Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Advisor for Clinical Mental Health


Dear Students,

Welcome to the Winter Quarter!  I hope the quarter is off to a good start for you.

As you know, the Counseling Program has been in the application process for accreditation to CACREP.  Thus far, this process is going very well. CACREP requires curriculum, personnel and administrative elements to be in place to assure the highest standards of education and training of our students.  One of the CACREP administrative requirements is having an Academic Unit Leader for the program.  I am now serving as the Academic Unit Leader.  Consequently, I will no longer serve as the Academic Advisor for the Clinical Mental Health Specialty Area.  As of January 25, 2018, Dr. Darrick Tovar-Murray will be the Academic Advisor for Clinical Mental Health.  I want to thank Dr. Tovar-Murray for his willingness to take on this service.  Please begin directing your academic needs and questions to Dr. Tovar-Murray.

If you have questions, needs or concerns about the general program, please feel free to contact me.  The role of Academic Unit Leader is to serve the faculty and students and the overall well-being of the program.  I look forward in our working together.

Sincerely,
Fr. Pat McDevitt, C.M.
Academic Unit Leader

The St. Vincent DePaul Counseling Program

Lift as you Climb


Tuesday, January 23, 2018

ICA

Title: Articles needed for CONTACT Spring 2018, Summer 2018 and the Fall issue of our magazine, The Illinois Counselor.


The Editors of the CONTACT newsletter are seeking articles for the Spring issue of 2018, published in early May. We need articles of general interest to the counseling profession that are informative or provide insight into the counseling field.

Submission deadline is February 28, 2018.

There are few things more satisfying than seeing something you have written in print. CONTACT uses 3 to 5 reader submitted articles per issue depending on space.
Please read the publication rules below before submitting.
If you have submitted in the past and your article was not published, please feel free to resubmit.
After you submit, please be patient as our review process can take a while. If your article is not used in the current edition, it may be that we did not have space. If you want it considered for the next issue, please let us know.

Charles Hughes, LCPC
Ashley Cosentino, EdD, LCPC
Editors


The deadlines for submission for 2018 issues are:
1.      Winter CONTACT (published February); submission deadline November 30, 2017
2.      Spring CONTACT (published May); submission deadline February 28, 2018
3.      Summer CONTACT (published August); submission deadline May 30, 2018
4.      Fall Illinois Counselor Magazine (published October); submission deadline June 15, 2018.
5.      The rules for submission are the same for all four publications.

Here are the submission rules:
1.      All articles are to be typed in Times New Roman 12pt font. Put the title of the article and your name at the top of page 1.
2.      Submit as a Microsoft word attachment via email toicacontacteditor@gmail.com
If you don’t use Microsoft word, send it as an rtf (rich text format). Most word processors handle this format. Do not submit copy inline in email. Include your phone number in the submission email.
3.      If you make changes, resubmit the full manuscript, not just the changes.
4.      Include photo(s) and short biography (about 35-40 words) about the author(s). 
5.      Articles should be no more than 1000 words in length, not including title and bio.

6.      By submitting your article you are agreeing to have it edited by the Contact/Magazine editors. This can include changes to length, content, grammar, punctuation, etc.

Free CEU event


NCDA Graduate Research Award


January 23, 2018
Dear NCDA Student Members,
The 2018 Awards deadline is January 31st, so there is still time for you to nominate yourself for the Graduate Research Award! This award is intended to honor graduate students who undertake exemplary research addressing topics related to career information, career development, and career planning. This $500 award is for work on a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis approved by the student's institution, which may or may not be completed at the time of application. The student's dissertation/thesis advisor must endorse the award application in writing. Relevance, significance, and research design will be given primary attention in determining the award recipient. 

The Graduate Student Research Grant Award for 2018 form must be completed and returned as indicated. (The NCDA Awards electronic form is not applicable.) The NCDA Awards Committee selects the recipient of this award, in collaboration with the Research Committee.

Nominate yourself today!  Please contact syoung@jwu.edu with any questions.

Regards,
Sheri Young & Natalie Kauffman
NCDA Awards Committee Chairs

Monday, January 22, 2018

Workshops

The Education and Counseling is offering workshops for counseling students.  See link below.