The following is an invitation requested to be blogged here for others to read. Unfortunately, after I received it and had intended to blog it, our internet server here developed problems beyond my control, hence its posting only now. My regrets. I can only download the text here but not the document itself complete with its seal and beautiful logo and heading. If anyone wants to have a copy of it, email me at berngu721@gmail.com and I shall forward you the said invite. I hope Tisay will forward me a jpeg format of this invite so I can have it uploaded here and everyone may download upon reading this blog.
Anyway, here it is. Happy Reading!
Dear Colleagues in the Counseling Profession,
In answer to the call of the crises and difficulties of our time, the College Guidance and Counseling Office of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University is holding the 4th REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON COUNSELING. This affair aims to facilitate the development of counselor competencies in our region and other nearby cities and provinces, to better equip counselors in aiding and serving their own client.
We are holding this activity on October 13 and 14, 2008, at the Carlos Dominguez Conference Hall (CDCH), in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. The theme for this year’s Regional Conference on Counseling is “The Professional Counselor Venturing into the Frontiers of Student Psychological Well-Being.” Registration starts at 8:00 AM on the first day.
During this 2-day gathering, the participants will be accorded the opportunity to have a critical discussion on Best Practices on School Counseling Programs and Services. This Round Table Conference will discuss the program development on specific areas such as: Student Group Guidance Program, Peer Counseling, Academic Intervention, Psychological Testing, and Career and Placement Program.
The conference will also feature two plenary speakers who will speak and lecture on the topics Evidence-Based School Counseling Program and Counseling as the Core Service in School Counseling Program. In addition, there will be continuing professional education workshops that aim to develop the competencies of professional counselors in the areas of school counseling programs. The workshops are the following: Dealing with Shyness in Students, Family Systems in Counseling, and Using Creative Approaches in Counseling.
The conference fee will be PhP 1,800.00; it is non-refundable but transferable to another person. This will cover resource materials, program, certificate of participation, lunch and snacks for the two day affair. Attached to this letter is the memorandum from Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the tertiary schools and Department of Education (DepEd) for the primary and secondary schools as proof of their endorsement of this professional gathering.
You might even want to come a day or two earlier, to go around Zamboanga City to experience the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2008, which commemorates the Feast Day of the Lady of Pillar on October 12, 2008.
We hope to see you in the 4th Regional Conference on Counseling, as we rise to the challenge of the frontiers in our counseling profession.
MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS!
Respectfully yours,
Estesa Xaris C Que-Legaspi, MA
Director
College Guidance and Counseling Office
I got word that Estesa (Teeza or Tisay in her email to me)
