CALL TO ACTION
There are four counselor educator programs in Texas that are at risk to lose funding for this important program.
Currently, 194 counties in Texas are designated as mental health workforce shortage areas.
The funding level of $50 million recommended by the Senate will help insure that Texas is well positioned to resolved the mental health workforce shortage by preparing mental health professionals in Texas.
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Be on the lookout later this week for another
Call to Action
from TCA and ACA to address challenges in access to mental health services proposed in the federal tax proposal.
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Congratulations TCA Award Winners!
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Each year at TCA's Annual Professional Growth Conference, we recognize the best and the brightest from among our membership.
Congratulations to those who were selected as our 2017 award winners!
- William E. Truax Founders Award: Don McCormick
- Jamesannna Kirven Outstanding Counselor Award: Elias (Eli) Zambrano
- Molly Gerald Human Rights Award: Katherine M. Bacon
- TCA Advocacy Award: Jodie Elder
- Professional Writing Awards: Brenda Jones, Shane Haberstroh, Thelma Duffey
- Layperson Exemplary Service Award: Julia Spence
- Research Award: Stephen Lenz
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Claudia Schmidt
Learn more about each of our award winners, our Distinguished Service Award winners, and our Educational Endowment Fund grant recipients
here
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Moody Gardens | Galveston | February 18-20, 2018
Empowering the Leader Within
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Expand your toolkit, learn best practices, and network with the most amazing professional school counselors! Large meeting rooms, diverse program topics, and fabulous keynote speakers are the hallmarks of this year’s conference. Save time and money by
pre-registering now
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Give the Gift of Learning:
Invite Your Administrator for
Free!
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Your Professional School Counselor Conference registration allows you to invite your principal, assistant principal, superintendent, or other administrator to attend this conference with you at no additional cost.
Does your supervisor really know what you do and can do to help students? Here’s a chance for administrators to earn free CE hours and learn best practices for school counseling programs. What a great opportunity to engage your campus and district administrators as partners!
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Pre-Order the 5th Edition of the
Texas Model Guide for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
Reserve your copy
of the 5th Edition of the
Texas Model Guide for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
at a special rate of $25 each through January 5, 2018!
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Above is a paid advertisement.
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TCA's Online Learning Center Expands
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Need CE Hours? The holidays are a great time to earn the CE Hours you need from the comfort of home.
TCA has added 13 programs that were livestreamed during the 2017, 61st Annual TCA Professional Growth Conference.
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Physicians Recover Network: Opportunities Available for Professional Counselors
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Are you looking for a freelance opportunity to serve potentially impaired dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, and pharmacists? The
Professional Recovery Network
(PRN) is looking for skilled evaluators to provide safety to practice assessments utilizing ASAM criteria to assess whether or not an individual’s substance misuse or mental health challenges impair their ability to safely practice.
These assessments are done in the region the individual lives, so PRN needs a wide network of clinicians willing and able to provide these assessments. The initial evaluation cost is covered by PRN.
If you are interested in acting as a freelance evaluator for PRN, please contact
Brittany Lash, LPC
,
512-615-9176.
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School Mental Health Survey: Extended to 12/15/17
The Texas Education Agency is leading an inter-agency Hurricane Harvey Task Force on School Mental Health Supports. As part of their work, TEA is inviting those with knowledge about the current mental and behavioral health challenges faced by students and school staff post-Harvey to help identify needs. The survey is intended to link schools with resources to address identified needs, and may be accessed at
TEA School Mental Health Survey.
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ASVAB Update and Webinar
Last session, the Texas Legislature enacted SB 1843 which requires that each school year, each school district and open-enrollment charter school is required to provide students in grades 10-12 an opportunity to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test and consult with a military recruiter. It also requires those schools notify students and parents of the date, time, and location of testing.
TEA and the Department of Defense will host a webinar to review the requirement of SB 1843 and the ASVAB Career Exploration Program.
Webinar Information:
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
1– 2 p.m.
Webinar ID: 466-253-291
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Homeless Liaison Unsheltered/Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Count Survey
The Homeless Education Office is asking for your input by Friday, December 15, 2017.
The Continuums of Care (CoCs) across Texas are preparing for the Point in Time (PIT) homeless counts at the end of January. It is important to also think about how communities respond to the needs of unsheltered as well as homeless unaccompanied youth. Many of the CoCs are planning surveys that will include unsheltered students and families and unaccompanied homeless youth, as HUD is increasingly asking communities to provide information on these populations.
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Scholarship Opportunities
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Leadership Academy
teaches ethical decision-making to 7th and 8th graders on a weekly basis in 15 selected school campuses across the state. The classes include a school counselor and SRO or community-based officer, who will help build relationships with the students and be a positive role model for the kids.
They are currently looking for school campuses who are interested in participating in this exciting program along with their counselors and SROs (or community-based officers).
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The Texas Jaycee Foundation provides grants up to $1000 to individuals wishing to continue their education at accredited post-secondary colleges, universities, or vocational schools
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More Information
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- Children are society’s most valuable resource.
- We have an obligation to give children the tools they need to succeed in life.
- Access to higher education ensures that children have the necessary skills to be successful in the workplace.
- Investing in our children’s future provides them the opportunity to make a difference in their own and other people’s lives.
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2017
December 22
:
TCA Office closes for winter break
2018
January 26:
TSBEMFT Meeting, Austin, TX
February 2:
Pre-registration
deadline for Professional School Counselor Conference
February 23:
TCA Virtual Board Meeting
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