

Tue, Nov 23
|Online Workshop
AMISA Counselor Case Consultation Sessions
FREE FOR AMISA MEMBERS | MEMBER-ONLY EVENT Join Dr. Douglas Walker for a three part Counselor Case Consultation Session with other colleagues from the AMISA region. **THESE ARE ONLY OPEN TO AMISA COUNSELORS/PSYCHOLOGISTS**
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2021, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
Online Workshop
About the Event
SESSION OVERVIEW
This is an opportunity for international school counselors and psychologists to present in a confidential and didactic format, individual student mental health challenges and explore approaches that can empower them to improve their student’s educational potential and social-emotional wellbeing. Past participants of these sessions have found it helpful to discuss the “headwinds” that international school counselors and psychologists face in helping students successfully manage such common problems as identifying and/or supporting students with mental health diagnoses (e.g., anxiety, depression), safeguarding, third-culture stress, culture shock, adaptation to host country, and COVID-19. These sessions will draw upon the collective expertise that the school counselors and psychologists bring to the conversation. Strict guidelines for respecting confidentiality and anonymity will be maintained in preparation for and during the sessions. School counselors and psychologists wishing to present a confidential case for discussion must pre-register with Dr. Walker no less than three days before…