesday, March 26, 2014              Rockville, MD
   Thursday, March 27, 2014                   Hagerstown, MD

   Friday, March 28, 2014                       Frederick, MD

Speaker: LOIS A FENNER, R.N., M.S., ATTORNEY AT LAW

Course Description:
Without the proper legal awareness needed to stay in compliance, you may face grave legal and financial consequences. This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls. If you attend only one seminar this year, make it this one. Join attorney Lois Fenner for an entertaining and enlightening day and leave with a greater understanding of the latest Maryland laws as they relate to behavioral health. You will take home practical strategies to minimize and manage legal and ethical risks and you will learn how to immediately implement these risk reducing strategies into your practice.
For more information go to : https://www.pesi.com/pesi_seminars/reg/reg_p4_promo.aspx?&sessionid=ej5fa7eikfe2ei6fb6fel

Are you are interested in a complete list if upcoming on-site workshops/seminars, then go to:
http://www.pesi.com/search/seminarresults.asp?startdate=2%2F24%2F2014&enddate=&keywords=&typeid=MD1&formid=keyword&submit=Search&sessionid=&appsessionid=

 DON’T FOREGET!!!!!!2014 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Attend in person Washington, D.C. or  Watch From Your Home or Office Live Video Webcasts   OR   Pre-order the DVDs For more information go to http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/symposium/2014


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