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Dr. Sonu will discuss how to help children and families thrive through safe, stable, and nurturing relationships: “Preventing Toxic Stress in Youth by Promoting Relational Health and Resilience.” |
Dr. Carolyn Stone Presents: School Counselors Role in Student Suicide as Informed by the Courts
Without question, school counselors want to support students who present as possibly suicidal. When school counselors are placed on notice by any means that a student might even remotely be in danger of suicide, they have an immediate responsibility to alert parents and guardians. School counselors have been given guidance through eleven court cases involving school counselors and student suicide. The difficulty is not in the school counselors’ commitment to supporting students exhibiting suicidal ideation; it is in the use of protocols often requiring that school counselors do the impossible. Determining suicide risk is problematic on many levels, not the least of which is the exercise of judgment of lethality based on a student’s self-report. The new ASCA Information-Gathering Tool: Suicide Concern will be presented along with a discussion of best practices as given to us by the courts.
Learning Objectives After attending this workshop, you will be able to:
- Identify school counselors’ appropriate role in the suicide information-gathering process;
- Effectively advocate for a shift from suicide risk assessments to information-gathering tools in your school & district; and
- Discuss court cases and their guidance in best practices around student suicide.
Florida School Counseling Standards addressed: 1 – 5, FDOE, 6A-5.079
Registration Required: Monday NSCW Event
Cost: FREE to current FSCA members
Non-Members: $20.00
The event link will be sent to your registration email on Monday, February 5th. Please check your spam folder if it is not received by 9 am.
Home for Florida School Counselors. Since 1964, FSCA has been a chartered state division of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA).
Home for Florida School Counselors. Since 1964, FSCA is a chartered state division of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
The Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) is delighted to share the contact we received from Cloud9. In reply, FSCA commented the following thank you for reaching out to us and for this generous offer and recognition of Florida School Counselors.
MESSAGE FROM Cloud9World
“We appreciate the hard work and dedication of all Florida school counselors. In celebration of National School Counselor Week, we would like to offer free access to our PK-12th grade programs’ counselor accounts for the month of February starting on Monday, February 5” (Sara Zachar, Cloud 9, sara@cloud9world.com).
Florida School Counselor Association Celebrates
FSCA Events February 5 – 9, 2024 – All Events ~ Free to Current FSCA Members
| Monday, Feb. 5 | Virtual PD 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Dr. Carolyn Stone Presents: School Counselors Role in Student Suicide as Informed by the Courts
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Nonmember Registration $20.00
CEUs Available for LMH Counselors, MFT, and LCSW. Florida Department of Health 491 Licensing Board $10 processing fee |
| Friday, Feb. 9 | Sponsored by MBF Virtual Lunch & Learn
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Dr. Stan Sonu Presents: Preventing Toxic Stress in Youth by Promoting Relational Health and Resilience Learn how to help children and families thrive through safe, stable, and nurturing relationships. |
Open to FSCA Members Only
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| Monday thru Friday | Member Celebration
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A Daily random drawing. Winner receives a $15 Starbucks Gift Card
Special 2024 Convention Registration Register at 160.00 A Savings of $30 from the 2024 Early Bird Registration Rate or $60 from the Regular Registration Rate |
Home for Florida School Counselors.
Since 1964, FSCA is a chartered state division of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA)