2025 ACA Conference & Expo
March 27-29, 2025
Orlando, FL
Hear from experts in the field, make meaningful connections and get the best strategies and tools to support your clients, maintain your licensure and move the profession forward at the ACA Conference & Expo—the must-attend annual event for professional counselors.
Please note the time listed is not accurate as the timing has not been released from the ACA.
School-Based Mental Health Professionals Summit
Designed to empower and inspire those on the frontlines of student wellbeing, the inaugural School-Based Mental Health Professionals Summit will provide school-based counselors and mental health professionals with the latest knowledge, resources, and collaborative opportunities to address the unique mental health challenges faced by students today.
Please note the time listed is not accurate as the timing has not been released from the ACA.
Counseling Skills for School-Based Mental Health Professionals
Earn 3 CPDs/NCSP
This workshop will cover mental health assessments, treatment planning, creating IEP goals for mental health, and how to identify various IEP services/supports for mental health. The workshop will also cover what research-based therapy modalities to utilize given the needs of students by use of case studies such as CBT, DBT, ACT, MI. For each therapy modality, the workshop will provide practical examples of how to apply them in a school-based setting. Tools to address common challenges in school-based counseling such as resistance will also be discussed.