ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

ID #633-Integrating Grief Counseling into Counselor Education Through Community Partnership (Room 210A, Table 3)

02 Apr 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Child and Adolescent Counseling, Counselor Education

Speaker(s): Brandie Oliver, Associate Professor, Butler University; Nick Abel, Assistant Professor, Butler University

Research has found that approximately 50 percent of practicing counselors have little or no formal training in grief counseling. Come hear from two school counselor educators whose program is helping fill this void through a successful partnership with a community organization to provide counselors-in-training with formal education and practical experience in grief counseling. Whether you are a counselor educator or a practicing counselor, you will leave with knowledge of how you might form such a partnership in your community.