Summer 2018 CCPA Counsellor Educators Chapter Newsletter

Greetings from the President Along with continuing to connect with university and ~Contributed by Blythe Shepard training program liaisons, presenting webinars, creating bi‐lingual newsletters, and identifying professional I am very honoured to take on the role of President of development activities, and new activities related to the Counsellor Educators Chapter, anticipated to soon clinical supervision, the Chapter will also be encouraging become the Counsellor Educators and Supervisors its members to collaborate with the International Chapter. Many thanks to Roberta Neault for "nudging" Association for Counselling's (IAC) Roundtables me to put my name forward and for her ongoing (discussion groups) and submit proposals for the 2019 support and energy. I look forward to working with our Moncton Conference. Roundtables include the new Board: President‐Elect Leah Lewis, Secretary‐ following: Research, Ethics, Practitioners, Projects, Treasurer, Liette Goyer, Past‐President, Roberta Neault, Students, Peace and Social Justice, and Indigenous and with our three new directors (in new positions, if the Peoples. The Chapter has also been challenged by the CCPA Executive and Board approve our proposed name Indigenous Circle Chapter to include initiatives aimed at and bylaw changes): Director, Counsellor Educators: addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Robert Roughley; Director, Clinical Supervisors, Jillian Recommendations. Mannella; and Doctoral Student Representative, Micheala Slipp. Thank you for the opportunity to lead this Chapter at this exciting time As President, I will put my energies into continuing the work of Roberta and her board and identify new areas Blythe Shepard. PhD, CCC, CCC‐S for growth. I am particularly enthused that clinical supervision will be included in our title and mandate. In this newsletter you will find information about the In this Issue Clinical Supervision Symposium to be held in Ottawa on 2‐3: Certification Update: Standards (Part 1 of 3) November 13th and 14th, 2018. A new initiative will be to 3: Chapter Support Fund Report reach out to clinical supervisors and those holding the 4: Sticking with the Sticking Point in the Change designation, CCC‐S to invite them to join us as chapter Process members. 4: For Your Bookshelf CCPA anticipates heightened demand for clinical 5: 2018 Counsellor Educators Chapter Dissemination supervision across the country and across the career Award for Doctoral Students Winner span (i.e., novice through veteran); it is therefore timely 5: Webinars that the Chapter will include supervisors. There is an 6: 2018 Student Research Symposium increased call for clinical supervisors which reflects 6: Supervision Symposium developments on the regulatory landscape, dawning 7: Meaning‐Making in Counsellor Education recognition of the benefits that ensue from clinical Classrooms supervision at all levels of practitioner experience, and 8: CCPA Awards 2019 growing appreciation of clinical supervision as a 9‐11: Meet Our New Board specialty area of practice with its own unique body of 11: Counsellor Educator Liaisons knowledge and skills. 12‐13: Counsellor Educators Chapter Report

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Certification Update: Standards for cellphone compatibility. Their decision to create (Part 1 of 3) their own standards resulted in the creation of a whole ~ Contributed by Jeff Landine new language (that not everyone speaks), the inability to share some forms of media (and power cords), and In my role as Chair of CCPA’s Certification Committee I endless debate about which standard for cellphones is work closely with our Registrar and (new) Associate superior. An example of positive use of standards might Registrar. On an anecdotal basis I can say that every be the founding of McDonald’s in 1940. Part of the year we have a number of applicants who, for one affinity consumers have for McDonald’s is based on their reason or another, do not meet CCPA’s criteria for knowledge that,