MC Counseling Professional Development

If you are looking to attend a seminar without leaving your office/home, then look no further. PESI offers an array of video webcast to choose from to stay up to date with your professional development.  Click on link below. https://shop.pesi.com/?live=true&#ui-tabs-1 University of Maryland, Baltimore 26th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference Date: October 1, 2014 Location: Martin West, Baltimore, MD Contact Person: Cyntrice Bellamy, 410-402-8494 Free Course offered by UC Berkeley:  The Science of Happiness The first MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life. For more information and to sign up go to: https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-gg101x-science-happiness-1497 JSSA Upcoming Fall 2014 4-session, 12 CE  post-graduate courses offer in-depth explorations of a wide range of clinical subject matter.  Most courses are three or four sessions and ...

Academe Presents:  Prevention of Bullying on Campus  Elizabeth Farrington, an expert on women in higher education, defines campus bullying as behavior at colleges and universities that tends “to threaten, to intimidate, to humiliate or to isolate members of the working university environment [and] that undermines reputation or job performance.” It occurs frequently, and very often we who work in these environments are unaware of it……. http://www.aaup.org/article/prevention-bullying-campus

The Maryland Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development Presents: Annual Spring Conference: Evidence-Based Models of Substance Abuse Treatment for Culturally Diverse Youth and Their Families Friday, June 6, 2014, 8:30am - 3:30pm Bowie State University, Center for Learning and Technology (CLT) Building, Room 102 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, MD 20715 Click here for a flyer with more information on this exciting event! Registration Deadline: June 4, 2014

Introductory 10% off on new mindfulness and meditation products featuring (Jack Kornfield , Jon Kabat-Zinn , Tara Brach, Brene Brown,  Peter Levine,  Dan Siegel and more!) For more information go to link below. http://links.mkt3532.com/servlet/MailView?ms=ODg2MDUyOQS2&r=NjI2NTk5Mjc1OTcS1&j=MjY0NjAzODYyS0&mt=1&rt=0 25 Annual Trauma Conference: Psychological, Attachment, And Therapeutic Interventions For the past 25 years we have examined how trauma affects psychological and biological processes, and how the damage caused by overwhelming life experiences can be reversed. This year many of the most important contributors of our generation will summarize their work. The study of psychological trauma has been accompanied by an explosion of knowledge about how experience shapes the central nervous system and the formation of the self. Developments in the neurosciences, developmental psychopathology and information processing have contributed to our ...

DON’T FORGET!!!!!! Delaware & Maryland  Upcoming Live Seminars For a complete list Click to View in Browser Serving and Supporting Low Income Students 2014: Next and Promising Practices Wednesday, May 7th • 2-3:30 pm (ET) T here has never been a more critical time to strive toward educating every student that enters into a post-secondary institution. At every government level, agendas contain educational attainment goals that address the importance of having an educated U.S. population approaching 60% in 2020/2025.      These ambitious goals will require higher education to demonstrate a focused and intentional support for all students, with special emphasis on low income students who have often not had the same resources or support systems their peers have had as they pursue a college degree.      Join us for an interactive webinar where you will learn about effective and adaptable strategies to provide a...

Stop The Stress Seminar   Managing stress is not as hard as you think. It is possible to learn to conquer stress. The opportunity to do so begins now as MC Wellness 360 launches the Stop Stress This Minute wellness incentive challenge for our employees Attend the one hour Kick-off Seminar at: Rockville, April 24, 12-1pm GU 224 Takoma Park, April 29, 12-1pm ST 302 Germantown, April 30, 1-2pm HT 304 Learn healthy coping skills for managing Stress. These activities will be completed independently at the workplace and outside of the workplace. Each week, you will independently put into action and record the completion of self-selected strategies highlighted in the book. Please sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44ACA92AA2F85-stop

Howard Community College Counseling and Career Services 7 th Annual Conference Building a More Inclusive Community Through Counseling and Career Services Sessions Include: *Understanding the Multidimensional Minority Status among Incoming College Students and their Academic and Career Developments * Supporting Single Parents: Moving Ahead Academically Requires A Larger View * Bridging the Gap: Student Transition from Residential placement * Putting P.R.I.D.E. Back into Education: A closer look at the inclusion of African *American Males in Community College * Autism: It Takes a Community When: May 2, 2014 Time: 10:30am—3:35pm Where: Howard Community College 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, MD 21044 Duncan Hall (DH 100) Conference Registration Fees: $95 (by 4/25/14) $115 (after 4/25/14) $120 (onsite) $55 (Graduate students with student ID and current class schedule) 4 CEU’s For registration and information about...