PRE/POST EVENTS
OACAC is pleased to announce a special Preconference Workshop on Brief Therapy for International High School counselors at Pepperdine University,
July 13 to 15
Brief Therapy
What is Brief Therapy?
Brief counseling has nine defining characteristics. These are not mutually exclusive from characteristics of other counseling approaches, but taken together they give brief counseling its uniqueness. The nine characteristics are:
(1) relationship-based,
(2) humor-eliciting,
(3) time-limited,
(4) solution-focused,
(5) action-based,
(6) socially interactive,
(7) detail-oriented,
(8) developmentally attentive, and
(9) culturally responsive.
John Littrell plans to make this a practical, hands-on brief counseling workshop. Mini-lectures, DVDs, life demonstrations, and practice will keep participants wide awake and learning. John guarantees that you will take home new ideas and practical skills. You can see what he has in store for us below in the outline of his two-day workshop.
You will:
- Discover why certain students frustrate you when you want them to change
- Acquire tools for helping students reach their goals more effectively, and speed up change
- Become solution-focused rather than problem-focused
- Experience helping as fun, interesting
- Possess a practical reference handout of ideas that suggests new possibilities for increased flexibility when dealing with students who are stuck
Where? Pepperdine University
When? July 13 to 15
We will be staying and learning at Pepperdine University in beautiful Malibu, California.
Pepperdine
Located in hills overlook Malibu, Pepperdine presents a fitting place for a counseling workshop.
Housing
Fees includes staying the single dorms with shared baths at Pepperdine University
Getting to Pepperdine
The closest airport: Los Angeles International. A shuttle runs directly to Pepperdine for the discounted price of $29.
http://www.primetimeshuttle.com
Continuing education credits: More information will be available shortly
Costs
$450 dollars includes
• food
• accommodation
• training
• transportation to Chapman after the workshop
Special grants available from $200 to $450. Contact: Sheri Fischer
July 13 to 15
Please arrive on the evening of July 13. Training begins early July 14 and goes all day and the next day . On July 16 we will take a bus to Chapman.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADER
Dr. John Littrell, professor and chair of the Counseling and Career Development program at Colorado State University, received his doctorate from Indiana University in 1975. John was a counselor educator at Iowa State University for 24 years prior to CSU. His specialty is the topic of brief counseling. John is the author of two books, Brief Counseling in Action (1998) and Portrait and Model of a School Counselor (2005). The latter is an ethnographic study of an exemplary school counselor who changed the culture of her K-5 school. He has 30 refereed articles in major counseling journals (e.g., Professional School Counseling, Journal of Counseling and Development, Counselor Education and Supervision, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development). In addition, he has authored 15 book chapters and produced 5 brief counseling videotapes for professional audiences. John has served on the editorial boards of Professional School Counseling, Counselor Education and Supervision, Journal of Counseling Research and Practice, and Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation Journal. In his spare time he writes short-story murder mysteries featuring famous counselors and therapists who solve murders by using their own theories and techniques.
Day 1: Morning
• Introduction of self and participants
• Introduction to brief counseling concepts
• Benefits of brief counseling
• How Prochaska’s Stages of Change Model eliminates counselors’ frustration
• Basic principles of change with problem-oriented and solution-focused counseling
Day 1: Afternoon
• Tool 1: Find Changes That Have Already Occurred
• Tool 2: Interrupt with Respect and Finesse
• Tool 3: Access Clients’ Strengths, Competencies, & Abilities
Day 2: Morning
• Tool 4: Explore Exceptions to the Problem
• Tool 5: Ask Scaling Questions
• Tool 6: Ask Miracle Question
Day 2: Afternoon
• Extended practice time
• Additional resources
• Wrap up
Who should come?
Any overseas counselor looking to improve their efficaciousness as a counselor. Brief therapy been shown to be a practical solution for busy counselors and students alike. Space is limited and on a first come, first served basis.
Register soon: www.oacac.com
CIS COUNSELOR TOUR 2009
Northern & Southern California
Registration is now closed as both week 1 and week 2 are filled to capacity. If you would like to be placed on the Waiting List, please contact Karen Ekman-Baur.
WEEK 1 - Northern California
California State University - East Bay
Menlo College
St, Mary's College of California
Stanford University
University of San Francisco
University of the Pacific
Foothills and De Anza College
Dominican University of California
July 16-19, 2009
OACAC Conference
Chapman University
(separate registration required)
WEEK 2 - Southern California
California Institute of the Arts
California Lutheran University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer
Loyola Marymount University
Marymount College, Palos Verdes
Occidental College
Pepperdine University
University of La Verne
University of San Diego
University of Southern California
Whittier College
Post Counselor Tour – Study in Iowa!
July 19 - 23, 2009
Here is an exciting and free opportunity to visit a mix of Iowa public, private and community colleges in one of the leading educational states in the United States. To learn more, contact Ann Gogerty or David Fredrick.
Post Counselor Tour - Study in Nova Scotia!
July 20 - 29, 2009
EduNova, the educational promotion bureau in Nova Scotia is pleased to announce a tour for high school counsellors from July 20 - 29 after the OACAC Conference. For more information, go to EduNova's website, then click on "News and Events". then on "Upcoming Events", and then on "High School Counsellors' Tour".