ABE Counselors' Sharing Group Meeting (I) (Bos)

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Overview

At this meeting, our major topic will be mental health issues in the ABE classroom. How do we best serve learners with mental health issues? Some learners will disclose their problems: others may not. How do we help students who are taking medication that may affect their classroom behavior? How do we handle referrals, confidentiality, boundaries, etc.? Where do the responsibilities of the ABE counselor stop? Come and share your thoughts on these and other issues. What works for you? What doesn’t work? Share your strategies and learn what has worked for other counselors.

Details

The Counselors’ Sharing Group (CSG) is open to counselors and interested staff from ABE programs in the Boston SABES Region. ALRI/Boston SABES is planning three CSG meetings for the whole year, all to be held at JFYNetworks. Each meeting will feature a discussion on a specific topic of interest to counselors and allow us to share our experience, resources and concerns. A portion of each meeting will also provide the opportunity for discussions of other issues facing ABE counselors. The setting will be one of sharing and support. The tentative dates for the other two sharing group meetings are 01/11/2008 and 05/02/2008. And the topics for these meetings include ABE learning disabilities and multi-cultural issues. Please contact Pat Pestana, the facilitator of the sharing group meetings, or John Zhang, the Associate Coordinator at ALRI/Boston SABES, for other topics that you would like to bring to the meetings.

When

November 16, 2007 from 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

Where

• JFYNetworks
• 125 Tremont St
• Boston, MA

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Topics

Counseling

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

John Zhang
John.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079 or andrea.lawless@umb.edu.

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ3 - Student support services

Learning objectives

N/A

Presenters

Facilitated by Patricia A. Pestana

Presenters Bio

Pat is a Case Manager at JFYNetWorks in Boston. She has over 20 years of experience in human service and education programs. She has been a counselor in an ABE program for over 5 years and has also worked as a career advisor for dislocated workers.

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

no

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