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ACA 2010 Conference & Exposition CSI Sponsored Sessions CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 125, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Preparing School Counselors-in-Training to Work with LGBTQ Students: An Outcome Study of a Multicultural Group Co-Leadership 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session, Advanced Melissa Luke, Presenters will describe a qualitative research project that investigated the experiences of 11 school counselors-in-training enrolled in an introductory school counseling course, as they participated in a 15-week required field experience co-facilitating groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) high school students and their allies. Findings and implications will be discussed. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 126, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Early Identification of High School Dropouts: An Investigation of the Relationship Between At-risk Status and Wellness 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Jan C. Lemon, This session will explore specific research that was conducted to determine whether students who might be at-risk for dropout can be predicted by observing measures of mattering, perceived stress, and wellness. In addition, the session will discuss practical dropout prevention strategies consistent with a holistic wellness focus. Including psychosocial and wellness factors in a comprehesive school counselor program will aid both community counselors and school counselors in facilitating optimum mental health among adolescents. The session will provide needed information to bridge the gap in the high school dropout research and encourage all counselors to incorporate wellness into their philosophical orientation. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 173, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 The Experience of Professional Advocacy for Counselors in 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Presenters will display and discuss results from a qualitative study designed to investigate the professional advocacy experiences of 4 members of the Idaho Counseling Association. Participants were interviewed regarding their experiences with professional advocacy, and their responses were coded for salient and emergent themes. Preliminary data are presented in order to give voice to professional counselors in CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 174, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Using Yoga to Improve Wellness: Exploring the Effects of a Four-Week Luna Yoga Program on Female Counselors and Students 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Cheryl Pence Wolf, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Elisa Mott, Isabel Thompson, Adrienne Baggs, Ana Puig This study introduced a yoga program created for female professional counselors and counselors-in-training focused on holistic wellness. It was different than traditional yoga in that it focused on the gentler moon salutations and was completed in a circle to enhance the connection between participants. The study explored the effects of participating in the four-week program on overall wellness, social support, and body image and awareness through pre- and post-tests of the Five Factor Wellness Inventory (5F-Wel). The research drew interest from over 70 practitioners and students and was conducted using a prospective, randomized, controlled design. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 221, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Promoting Wellness in Your CSI Chapter 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Philip Clarke, The This poster presents methods of wellness promotion used by the Upsilon Nu Chi chapter of CSI to encourage wellness practices by students in this program. The primary activity entails creation of a wellness video containing interviews of faculty members discussing their views on wellness interspersed with information on wellness models, and a clip featuring wellness counseling. Additional activities presented here include wellness speakers, disseminating wellness tips to students, and creating a wellness newsletter. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 222, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Themes in Secondary School Counselor Development: Skovholt and Ronnestad Revisited 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Kelly Anne Kozlowski, Literature suggests there are 16-22 counselor development models that are used to train counselors; yet none of the findings include school counselor participants. Skovholt and Ronnestad’s qualitative study of 100 counselors created a counselor development model that spans the education years through retirement, yet it also lacks school counselor participants. This session will share the results from a grounded theory study that utilized Skovholt and Ronnestad’s methods and questions but included only secondary school counselor participants. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 269, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Advocacy Hour: A Creative Approach to Becoming Professional Advocates 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Susannah Coaston, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Geof Yager, Christina Baker, Sarah Haney Despite coverage in the American Counseling Associations Code of Ethics, students and professionals alike often misunderstand their role as advocates. We often think of our role as client advocates but rarely recognize our responsibility to be advocates for the counseling profession. Learn how the Upsilon Chi Chi chapter of Chi Sigma Iota has addressed this issue with a monthly Advocacy Hour combined with fun learning and social activities. Outcome data will be discussed. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 270, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Mindfulness, Anxiety, Alexithymia, and Counseling Self-efficacy Among First Semester Counseling Students 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session, Advanced Craig S. Cashwell, The Often, beginning counseling trainees experience heightened anxiety and low counseling self-efficacy which combine to diminish their counseling skills. Further, students may experience alexithymia (repression of emotions) in an effort to present to peers and faculty as competent. One approach to combating anxiety, alexithymia, and low counseling self-efficacy among beginning students is mindfulness training. The purpose of this presentation is to report on results of a research project to evaluate the impact of a 7-week mindfulness training program on the anxiety, alexithymia, and counseling self-efficacy of beginning counseling trainees. Acknowledgement is given to Laura L. Wyatt for her significant role in preperation of this presentation. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 293, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Promoting Counselor Wellness 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Cindy M. George, Counselors are identified as the target population for conducting a one day Wellness Fair during the month of January, 2010. Professionals in the community, students, and faculty of the Counseling Department at CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 365, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Advocacy Begins On Campus: Building Relationships Through Collaboration 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Jennifer Gillespie, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA, Elizabeth Gruber, Katie Kingsley, Bonnie Vatter, Julianne Rotondi The Beta Gamma Delta chapter of Chi Sigma Iota at California University of Pennsylvania (CALU) teamed together with the University’s CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 366, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Future Counselors Advocating for the Profession 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Nicole A. Adamson, Students in the Youngstown State University Counseling Program were encouraged to visit www.capwiz.com/counseling in order to advocate for legislative decisions that profoundly affect inter-professional issues in counseling. Heartfelt examples of student advocacy letters and corresponding responses from the elected officials are displayed. The number of students who participated, the elected officials contacted most often, the issues found to be most important to future counselors, and the status of the legislative issues are also presented. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 413, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Leading the Way: Factors Promting Counselors to Assume Leadership Roles in Professional Counseling Organizations 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Kristin K. Meany-Walen, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Katie Purswell, Casey Barrio Minton Effective leaders are necessary to advocate for the counseling profession and those they serve. Therefore, the presenters of this session have developed a study to investigate how current counseling leaders came to action. By understanding leaders progression of leadership, counseling programs and professional organizations can help foster counselors’ leadership development. This session will focus on the findings of this CSI sponsored research study. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 414, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 First and Second Year Counselor Trainees' Perceptions of Leadership Characteristics: A Praxis of Social Advocacy 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session, Advanced Ryan F. Reese, Collaborative and empowering leadership styles are promoted within the field of counseling and counselor education programs. The purpose of this study is to determine whether first and second year master's level counselor trainees who participate in community advocacy events perceive their own leadership style as significantly different than those trainees who do not participate in community advocacy events. Implications for research, teaching, and practice will be provided. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 461, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Habits of Highly Effective Counselor Advocates 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Daniel Cruikshanks, Are you interested in making a difference to the field of counseling, but you're just not sure where to begin or what to do? In this presentation, you will learn how to stay current on issues affecting professional counselors in school and mental health settings and utilize the tools provided by the ACA and the ASCA to become a highly effective advocate for the field of counseling. CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 509, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Maintaining Wellness in Counselor Trainees Through Mentoring 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Marcy J. Douglass, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, Anjuli Taunk, Tish Weikel, Kate Wine We identified new counselor trainees at CSI Refereed Advocacy Poster Session Program ID # 510, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS2 Self Care in a Giving Profession: A Counselor Wellness Workshop 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Stephanie Burns, This poster presentation will discuss a counselor wellness workshop based upon the ACA’s Taskforce on Counselor Wellness and Impairment. Information will include history, risk factors, assessment tools, wellness models, resources, and research on counselor wellness. The poster presentation combines didactic instruction on counselor wellness with specific wellness activities spanning the areas of the Essential Self, Social Self, Creative Self, Physical Self, and Coping Self. Comments from counselors who attended the workshop will be presented. CSI Research Grant Recipient Program ID # 533, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth PS1 Female Perspectives of Professional Identity and Success in the Counseling Field 30-Minute Project/Research Poster Session Amanda C. Healey, The purpose of this session will be to present a study that investigated the contextual and definitional qualities of professional identity as well as the perception of success as defined by female counseling professionals. This study was conducted using a sequential mixed methods approach for inventory development and analysis of gender related to professional identity and success values. |
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