Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling (ACAC) Fall Newsletter - Call for Submissions

We would love for you to submit an article for our upcoming Fall ACAC 

Newsletter!  Articles can be from 1-3 pages in length, should use APA formatting, 

use recent resources, and deal with topics related to children and adolescents. 

We are hoping for some articles dealing with refugee and immigrant children 

and youth, although that is not required.  

Please list ACAC Newsletter in the subject line, submit the article as a 

Word document, and email your submission to 

tkascsakphd@icloud.com no later than October 21st.

Peggy and I  are co-editing the ACAC Newsletter this fall, after which Theresa will be taking 

over as Editor.  Please let us know if you will be able to submit an article.  We welcome 

any questions you may have.

Kind regards,

Peggy and Theresa

Theresa Kascsak, Ph.D., LPCS, NCC, RPT-S, LSC (NC)

Incoming Editor, ACAC Newsletter

tkascsakphd@icloud.com

Peggy Mayfield, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, CCMHC, DCMHS

Outgoing Editor, ACAC Newsletter

mayfield.peggyc@gmail.com

Illinois School Counselor Association (ISCA) Annual Conference April 16th and 17th, 2020

Illinois School Counselor Association (ISCA)  Annual Conference April 16th and 17th, 2020

Greetings Illinois School Counselors! Mark your calendars and make plans to attend the ISCA 2020 Conference: Be the Voice, Live the Vision –  April 16-17, 2020 at the Tinley Park Convention Center! Join us for some high quality PD, updates on the School Counseling profession and great networking! Calling all Presenters!!! The Illinois School Counselor Association is soliciting proposals for presentations that showcase best practices, current research, or skills of value to counselors, pre-K to postsecondary, as well as district personnel, graduate students and counselor educators! Preference is given to sessions that relate directly to the work of school counselors. Please click here to find out more: Call for Presenters.  Presenters will be offered a discounted rate to attend the conference!  Registration is OPEN! There are five easy ways to register: Register Online with a credit card. Fax in the Registration Form Scan/Email the Registration Form to registrations@ncyi.org Phone – (866) 318-6294 Mail – see conference website for address Also, the online room reservation block at the Tinley Park Holiday Inn (attached to the convention center) is open, so please move quickly to reserve a room if you’re planning to attend the conference and will need one! You can follow the link in the “Accommodations” on the conference webpage (2020 ISCA Conference) to the hotel’s reservation system for the conference room block. We hope to see many of you in April! Dr. Matt Liberatore, LCPC Association President  Illinois School Counselor Association (ISCA)

Gov. Pritzker Announces Appointments to Affirming and Inclusive Schools Task Force

The group is tasked with identifying strategies and best practices for ensuring welcoming, safe, supportive and inclusive school environments for transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students and promoting cooperation and collaboration between relevant stakeholders and the state. And our very own, BRIAN COLEMAN, (CSL '14) has been appointed to serve on the task force! BIG CONGRATS, BRIAN!