Biblical Conflict Resolution

• Tickets are free
• 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26
• Speaker: Michelle Strain, LPC-S
• Zoom
• 1.5 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

PREPaRE Workshop 1: Comprehensive School Safety Planning: Prevention Through Recovery

• Ticket pricing:
  • General Admission $150
  • Educators $125
  • Students $80
• 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3
• Speaker: Michelle Strain, LPC-S
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 6.5 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

In this 1-day workshop, participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and emergency operations plans (EOPs), including building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and community provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed also include media/ social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. This workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery.

PREPaRE Workshop 2: Mental Health Crisis Interventions: Responding to an Acute Traumatic Stressor in Schools

• Ticket pricing:
  • General Admission $150
  • Educators $125
  • Students $80
• 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 and Friday, Oct. 24
• Speaker: Michelle Strain, LPC-S
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 13 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

In this 2-day workshop, participants will develop the knowledge and skill required to provide immediate mental health crisis interventions to the students, staff, and school community members who have been simultaneously exposed to an acute traumatic stressor. The knowledge and skills developed within this session also help to build a bridge to the psychotherapeutic and trauma-informed mental health response sometimes required to address challenges associated with trauma exposure.

Beyond Stages: Counseling the Bereaved

• Ticket Pricing:
  • General Admission $60
  • Students $30
• 9 a.m. – Noon Thursday, Nov. 20
• Speaker: Suzie Price, LPC-S, and Kaleidoscope Executive Director
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 3 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

This workshop will help attendees understand the grief process and how to work with clients who are grieving. Hear real world experiences and theories that will help your practice.

Resilience & Addiction from an SFBT Lens

• Ticket Pricing:
  • General Admission $60
  • Students $30
• 9 a.m. – Noon Thursday, Dec. 18
• Speaker: David Shroyer, LADC
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 3 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

Attendees will explore Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and identify strengths and resiliency, looking at solution-focused interview skills, developing and using SFBT intervention plans, and examining practical application.

The Art Therapy Toolbox

• Ticket pricing:
  • General General Admission $60
  • Students $30
• 9 a.m. – Noon Friday, Jan. 30
• Speaker: Kris Newlin, LPC
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 3 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

This workshop will engage attendees in ways to incorporate art into their counseling practices. Attendees should expect a hands-on seminar and create some art themselves.

Trust Issues: What Your Brain Isn’t Telling You

• Ticket Pricing:
  • General Admission $60
  • Students $30
• 9 a.m. – Noon Friday, Feb. 27
• Speaker: Tiara Delonia, LCSW-S
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 3 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

Supervision Workshop

• Ticket Pricing:
  • TBA
• 9 a.m. – Noon Friday, May 20
• Speaker: TBA
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 3 Supervision CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

This session will meet the requirements of required supervision CEUs.

Pathways of Hope Conference

• Ticket Pricing:
  • TBA
• 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday, June 12, and 8:30 a.m. to Noon Saturday, June 13
• Multiple Speakers
• Held on the MACU Campus
• 10 CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs

This 2-day Conference will feature multiple break out sessions and an opening and a closing session. There will be a keynote speaker, and there will also be exhibitors. 

Ethics Workshop (embedded in the Pathways of Hope Conference)

• Tickets: $15
• 9 a.m. – Noon Saturday, June 13
• Speaker TBA
• MACU
• 3 Ethics CEUs for LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LADCs
• This session will meet the requirements of required ethics CEUs.