Event Series:
School Counsellors
School Counsellor PL Sessions (Sept – May)
April 3, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
To support learning and the rollout of the school counsellor framework we are offering optional Live PL sessions that will be recorded and share via the school counselling framework website in the resources section.
Invites to these optional sessions will be shared through your counselling coordinators closer to the event. The full schedule is shared here for planning purposes.
Please consider add the sessions to your calendar. Official invites will be sent approximately 2 weeks prior to the session.
Schedule
These sessions will run on scheduled Thursdays from 3:00 – 4:00, except for the September 24th Session.
| Date | Session Title | Session Description | Zoom Link |
| 1. Tuesday September 24, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) | In this session school counsellors can learn from our provincial expert who works for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Janice Gaudet Boudreau, about FASD and things to consider as a school counsellor. This supports learning focused on the mental health field of practice. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/61947155278?pwd=bPtRKqElMOYtlxMza8FSJuoGbxqSFo.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 619 4715 5278 Password / Mot de passe: 763553 |
| 2. Thursday October 3, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Career Panel Discussion | This session will focus on the Career Connected Learning field of practice within the NB School Counselling Framework. In hearing from a variety of supporters and advocates for career education, the school counsellor will develop further competency in this field of practice. School counsellors can look forward to hearing from career practitioners who can provide supports and resources that will further their practice in Career Connected Learning. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/64268594679?pwd=ABQVRIyECPGMjKZOW47nZnXaGSQ7sB.1Meeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 642 6859 4679 Password / Mot de passe: 543982 |
| 3. Thursday October 31, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Career Life Plan and Graduation Requirements | This session will provide an overview of the new Career Life Plan graduation requirement as it pertains to the role of the school counsellor. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/66638574929?pwd=e9vNZjVzc3yWcxF46E4aRhhQzFFeLV.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 666 3857 4929 Password / Mot de passe: 281351 |
| 4. Thursday November 7, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Integrated Service Delivery and School Counsellors | This session will explore Integrated Service Delivery and the supports they offer to children and youth. We learn how to best leverage your connections to your Child and Youth teams and provide strategies to best work collaborate with them. This session supports primarily learning in the mental health field of practice but could be connected to all four of them. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/63837981529?pwd=aN2dhZkUIk5u07ttWqKTOXymNLGNNs.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 638 3798 1529 Password / Mot de passe: 174714 |
| 5. Thursday November 28, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Positive Behavior Support and Interventions (PBIS) and the School Counsellor Framework | PBIS is one of the primary lenses in the school counselling framework. In this session school counsellors will learn how PBIS work supports all of the fields of practice: mental health, academic, social emotional learning, and career connected learning. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/68958464390?pwd=rzVYbrW0QvsepFvRbTnnr013lJANt0.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 689 5846 4390 Password / Mot de passe: 928596 |
| 6. Thursday December 12, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 | Mental Health and Therapeutic Approaches that Stay within Our Scope | Therapeutic approaches in school counselling emphasize methods that fall within the professional scope of a school counsellor. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), mindfulness-based approaches, person-centered therapy, trauma-informed care, and family systems therapy. Additionally, we will explore important cultural and ethical considerations in counselling. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/67938599581?pwd=4O6NqntE6T2w7c0Q08VLt4dNY0nvyy.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 679 3859 9581 Password / Mot de passe: 140815 |
| 7. Thursday January 30, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 | Ethics Panel | In this group panel and discussion, we will learn about the importance of ethics when working as a school counsellor. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/69402893261?pwd=vR7hTkYB54LLbURxo9sudAyce9IPOG.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 694 0289 3261 Password / Mot de passe: 791792 |
| 8. Thursday February 6, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 – | School Counsellors and BIMs | In this session we will discuss the collaborative relationship between school counsellors and BIMs. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/69014151111?pwd=wYyq4E1vq6F6Gqeiap6bXerbtffkhh.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 690 1415 1111 Password / Mot de passe: 710812 |
| 9. Thursday March 27, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 – | JEDI Response to Hate | Join NB education specialists in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) for a session on addressing hate-based incidents in schools. SCs will learn about restorative and education-based practices and resources to assist with addressing incidents and building more respectful and cohesive school communities. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/63262124549?pwd=xEIKfdbLXbmWGGOIFy2RbJDtAuHfwj.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 632 6212 4549 Password / Mot de passe: 803844 |
| 10. Thursday April 3, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 | Essential Skills for Working in High Stress Environments | We all live and work in environments that can be high stress. In This session we will learn key concepts related to trauma-exposed work, including secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and burnout. As a school counsellor you will have a better understanding of trauma, prevalence, its impact, and practices to better understand and support students. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/69510482266?pwd=2QHPpsr4XcjsSrWbdAqFHyKZkNJXYI.1&from=addonMeeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 695 1048 2266 Password / Mot de passe: 842975 |
| 11. Thursday April 24, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 | Framework Feedback and Review – Town Hall | Counsellors have been using and embedding the framework for almost a year at this point and we want to here about your experience. This will be an opportunity for some small groups to unpack what worked for them and what needs should be focused on next. | Join Meeting / Participer au rendez-vous https://gnb-ent.zoom.us/j/62237138383?pwd=9TRIAdu4bzAHTFuyqYGnyuJdxbKELE.1&from=addon Meeting ID / ID du rendez-vous: 622 3713 8383 Password / Mot de passe: 015492 |