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A BETA RHO CHI NEW SLETTER

CO U N SELIN G TIM ES

Spring 2020 Special Research Edit ion

19-20 LEADERSHIP

Taylor IrvinePresident & Editor

Adriana LabartaPresident-Elect

Danna DemezierVice President

Joshua KatzTreasurer

Danielle PanarielloSecretary

Samantha PinoEmerging Leader

Dr. Kelly Emelianchik-KeyChapter Faculty

Advisor

Dr. Ayse TorresCo-Chapter Faculty

Advisor

INSIDE THIS EDITION

WELCOME BACK!

CHAPTER OF CHI SIGM A IOTA, COUNSELING ACADEM IC & PROFESSIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

President 's Message .............................................2

Leadership Team ....................................................3

Important Dates & Events ..................................4

Spot lights .............................................................5-8

Featured Art icle ..............................................9-11

Faculty & Student Research .....................12-15

Counseling Humor ..............................................16

And More! ................,.....................................17-ON

We will be having a general, monthly meeting the 4th Monday of every month this semester start ing at 6:45 pm. All are welcome to attend! Meet ings located by the 4th floor elevators.

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Message From the President: Taylor Irvine

Greetings Students & Faculty!

I would like to welcome you all to Spring 2020! I am honored to serve as this year's President of our Beta Rho Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota. This semester will be filled with great events and training opportunit ies (be sure to check them out on the following pages).

This newsletter is a special research edition which will feature student abstracts and faculty projects. On that note, learn more about research in the counseling profession on the following pages. This semester, I want to impress upon you to consider joining Beta Rho Chi which provides great leadership and networking opportunit ies! Feel free to email me anyt ime with quest ions, concerns, or feedback! I hope to see you at our meetings which are the 4th Mondays of every month.

Best,

Taylor IrvinePresidentBeta Rho Chi Chapter

Questions about joining our chapter? Please feel free to contact me at: tirvine1@fau.edu

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Taylor IrvinePresident

Danna Dem ezier Vice President

Danielle Panar ielloSecret ary

Joshua Kat z Treasurer

Adr iana Labar t aPresident -Elect

BETA RH O CH I 2019-2020

LEADERSH IP TEAM

Sam ant ha PinoEm erging Leader

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IMPORTANT DATES

Awareness Months:February:

- Nat ional Eat ing Disorder Awareness Week (February 23 - March 1, 2020)

March:- Self-Injury Awareness Day (Sunday, March 1, 2020)

April:- Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevent ion Month

May:- Mental Health Awareness Month

Upcoming Events:

Therapeut ic Relat ionship Seminar (2 CEUs Available):- 1/17 (2:30-5:30 PM); FAU-Student Union; Majest ic Palm Room

2nd Annual CSI Florida Statewide Conference: - 2/8 (10:00-4:00 PM); Barry University; Rooms TBA

Eat ing Disorders Expert Panel:- 2/19 (5-7 PM); College of Educat ion; Room TBA

Gottman Level 3 Couples Therapy Clinical Training: - 2/27, 2/28, & 2/29 (8:30-4:30 PM); Room TBA

Beta Rho Chi Induct ion Ceremony:- 4/2 (7-9 PM); FAU Alumni Center

Stay up to date on awareness months & upcoming events!

**RSVP links are on the flyers at the end of this newsletter**

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

My journey into research began in my doctoral

program, working directly under the supervision of Dr.

Jane E. Myers. Resultant from my dissertation, ?The

relationship among spirituality, religiosity, and wellness

for poor, rural woman?, my research road became very

focused on spiritual issues, women?s issues, and

wellness. Following this dissertation research, I

collaborated on a study to understand the impact of

forgiveness on the wellness of counseling students, when

controlling for personality factors. Additional spirituality

DR. CARMAN GILL

research, informed through my experience as President of ASERVIC, includes the

development of the Spiritual Competency Scale, an ongoing project, as well as publications

focused on understanding spiritual assessment and integrating spirituality into counseling,

the culmination of which was a recently published book, entitled ?Spirituality and Religion in

Counseling: Competency-based strategies for ethical practice? (Gill & Freund, 2018).

Routledge/Taylor & Francis published this book, which addresses the link between

integrating spirituality and counseling theory in a practical way. Chapter authors included

six current or former FAU students and three FAU colleagues.

Wellness and women continue to be themes in my research. Following multiple

publications based on my dissertation research, I have collaborated with doctoral students

to continue this research line. Recent examples include a path analysis study involving

women in addiction recovery which revealed that social support mediated the detrimental

impact of stigmatization on wellness and a quasi-experimental study that demonstrated the

effectiveness of the Foster Resilience protocol for improving the wellness of women

struggling with substance addiction. In addition to the focus of these two studies on

women?s issues and wellness, substance abuse and recovery are research themes that I

have been exploring, in addition to trauma and diagnosis.

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT CONTD.

In 2014, I co-authored a best-selling book

published by the American Counseling Association (ACA),

the largest association for counseling in the world,

fulfilling the initial requirements for Professor. We

conceptualized this book, The DSM-5 Learning

Companion for Counselors (2014), to fill a need in the

counseling field, when a key nosology experienced

significant changes. In addition to a publication focused

on the changes to SUDs from the DSM-IV-TR to the

DSM-5, I worked with colleagues to publish an article to

assist counselors with understanding the underlying

philosophy behind the new DSM-5 and many of the

resulting changes. Currently, I am working with a doctoral student on addressing the

symptoms of a challenging new diagnosis, DMDD, by integrating EAGALA therapy into

Adlerian principles.

In addition to the themes mentioned above, I strongly believe that supporting

doctoral student research and helping students further a research agenda is crucial to the

field of counseling. As a result, I have worked with doctoral students on multiple exciting

and creative projects, such as a qualitative study into the lived experiences of those who

were sheltered in place during the Fort Hood shooting, the development of a covert trauma

scale, and human right projects. The research projects I have described here are examples

of the many projects I am privileged to be a part of. I

encourage you to spend some time thinking about your

research passions and how you can contribute to our

understanding of mental health and wellness.

Dr. Carman Gill, PhD, NCC, LPC, ACSProfessorDepartment of Counselor EducationFlorida Atlantic University

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EMERGING LEADER SPOTLIGHT

Meet our 2019-2020 Emerging Leader, Sam Pino!

"Hi, I'm Sam Pino and I'm halfway through the Master?s in Counselor

Educat ion: School Counseling program. In the field of school counseling, I would like my research focus to be on LGBTQ+

issues and learning disabilit ies, while also advocat ing for all students. I applied for the Emerging Leader

posit ion to gain experience and connect with others in the program. I further

joined to have the opportunity to network and build connect ions within

the community."

- Student leaders can part icipate in CSI act ivit ies, receive mentorship, and connect with professionals via networking opportunit ies.

- Emerging leaders will also have opportunit ies to learn the responsibilit ies associated with serving in elected leadership posit ions within our chapter.

**The 2020-2021 Emerging Leader application is on the next pg.*

Interested in being the next Emerging Leader?

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2020-2021 EMERGING LEADER APPLICATION

Student leaders can part icipate in CSI act ivit ies, receive mentorship, and connect with professional networking opportunit ies.

Emerging leaders will also have opportunit ies to learn the responsibilit ies associated with serving in elected leadership posit ions within our chapter.

Please note: The emerging leader will be selected to serve for the 2020-2021 term. All graduate students are welcome to apply.

Requirements:

1. Applicat ion

2. CV/resume

3. Support of one faculty member

4. Statement of commitment/future leadership aspirat ions (500-word limit)

Interested applicants should submit their applicat ion via the link below, no later than February 10, 2020.

APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/ inqb1axQUyiKRJ8T9

The select ion committee will not ify applicants of the status of their applicat ion by February 24, 2020. The Emerging Leader will be featured in our upcoming newsletter, and will be recognized at the Beta Rho Chi induct ion ceremony on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

Any quest ions?

Contact President Taylor Irvine at : t irvine1@fau.edu

Interested in being the next Emerging Leader?

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Featured Article: "An Excit ing Line of Research at Florida At lant ic Universit y: Case Conceptualizat ion Training"

You may be wondering, what const itutes a line of research? As I understand it , a line of

research is a series of sequential research studies that focus on a specific topic. The main goal of a

line of research is to provide a direct ion to the scient ific knowledge generated by a group of

researchers, thus contribut ing to the development of the professional literature in a field such as

counseling. As the field of counseling expands and evolves, such focused and sequential research is

essent ial. You may be surprised that masters and doctoral student make up a majority of

researchers involved in lines of research. Besides being interested in a part icular topic, students are

attracted to lines of research because of their sequential nature wherein subsequent studies build

on previous studies. Essent ially, there is considerable commonality in the content of each

dissertat ion chapter in these sequential studies. This means that the student only needs to review

and paraphrase the finding from previous line of research dissertat ions and then add only the small

amount of new content that is the study?s unique focus. For already overburdened students this is a

welcome contrast with standalone research efforts!

So how did lines of research develop in our department? When faculty began discussing the

development of our Ph.D. Counseling program in 2003, the idea of integrat ing lines of research into

the program?s structure took root. While common in other disciplines, lines of research in

counseling are unique and rare. Nevertheless, because the Florida Board of Governors would only

approve our doctoral program if it emphasized research and leadership, it was a no brainer for

those adventurous faculty to implement this idea. To date, there have been three dist inct lines of

research in this department. The first is Student Success Skills focused research, the second

involves facial recognit ion and affect coding as they impact the therapeutic relat ionship, and the

third is case conceptualizat ion training which this brief art icle emphasizes.

The context for this line of research is the increasing centrality of case conceptualizat ion in

professional counseling pract ice. In the recent past, case conceptualizat ion was considered

clinically useful but neither an essent ial nor required clinical competency. Accordingly, formal

training in the competency of case conceptualizat ion and training methods were limited or

non-existent.

By: Len Sperry, MD, PhD

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"An Excit ing Line of Research at Florida At lant ic Universit y: Case Conceptualizat ion Training" Contd.

In contrast, now case conceptualizat ion is accorded the status of being a clinically useful, essent ial,

and required clinical competency. Not surprisingly, this shift in the status has great ly increased the

demand for formal training and the need for researching training methods to opt imize this

competency. Let?s take a look at several focused and sequential studies in this line of research.

The case conceptualizat ion training method developed by me has informed the line of

research involving five completed dissertat ions and two more in process which can be summarized

as follows. The center of this training method is a two-hour standardized learning experience in a

workshop format. Preceding this training experience, part icipants are asked to draft a case

conceptualizat ion statement for a standardized case within 15 minutes. Immediately following the

training process, part icipants are asked to draft another case conceptualizat ion statement, within

15 minutes, for the same case ut ilizing the new strategy they have learned and pract iced in the

training process. Both case conceptualizat ion statements are then scored with a Case

Conceptualizat ion Evaluat ion Form (CCEF) by trained raters not associated with the study.

The first study involved the validat ion of a scoring instrument (CCEF) and the development

of the first 2-hour standardized training experience (Elisabeth Kelsey Smith in 2014). The second

study involved an experimental and comparison group (Christ ina Ladd, 2015). Three subsequent

studies (George Stoupas in 2016, Scott Lipp in 2019; Vassilia Binenstzok in 2019) involved a

longitudinal design in which an introductory two-hour workshop which focused on developing a

?brief? case conceptualizat ion, was followed 4-6 weeks later by an advanced workshop which

focused on developing a ?full? case conceptualizat ion. Results of the before the first workshop case

conceptualizat ion statement and after second workshop case conceptualizat ion statement were

that part icipants significant ly increased their scores from an average of 20 to 70 or more on a

1-100 scale. Based on data that clinicians in the community scored an average of 20 on the first

case conceptualizat ion task; a score of 70 is approximately 3.5 t imes higher for those who

completed the standardized training. Quite a change!

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"An Excit ing Line of Research at Florida At lant ic Universit y: Case Conceptualizat ion Training" Contd.

Each of the studies in this line of research was also designed to study a specific factor (level

of self-efficacy, att itudes toward evidence-based pract ice, etc.) and its impact on competence in

developing a case conceptualizat ion. The two most recent studies also evaluated the impact of a

specific training intervent ion (deliberate pract ice coaching, or reflect ive pract ice coaching), on

improving case conceptualizat ion competence. Studies underway focus on mindfulness pract ice

(Gerry Casteleiro) and the impact of supervision (Susan Pereira) on the learning and pract ice of

case conceptualizat ion-based counseling.

If any of this sounds interest ing and you might be interested in part icipat ing in this line of research,

feel free to contact me at lsperry@fau.edu

About the Author:

Dr. Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Mental Health

Counseling and Director of Clinical Training at Florida

Atlantic University. He has taught, practiced, researched,

and written about mental health counseling for more

than 30 years. He is the editor of two major clinical

journals and is on the editorial boards of 12 others.

Among his 1000+ professional publications are 94

professional books, including titles such as Mental Health

and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions,

Treatments and Psychopathology and Psychotherapy:

DSM-5 Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization and Treatment.

His research interests include: case conceptualization,

pattern-focused counseling and psychotherapy,

spiritually-oriented counseling and psychotherapy, and

integrated health care counseling.

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Check out some of our faculty members' research!

Dr . Kelly Em elianchik -Key

Currently much of my research has focused in the areas of non-suicidal self-injury and dating violence. My book, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury throughout the Lifespan: A Clinicians Guide for Treatment Outcomes was published with Routledge in October. I authored/co-authored six of the eleven chapters and edited all others. I was honored to have two current doctoral students (Adriana Labarta and Bridget Glass) co-author a chapter and former graduate Dr. Ellen Chance author a chapter. The book examines non-suicidal self-injury throughout the lifespan. It walks the reader through several culturally diverse case vignettes, and each chapter applies its information to the various cases in order to learn effective ways to work with and conceptualize diverse clients engaging in NSSI. Additionally, a recent article exploring personality, suicide, and self-injury in young adults was accepted to the Journal of College Counseling and should be in print early this year.

Much of my research in the area of dating violence focuses on assessment. Last year I used item response theory to explore The Teen Screen for Dating Violence, which is an assessment tool I created. I furthered this study by examining differential item functioning by gender. This study can be found in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. My research interests are always peaking as an editorial board member for the Professional Counselor, the Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, and The Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education (which I recently published in with CMHC student, Kimberliegh Stickney (more on page 13).

Em elianchik -Key, K. & La Guardia, A. (2019). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury throughout the Lifespan: A Clinicians Guide for Treatment Outcomes. Routledge

LaGuardia, A., Cramer, R. Bryson, C. & Em elianchik -Key, K. (2020). Analysis of Personality, Suicide, and Self-Injury in Emerging Adulthood. Journal of College Counseling (in press, April 2020).

Em elianchik -Key, K &. Colvin, K. F. (2019). The Teen Screen for Dating Violence: An Item Response Theory Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260519863723

Dr . Ayse Tor res

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes suicide as a public health priority and has highlighted that a multi-sectoral and community-based approach is required to address suicide prevention. Emerging evidence supports the

effectiveness of community-based suicide prevention programs. Our study will develop and implement a suicide prevention protocol to help individuals at risk of suicide. We will utilize a participatory action research approach. The initial project will be implemented in Colombia with the support of our partner the University of Quindío.

Dr . Melissa Mar iani

Currently, I'm working with Dr. Brigman on developing an additional classroom guidance program to expand on the Student Success Skills (SSS) curriculum. This program will be for grade 6 students and will focus on teaching key social-emotional learning skills (aligned with the 5 CASEL competencies) and will seek to improve students' use of prosocial skills, feelings of connectedness, and positive perceptions of their school climate (areas impacted by bullying and school violence). I've also been assisting some school counselors (from other states) in some program evaluation, specifically, assessing the effectiveness of a conflict resolution program called Kelso's Choice. We've just submitted a practitioner-focused article to the Professional School Counseling journal on this. Lastly, I've recently been asked to join the Advisory Board for ADHUS/FAU High's Research Communities of Practice, an opportunity for teachers to partner with school counselors and gather data to assess the impact of SEL programming/activities they implement in their classrooms.

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Student Research Abstracts

Read about our students' research!

1) Using Sur rogat e Par t ner Therapy in Counseling: Treat m ent Considerat ions

Kimberleigh Stickney and Kelly Emelianchik-Key, PhD

This article was published in the Journal of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education. As counselors, we seldom hear about the practice of surrogate partner therapy and when we do, there is not much information to support its use or efficacy. Surrogate partner therapy resides in a gray area of both legal and ethical boundaries. This article details the misconceptions about surrogate partner therapy and provides an informational overview into the benefits and considerations before referring clients this service. This article explores surrogate partner therapy and how it can benefit clients, provides details on surrogate partner training, discusses appropriate clients for this type of treatment, explores benefits and the existing evidence base, and lastly, it discusses the ethical and legal implications. Best practices are provided for therapists who refer clients to surrogate partners. To find out more about surrogate partner therapy please download our article.

Emelianchik-Key, K., & Stickney, K. (2019). Using Surrogate Partner Therapy in Counseling: Treatment Considerations. Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education, 1(2), 6.

2) Validat ion of Got t m an Couples Therapy for Inf idelit y

Taylor Irvine and Paul Peluso, PhD

In the field of marriage and family therapy, the rates of couples presenting for infidelity is steadily increasing, yet clinicians indicate feeling the least prepared to deal with this issue (Peluso, 2007, 2019). For the last thirty years, Gottman and his associates (Gottman et al., 2002, Gottman, 1995, 1999) have studied the workings of successful marriages and relationships in an attempt to translate this information into a useful clinical

approach for treating issues related to relationship functioning. In response, Gottman (2011, 2012) created Gottman Couples Therapy (GCT), a systematic approach to couple?s therapy that addresses many of the underlying issues of infidelity. However, this has not yet been empirically studied.

The purpose of this research project is to validate the use of GCT with clients presenting with infidelity. An ?experimental? group consisting of GCTs will be enrolled by personnel at the Gottman Institute who have the appropriate level of Gottman training for participation in the study. Couples will be recruited for participation using a three-week wait list control design. A convenience sample will be utilized in which couples who call in seeking therapy for infidelity will be asked if they would like to participate in the research. The data will be interpreted and summarized using ANOVA analyses and/or dyadic statistical procedures to compare the effectiveness of GCTs with the effectiveness of the comparison group (i.e., couples who dropout). Follow-up procedures will be conducted investigating any differential rates of symptom reduction or treatment success. Time-Series analyses will also be conducted across different data collection periods to determine proximal and distal effects of therapy on overall treatment success. There are no foreseeable risks or adverse effects of study procedures. Successful completion of this study would provide a clinically useful protocol for therapists to work with couples presenting with infidelity.

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Student Research Abstracts

3) Developing t he Cover t Traum at ic Exper ience Scale (COTES): A ret rospect ive ear ly psychosocial t raum a assessm ent t ool

Tiffany Vastardis, Doctoral Alumna

The purpose of this study was to develop and explore the factor structure of a retrospective assessment instrument designed to identify the presence of early covert traumas in an individual?s history. Covert traumas are those which are psychosocial, and often interpersonal, in nature (Altobelli, 2017). While a deficiency in the available body of research addressing such traumas currently exists, limited research suggests that experiences of such phenomena may affect individual potential across various domains of development, functioning, health, and well-being (van der Kolk, 2014). In addition, the residual effects of such traumas may exacerbate adverse adult outcomes, such as experiences of chronic pain, proclivities towards maladaptive forms of coping, and hindrances to academic and occupational performance and achievement (Felitti et al., 1998). Furthermore, some theorists propose that the impact of such traumas, especially when compounded, may cause more emotional harm than exposure to a single overtly traumatic event (Staggs, 2014).

Developed for administration in clinical, research, and educational settings, an initial scale of 45-items, touching upon 16 identified domains of covert trauma was designed, following a careful review of the available literature and consultation with both an Expert Panel and Focus Group. Data yielded from a convenience sample of N=204 college undergraduates who took an on-line version of the CoTES measure was utilized for analysis. Preliminary KMO and Bartlett?s tests were run, deeming the model suitable for Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with direct oblimin rotation with Kaiser Normalization was then applied, producing an eight-factor solution, loading 39 of the original 45 items. Together, these eight factors explained for 68.611% of the variance in the total scale. Items retained represented each of the originally identified domains of covert trauma, and

internal consistency for the final scale was exceptional, at ? = 0.957. While these results show promise for the CoTES as a useful, psychometrically robust instrument for future administration in both research and clinical settings, further analyses must be undertaken to confirm the CoTES model factor structure, objectively measure further aspects of reliability and validity, and to draw conclusions regarding the meaning of scores obtained from administration.

4) Ef fect s on Depression, Anxiet y and St ress Am ong LGBTQIA+ Individuals

Joshua Katz, Doctoral Student

This line of research intends to measure individuals who identify as religious, spiritual, both, or neither, and their perceived levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The main research question is to seek if having a religious, spiritual, or strong social support lower levels of the most commonly presenting symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among the LGBTQIA+ community. Several measures that will be used are the (DASS) Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Internalized Homophobia Scale, Dukes Social Support and Stress Scale, and a Religiosity Scale (TBD) that would measure Spiritual and or Religious participation. With the vast majority of current literature available focusing on the negative affects of religion on the LGBTQIA+ population, there is a small but growing community of researchers trying to show the benefits of a religious or spiritual existence, especially if there had been negative experiences in the family of origin, and the significant benefits of such participation and identification. Also with the growing number of affirming spaces and houses of worship both religious and spiritual, this dissertation hopes to further inform the general public and counselors of safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community to seek religious, spiritual, or community services to help reduce the most commonly presenting symptoms which are the focus of the measures for this qualitative study.

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COUNSELING HUMOR

Feeling stressed out? Check out this counseling humor!

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES & TRAININGS

Conferences:

Internat ional Associat ion of Marriage and Family Counselors World Conference:

1/30/2020 - 2/01/2020

New Orleans, LA

2nd Annual CSI Statewide Conference:

2/08/2020 (10-4 pm)

Barry University, Miami

Proposals Deadline (January 17): CLICK HERE

Nat ional Evidence-Based School Counseling Conference:

3/20/2020 - 3/21/2020

Boca Raton, FL

Register Here: http://www.ebscc.org/

ACA Conference:4/16/2020 - 4/19/2020San Diego, CA

SACES Conference:10/22/2020-10/24/2020Balt imore, MDProposals Deadline (February 16): CLICK HERE

CEs and Trainings:

American Counseling Associat ion (ACA) Free CE of the MonthACA offers free CEs to all members, regardless of member types. Be sure to check out the featured CE of the month by clicking here:

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JOIN THIS SEMESTER!

Why Join?

- Promote excellence in the field of counseling.

- Networking with fellow graduate students in other programs.

- Collaborat ion with faculty on research or community work.

- Philanthropic involvement in the FAU and greater Palm Beach County

communit ies.

- Professional development opportunit ies for cont inued success in the

field of counseling.

- Free cont inuing educat ion [CE] courses available both during and

after graduation.

Requirements to Join:

- Complet ion of 9 credit hours (equal to one full-t ime semester) in a

Counseling Educat ion program.

- GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Fall 2019 Meet ing Dates:

January 27th

February 24th

March 23rd

**6:45-7:15 PM (upstairs on the 4th floor of the College of Education).**

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FINAL REMARKS

Check us out on social media!

Chi Sigma Iota Florida Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/CSI.Florida.Statewide.Networking/

Beta Rho Chi LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12252758/

Check out our updated CSI link on the Department?s website: http://www.fau.edu/educat ion/academicdepartments/ce/betarhochichapter/

Check out and ?like? the Department?s Facebook page for info & updates: https://www.facebook.com/FAU-Dept-of-Counselor-Educat ion-418207451646170/

Have an idea for an event and/or want to collaborate with our Beta Rho Chi Chapter? Please reach out to our President, Taylor Irvine: tirvine1@fau.edu

Please take our brief, anonymous feedback survey: https://forms.gle/ER8md2KYj8ADB7LX9

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Graduating this Spring?

If so, please check to ensure whether you have an updated, accurate, and approved plan of study (POS) on file and have met all university graduation requirements detailed on the Graduate College website: http://www.fau.edu/graduate/forms-and-procedures/spring-graduation.php

Friendly Reminders:

- Fully approved Plan of Study (POS) should be on file by December 13, 2019- ?Applicat ion for Degree? for Spring 2020 graduation is due by January 31, 2020 - Application for degree is available here:

ht tp://www.fau.edu/registrar/graduation/deg_app_cert.php- Last day to revise an already approved POS (if needed) is February 24, 2020.

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELOR EDUCATION

Spring 2020 Important Dates

Have questions or concerns? Contact these two lovely ladies !

Darlene EppersonOffice Assistant

Ph.D. Primary Contactfrederic@fau.edu

Mikaela KursellProgram Assistant

M.Ed. & Ed.S. Primary Contactmkursell@fau.edu

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Wishing you all a great Spring semester! -The Beta Rho Chi Leadership Team

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