Photos from DCCA 46th Annual Conference

Books for Us and Our Clients

Lately we have been recommending each other various books that can help us better organize our practicum experience and inspire our clients. Those books were shown in different classes by students and faculty and some of us did not get a chance to learn about them.
Here they are:

Documentation in Counseling Records (by Mitchell, 2001).

 

Offers practical guidelines on how to keep client records that are legally, clinically, and fiscally sound. Identifies uses of a record and those who have access to it, looks at the most frequent causes for a malpractice suit, and demonstrates how records can be used to enhance the service relationship and promote consumer empowerment.

The Paper Office: Forms, Guidelines, and Resources to Make Your Practice Work Ethically, Legally, and Profitably.

Manual and CD-ROM provide the clinical, financial, and legal record-keeping tools that every psychotherapy practice needs. It is ideal both for new practitioners who want to hit the ground running, and seasoned pros who want to overhaul their paperwork and risk-reduction procedures. Included are methods for documenting informed consent, treatment planning, and progress; advice on fee structures, competitive pricing, and billing; tips on joining managed care panels and communicating with MCO reviewers; and much more. New or expanded coverage is provided of such topics as managed care, clinical supervision, ethical marketing practices, malpractice insurance, and online resources.

Simon Says Dream: Live a Passionate Life (by Simon Bailey)

Are you tired of being connected to life’s negative forces (mediocrity, worry, fear, feeling unimportant, feeling unappreciated, unable to be what you want to become, etc.)? Being Yourself Matters is an inspiring, motivating, and thought provoking confessional, the purpose of this book is to cause you, the reader, to become excited about being yourself and to encourage you to take action NOW in exploring life without negative boundaries. It will stir-up your hunger to discover and connect with your authentic-self.

Release Your Brilliance: The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World (by Simon Bailey)

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be.

Release Your Brilliance provides the combination to the vault where your brilliance is kept. After struggling for thirty-two years with disillusion, defeat, and despair, author Simon T. Bailey cracked the code to personal transformation, turning his life around and becoming a highly successful entrepreneur, respected family man and community leader. Using the metaphor that we're all diamonds in the rough, Simon shares the four key steps to cut and polish the gem that is you in order to reawaken your genius, reignite your internal light, and release your potential.

Invitation to Participate in Lobbying for Mental Health Event

The event will include meeting at ACA headquarters on Feb 22, 2011 at noon to learn about the legislative process and followed by meeting on the hill on Wednesday Feb 23, 2011 

to lobby for counselors. See the flyer below.

For more information contact either 

Dr. Dixie Meyer at dmeyer@regent.edu or 

Dr. Cyrus Williams at cwilliams2@ergent.edu

Paid Federal Internships

Since its inception in 1997, NAFEO's Internship Program has placed a variety of graduate and undergraduate students from across the nation in internships in federal agencies within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and nationwide.

The Internship Program is committed to placing students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Predominately Black Institutions (PBI's) in internships, which provide lifelong learning experiences that enhance personal and professional development. 


Applicant Requirements:

- A completed online application (www.nafeointernships.net);


- An updated resume;


- 3.0 GPA or higher;

- Official transcripts (upon request);


- Currently enrolled in college.

Apply now.

DYRS Job Fair

The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS)*

Hosts Job Fair at the Old Council Chambers

DYRS seeks to hire qualified job applicants interested in improving public safety

through rehabilitation and building on youth’s strengths.

WHO: The DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation (DYRS), the District’s cabinet level juvenile justice agency, announced today a job fair seeking to employ potential applicants with interest and experience in the areas of juvenile justice, youth development, children’s health, and public safety in a secure environment. 

WHAT: The DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation (DYRS) is seeking to employ individuals who have experience interacting with youth in a secure therapeutic treatment environment and are interested in providing court-involved youth the opportunity to rehabilitate and become productive citizens. The department is interested in qualified applicants with at least 60 college credit hours and between one to three years experience working in a youth treatment program.

Applicants should bring their resumes or completed DC 2000.

Eligible applicants will receive conditional job offers.

WHEN: 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Friday, February 18, 2011

WHERE: 441 4^th Street NW, Old Council Chambers, Washington, D.C. (Judiciary Square metro station).
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*About DYRS: The District of Columbia’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) is the District’s cabinet level juvenile justice agency. DYRS improves public safety by giving court involved youth the opportunity to become more productive citizens by building on the youths’ and families’ strengths in the least restrictive, most homelike environment consistent with public safety. 

Important Updates

Faculty is working on reactivating our Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) chapter, so we can have our induction ceremony this May. Who is eligible to join CSI? Students who have completed at least one semester of full-time graduate coursework in a counseling program, have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 system, and who were recommended for membership by the faculty. Eligible students will be identified by faculty, notified in writing, and given further instructions on application.

Also, it has been suggested that the exit exam (CPCE) should be available for graduating students twice a year: during fall and spring semesters (currently it is available only in spring). The decision about adding another date for the exam in the fall will be made by the faculty (they will discuss it on February, 16th).

Stay tuned for further updates and feel free to contact the Club if you have any questions.

Congratulations, students!

It is official!
Our Counseling program is now CACREP accredited!
Click here to see the record on the CACREP web site.