Cal State L.A. School-Based Family Counseling Program

The School Crisis Recovery & Renewal (SCRR) project is closing out their first year in NCTSN / SAMHSA existence as many of you and those you serve close out a big big big year. A year of back and forth A year of loss and living. A year of joy, creativity, tenacity and access. A year of duality- bliss and grief and all the in betweens.... Educators, student supporters, systems leaders and providers have moved through it all. Join us on June 3rd to transition from this past school year into the next phase, whatever it might look like and feel like for us. 5 workshops (repeated morning and afternoon so you can take two!) led by incredible healing-centered educators and practitioners The workshops are for us to experience, not us to learn to do CEUs are available Come for the morning, come for the afternoon, or come for all Open nationwide Checkout our event page https://schoolcrisishealing.org//summer-institute-for-edu/ Help us spread the word! We so appreciate you and are grateful to be moving in this together. See more

LAUSD is recruiting for Student & Family Resource Navigators! Apply before 4/5/21 at www.LAUSDJOBS.org

We have an exciting program for our Mental and Behavioral Health Symposium this week! Kudos to our SBFC Alumni Gabrielle Gonzalez, LMFT who will be opening the conference with a mindfulness exercise! Also our current SBFC leadership association students Rosy Carmona, Aracely Rosales who will lead Mental Health Check-Ins: Making Self Care a Routine, and Jocelyn Martinez and Kat Hicks who will lead Nurturing your Life: Self Care through Plants & Nature! Register Today to Attend: https://www.calstatela.edu//mental-and-behavioral-health-s

Register for our upcoming Mental and Behavioral Health Symposium coming up. It is FREE to the community. We have amazing keynote speakers presenting, an SBFC alumni will be leading a Mindfulness Practice, and some of our SBFC Leadership Board members will be co-facilitating specialized breakout rooms! Register now for this amazing free mental health training resource! https://www.calstatela.edu//mental-and-behavioral-health-s

It is National School Counselors Week! Did you know that the SBFC program prepares professionals with the training and experience of an MFT practitioner along with the skills and competencies to work in schools as a school counselor through the PPS and CWA credentials? Many of our graduates work in the education sector as school counselors, socio-emotional counselors, interventionists, CWA counselors, mental health counselors, DIS counselors, and more! National School Counselor week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.

Free trainings in December- Trauma-Informed Suicide Prevention: Leading School District, County, and State Systems - Examples from California https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Leading-School-Systems-

The Cal State LA School-Based Family Counseling Clinic is now open for referrals for family counseling. Services will be provided from November- May and there are openings for 24 families. Spots fill up quickly. Services will be provided through Tele-health until further notice from the university and the Department of Public Health. Please feel free share this resource in your schools and communities.

SBFC faculty are presenting for Social Justice Week with the AAMFT. Monday October 12, 2020: Therapists in Working in Schools for Social Justice Presenters: Kathleen Laundy, PhD Emily Hernandez, and Michael Carter (California State University) Time: 6:00-9:00 pm ET... Course Description: This workshop will be about systemic based, conjoint family services to students in schools along with their families. Kathleen Laundy, PhD, along with Emily Hernandez, PhD, and Michael Carter, PhD, will address their experiences working with students and families and their cultural needs. They will speak about the systemic understanding of the impact of health crises on families of color. They also will talk about how to build opportunities for systemic ways to work with participants in their unique school systems. Finally they will describe the field of School Based Family Counseling and Counselor Training preparation to work in the field. https://networks.aamft.org/kentuc/events/event-description

Please join us in the Upcoming Disastershock (through the Institute for School-Based Family Counseling) Healing Series Lecture: Integration and Access to Mental Health and Psychosocial Supports in Primary Care Settings: An Essential Step Towards Sustainable Health Services Stephanie Richard Saturday October 10, 2020 9:00-9:45 am Pacific Standard Time (USA)... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87808537970 https://www.disastershock.com/lecture-series In her lecture Stephanie will describe how she developed a mental health program for Rohingya refugees in the world's largest refugee camp. There are currently more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who have fled persecution in Myanmar.

Excited to announce our new SBFC Student Association Leadership Board! Traditionally, the 2nd year SBFC students are responsible for nominating a board to represent leadership for their cohort and also for the program in representing SBFC in the field and community. We have an amazing new board and we look forward to the great work you will all do this year for SBFC. at Cal State LA. Congratulations to all new board officers! Introducing the 2020-2021 SBFC Board: President- ...Aracely Rosales Vice President- Rosario Carmona Secretary- Maria Escobar Fundraiser- Mireli Lopez Treasurer- Celeste Toloza Social Chair- Kimberly Ortega Cultural Chair- Jocelyn Martinez Ourstorian- Katherine Hicks Tech Chair- Sokdina Keo See more

We are beginning our recruitment phase for the SBFC 2021 Cohort! Applications open on October 1st. We will be hosting an information session for anyone interested in applying to the program. Prospective students can register to attend here: https://calstatela.zoom.us//tJ0kcO-orDIpHdSAWmkQxzZJH8EJhi

Share your work and research! Call for Proposals was extended to February 17th, 2020. Click the link below to submit a proposal for presentation at our upcoming conference! https://calstatela.co1.qualtrics.com//f/SV_8uB2rc0udAB7gvX http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event

Register today for the 4th Annual Mental and Behavioral Health Conference at Cal State LA. http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event

Register for the 4th annual MBH Conference at Cal State LA: The Impact and Treatment of Adverse Childhood Experiences http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event

Introducing our 2019 distinguished honoree, Mr. Sal Castro. Castro is receiving our first ever posthumous award for his history-making role in the 1968 East Los... Angeles high school blowoutsa series of protests led by high school and college students who wanted to improve the quality and equality of education for Mexican American students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Over the span of his 43 years as a social studies teacher, Castro helped put thousands of students on the path to college, serving as a role model in the classroom, as a motivational speaker, and through his annual Chicano Youth Leadership Conference. See more

Introducing out 2019-2020 SBFC Leadership Association Board: Karin Perez - President Sharon Jain - Vice President Lauren Fields - Secratery ... Patsy Rodriguez - Fundraiser Alexander Tamayo - Treasurer Laura Dufau - Social Chair Kathy Montenegro - Cultural Chair Julissa Pelayo - Tech Chair Pablo Benitez - Ourstorian Thank you for your time, leadership, and service to the Cal State LA SBFC community!

Congratulations and WELCOME to our 2019 SBFC Cohort! This is an amazing group of individuals and we are very proud that they will be leading in the field as professionals in SBFC.