[Counselor_Educ] FW: Public Policy Events @ ACA Conference in New Orleans

[Leinbaugh, Tracy]

Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Ohio University
The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services
205 McCracken Hall
Athens, OH 45701

Phone: 740-593-0846
E-mail: leinbaug at ohio.edu<mailto:leinbaug at ohio.edu>

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From: ACA Public Policy Listserv [mailto:ACA-GR at LISTSERV.COUNSELING.ORG] On Behalf Of Christie Lum
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:54 PM
To: ACA-GR at LISTSERV.COUNSELING.ORG
Subject: Public Policy Events @ ACA Conference in New Orleans
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Public Policy & Legislation Events
ACA Annual Conference 2011
New Orleans, LA


The ACA Task Force on School Counseling:
What are We Doing?
Friday, March 25th
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211
Program ID #161 (60 minutes)
Lynn Linde, Task Force Chair, Silver Spring, MD


ACA Public Policy & Legislation
Committee Meeting
Friday, March 25th
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Jefferson Ballroom


Federal Policies Affecting Counselors:
How Can They Be Changed?
Saturday, March 26th
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211
Program ID #452 (90 minutes)
Scott Barstow & Dominic Holt, American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA
Counselors are affected every day by federal and state programs and policies.  Learn what's being done to increase public support for recognition
of counselors, and why it is vitally important that counselors become advocates for their profession.  This combination training and legislation update
session will be led by ACA's professional lobbyists.


Keeping Up With the Counseling Profession:
Current Issues on the National Level
Saturday, March 26th
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 201-202
Program ID #504 (60 minutes)
David Kaplan, American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA
ACA wants to help you stay up to date with current issues on the national level.  ACA's Chief Professional Officer will discuss the new consensus
definition of counseling, a major legal challenge that would allow counselors to discriminate against GLBT clients, the effect of the DSM-5 revision
on counseling, legislation mandating counselor entry into the VA system, new counselor competencies, the implementation of the seminal mental health
parity law, TRICARE independent practice status for counselors, Medicare, licensure portability, the future of professional counseling and other current
seminal issues as time permits.


ACA Resource Center - Public Policy Booth
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A

*       Thursday, March 24th              4:30 pm - 7:00 pm (Welcome Reception)

*       Friday, March 25th                 10:30 am - 6:00 pm

*       Saturday, March 26th             10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Free materials will be available






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