Title: Assessment/Emerging Measure/Recording-Coding

Presenter: Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD

Description: Casey A. Barrio Minton, Ph.D., discusses philosophical shifts in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Participants will learn about nonaxial diagnoses and how to transition to ICD-10 coding. Dr. Barrio Minton will discuss cross-cutting and dimensional assessment measures, and she will provide tips on how counselors can incorporate these changes into their clinical practice. Dr. Barrio Minton is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This is the sixth webinar in a series of seven about the DSM-5.

Title: Clinical Practice: Writing and Managing Your Clinical Documentation

Presenters: John P. Duggan, EdD and Jazmone Wilkerson, JD

Description: Proper documentation is a critical element to successful counseling and mistakes can lead to licensure complaints or worse. Dr. John Duggan and attorney/counselor Jazmone Wilkerson discuss the importance of maintaining proper documentation and what notes must be included in a client's file.

Title: College Counseling and Student Development: Stress and Anxiety

Authors: Joshua C. Watson, PhD and Amanda Faucher, MA

Description: For some students, stress and anxiety prevents students from having an enriching college experience. For this continuing education experience, you will explore stress and anxiety, particularly as they are experienced by college students. While not specific to the pandemic, this book chapter will offer practitioners issues to consider when counseling college students.

Title: Conveying Information: Lessons from Homiletic, Ted Talks, and Carl Rogers

Presenter: Samuel T. Gladding, PhD

Description: This session will examine how information on counseling may be packaged at conferences so that it makes the most impact on participants in sessions. Attendees will hear, see, and experience ways that materials may be packaged to convey information. The best ways of conveying information will be shown and attendees will learn how what they do in professional counseling presentations makes as much difference as what they are trying to get across to audiences.

Title: Counseling Leaders and Advocates: Strengthening the Future of the Profession

Title: Counselor and Client Advocacy: 10 Practical Tips for Busy Counselors

Presenters: Victoria Kress, PhD; Matthew C. Fullen, PhD; and Jolie A. Long, EdS

Description: In order for the counseling profession to grow and thrive, we must advocate for ourselves and our clients in legislative arenas. In this program, attendees will learn about the importance of engaging in legislative advocacy. Foundational information about legislative processes and strategies will be provided. Ten practical tips that counselors can apply to enhance their legislative advocacy efforts will be shared.

Title: ACA Leadership Academy

Description: Part 1: In this session, viewers will learn the accounting basics for running an association. Topics covered include nonprofit accountings basics, rules and regulations that must be considered when operating a tax exempt organization, as well as how to create an annual budget. The sessions will also provide information on the accounting and membership services the American Counseling Association provides to it divisions.

Part 2: This session provides an overview of how ACA has pivoted its advocacy strategy in 2020 due to the public health pandemic, and provides a roadmap of how regions, branches, and divisions can organize virtual advocacy events to continue effectively lobbying on behalf of the counseling profession.

Part 3: This Q&A session, led by members of the ACA Publications team, is designed to promote research and to provide insight on how to publish a book or journal article with ACA. Guidelines, insights, and practical tips on publishing will be offered to clarify the submission and publication process.

Part 4: Are your students career ready? It is imperative college students engage in conversations about their career development within their academic experience. This presentation will highlight career-related resources that can assist you in inspiring, preparing, and empowering your students.

Part 5: There is a clear and distinct formula for success in social media. There's a playbook that you can use to leverage the power of this transformative platform for getting the proverbial word out. No matter who you are or where you're from, you can harness the power of social media to vastly grow or build your business, brand or professional profile.

Part 6: ACA Connect is a great tool for communication, sharing, networking and more. This training is a brief refresher on the platform and includes information on getting to ACA Connect and navigating once you’re in the system.