SESSION IV

(12:10 – 1:10)
PROGRAM # 23

College Board 2018 Counselor Update

Come learn the latest updates and exclusive resources from the College Board
for 2018-19 that make it easier to help your students. Receive the latest updates
about SAT Suite of Assessments® including SAT School Day; Scholarships and
PSAT/NMSQT (including Score Week 2018); Official SAT Practice on Khan
Academy; Advanced Placement in 2019; and Services for Students with
Disabilities. Participants will learn how to access college and career planning
tools and resources such as BigFuture and Roadmap to Careers that will help
guide your students to college and career success. Application: HS Counselors
Presenters: Marie McGrew –Director, K12 Services
PROGRAM # 24

SUNY 2018-19 Update

Come learn the latest updates and exclusive resources from the College Board
for 2018-19 that make it easier to help your students. Receive the latest updates
about SAT Suite of Assessments® including SAT School Day; Scholarships and
PSAT/NMSQT (including Score Week 2018); Official SAT Practice on Khan
Academy; Advanced Placement in 2019; and Services for Students with
Disabilities. Participants will learn how to access college and career planning
tools and resources such as BigFuture and Roadmap to Careers that will help
guide your students to college and career success. Application: High School
Counselors
Presenter: Cheri Perrillo, SUNY’s Assit Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services
PROGRAM # 25
Many Hands Make Big Plans: A Partnership for Student
Success combining Literacy, Science, Social Studies and ASCA
Standards
Whether you are a member of a team or a solo counselor, this workshop is
intended to showcase how collaboration between teachers of different subjects
can engage students and immerse interdisciplinary standards within the
classroom. The presenters wish to take you on a hands-on adventure to
showcase the development of their cooperative framework to the
implementation of their final projects/assessments resulting in a book and an
EDU Break-out session. Application: Elementary, Middle School
Counselors and Graduate Students
Presenter: Kathryn V. Haley, Enders Road Elementary School Counselor

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How School Counselors Can Support Students’ Socioemotional
Development
In an era of high-stakes testing and an overuse of and over-reliance on
technology for information, social communication and learning, there is a dire
need for programs and curricula that focus on socioemotional learning in
schools. School counselors are perfectly poised to design, implement and
evaluate socioemotional learning in schools because of their role as the liaison
between students and teachers and between families and the school.
Furthermore, given their unique preparation in the areas of child development,
psychopathology, group psychology, multiculturalism and program evaluation,
they also have the academic and professional preparation to competently lead
socioemotional learning efforts in schools. This presentation will begin by
describing the current need for socioemotional learning programs in schools.
Next, presenters will highlight best practices in socioemotional learning and
finally, presenters will describe the school counselor’s role in socioemotional
learning Application: Elementary, Middle and High School
Presenters: Graduate School of Education, Fordham University: Dr. Jennie
Park-Taylor, Dr. Merle Keitel, Professor; Katelyn Contreras, Francesca Delia,
and; Kaitlyn Policastro, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University
PROGRAM # 27

The Forever Changing World of Financial Aid…Both on a

Federal and State Level-Update 2018-2019 (Sponsored by Dominican
College)-Repeated in Session V
Just when you think you have a handle on the entire aid process, a change is
made. What are those recent changes and how it will it impact your students and
families? This session will give you updates on both the Federal and State levels
to assist your college bound students. Application: High School Counselors
Presenter:: Stacy Salinas, Director of Financial Aid, Dominican College
PROGRAM # 28
Current Legal Issues Affecting School Counselors
This Program will provide practical advice for counselors regarding some current
legal issues which may confront them: Confidentality: FERPA issues, Parents
Bill of Rights” regarding educational records, Whether any legal “privilege”
attaches to confidential communications made by a student to a counselor;
Litigation Procedures: What should you do if named in a lawsuit, availability of
“indemnification” statutes, access to insurance, conflict of interest issues,
considerations if called as a witness; Possible Areas of Liability: Reporting
Child Abuse/Child Abuse in the Educational Setting – immunity and good-faith
defenses,References, Advice regarding credits/College admission,
Suicidal/dangerous students, Pregnant students;CSE/Special Education
Issues involving guidance counselors: Counseling as a related service,
Transition plans, Issues under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Application: Elem, Middle and HS Counselors
Presenter: Mr. James Drohan, Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle,
LLP
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Building a Collaborative Team Approach to School Based
Mental Health Services
In the aftermath violence in schools throughout the country, the need for school
based mental health supports for students is self-evident. As School Counselors,
we seek ways that we can play a role in the changes needed to protect the well-
being of our students. The focus of this session is on ways for varied school
support staff to collaborate more effectively to foster the social emotional
development of all students through multi-tiered systems. Working as a team,
school support staff can improve early identification of students in need of more
intensive services, connect families to treatment, and increase school
safety. School based teams of School Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists,
and Clinicians are encouraged to attend together. Participants will gain insight
into how the various practitioners can interface within their school buildings and
begin planning ways to implement research based strategies. Communication
across fields of discipline will play a vital role in impacting student
outcomes. Application: Elementary, Middle and High School Counselors
Presenters: Peg Donohue, Ph.D.,Department of Counselor Education and
Family Therapy at Central Connecticut State University.Kathleen Laundy, PsyD,
LMFT, licensed psychologist, family therapist, and social worker with 40 years of
experience. Department of Counselor Education and Family Therapy at Central
Connecticut State University.

PROGRAM # 30
Giving Students a Reality Check
The workshop is designed to help counselors, teachers or administrators on how
to use Choice theory as a foundation in counseling students towards their desired
goals. As a tool for counselors, Choice theory helps students understand their
behavior is based on internal motivation. Helping students frame a behavior as a
choice, will help them feel more responsible and in command of their lives. The
WDEP (Wants, Direction, Evaluation and Plan) method is also discussed as an
additional "tool" to help counselors work with students. Understanding Choice
theory and using the WDEP method can help students find their "inner
excellence." Application: Middle School and High School
Presenter: John Rossillo, School Counselor, Lindenhurst High School
PROGRAM # 31
Will or Do You Have Enough Money to Retire? Cracker Barrel
Session
In addition to the workshop “Will or Do You Have Enough Money to Retire?”,
this Small Group Session is an opportunity to have your individual questions
answered about safely managing your investments, maximizing your Social
Security benefits, planning your retirement, prudently saving for college savings,
and protecting your investments from rising nursing home and health care costs.
Feel comfortable putting your investment questions to experienced advisors in
this “Townhall” session.Application: Elementary, Middle, & HS Counselors
Presenter: Joseph Brunelli, Financial Advisor. Morgan Stanley
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The Internship and the First School Counseling Job: Surviving

and Thriving (Extended session 12:10 -2:10)
This workshop is designed to prepare both school counseling interns, recent
graduates and the newly employed for entry into professional school counseling.
All attendees are invited to share their experiences. A panel presentation by
school counselors, administrators and leaders in the field will be followed by
open discussion and interaction among the panel and attendees. The crucial role
of the school counseling internship and the need for continuing professional
development will be discussed. An update on currently acceptable standards for
surviving the application process including constructing cover letters and
résumés and managing the interview will be provided. Professional and
multicultural competencies and skills required of the effective school counselor
from the perspectives of a former Superintendent of Schools, two
Supervisors/Directors of Guidance, two AP’s responsible for School
Counseling, and two Counselor Educators, will be presented.
Application: New and Prospective Schools Counselors: Elementary,
Middle, & High School Counselors
Panelists: Moderators: Cynthia Walley, School Counseling Coordinator, Mercy
College; Carol Dahir, School Counseling Department Chair, NYIT; Marci Tiggs,
Standards Administrator for Guidance, Mount Vernon School District; Andrea
Gorman, Assist. Principal, Scarsdale HS; Casey Pedrick, Assistant Principal for
Pupil Personnel Services, Stuyvesant HS; Region X ,Governor, NYSSCA;
Barbara Donnellan, Director of Guidance, Lindenhurst Public Schools (retired),
NYSSCA past President; Robert Feirsen, Superintendent of Garden City Public
Schools (retired); Director, School Leadership & Technology Program, NYIT.

PROGRAM # 33
Identifying and Addressing Adolescent Self-Injury in the School
Setting: Strategies for School Personnel
The tendency for adolescents to cope with emotional pain by harming
themselves physically has reached epidemic proportions, to the point that
students may no longer be running to you when they hear a friend is self-
injuring; they expect people to cope with their pain with such maladaptive
means. Luckily, many school personnel develop relationships with students
where they become a critical part of a support network. As a result, however,
adults in a school setting face crises quite frequently. This workshop will address
the etiology and underlying dynamics of the chronic, seemingly addictive, and
contagious nature of self-injury. Learn strategies for motivating adolescents to
involve their parents, begin treatment, and change their behavior in both the
short- and long-term. Techniques proposed can help self-injuring adolescents
to postpone self-injury, identify sources of distress, and choose appropriate
alternatives. Application: Elementary, Middle & High School Counselors
Presenter: Jennifer Walker, Psy.D., a licensed psychologist in private practice, a
school psychologist for the Scarsdale Public Schools, and President of Rockland
County Psychological Society, has been working with children and adolescents
and their families in various settings for 25 years.