April 8-9, 2024
Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center
1657 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01701
April 8-9, 2024
Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center
1657 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01701
We look forward to having you join us at the Massachusetts School Counselor Association Conference!
Counselors in the Classroom
Lead Presenter: Giselle Rojas
Engaging Students, PK-3rd Grade, in Learning Through Play
Lead Presenter: Kelly Meehan-Rooney
Finding Hope: Mallory’s Mental Health Journey and the Role of Schools
Lead Presenter: Mallory Gothelf
Fostering an Inclusive Climate
Lead Presenter: Lisa Koenecke
You’ve worked hard to develop a strong service culture at your organization. Yet without an inclusive climate, both your consumers and your team may feel like this isn’t the right place for them. So how does your climate influence your culture? How do you bridge any gaps in your climate to become more inclusive? And who sets the climate in your organization? Through a series of discussions and activities, participants will:
Define an inclusive climate
Understand how microaggressions deter inclusion
Examine the critical role of leadership in setting your climate
Explore the dynamics of inclusive climates
Assess the inclusiveness of your company’s climate
Guiding Students to Securing a Post-Secondary Plan
Lead Presenter: Jennifer Bento
Pupils in Peril: How School Leaders Can Combat Teen Mental Health Decline
Lead Presenter: Justin Hajek
What 17,502 girls have to say about social media, relationships, stress, and school presented by Angel Mengsing
Lead Presenter: Angel Mensing
Comfort Dogs in Schools
Lead Presenter: Derek Harrington
Connect 4! Creating Connections between Students, Schools, Families, and Communities
Lead Presenter: Danette Jewell
Connect with State Leaders
Lead Presenter: Juliette Coatsworth
Counteracting Unconscious Bias
Lead Presenter: Lisa Koenecke
A full thirty-five percent of our business interactions involve an assumption as to whether a consumer would qualify for a product simply by their appearance. In this session, we will define privilege, explore barriers, and dissect a case study to understand how to counteract our unconscious biases. We’ll open participants’ eyes to:
Identify the dimensions of diversity that matter most in organizations and why
Recognize unconscious bias and how it affects the way that people perceive, evaluate, and react to others; and
Identify interventions that will help override errors in judgment and decision making
Is a College Degree the ONLY Ticket to Success?
Lead Presenter: Jerry Ellner, Universal Technical Institute
Setup For Success: Supporting Students to and Through Post-Secondary
Lead Presenter: Ariel Perry
System Builders: Cultivating School-Based Mental Health Leaders
Lead Presenter: John Crocker
Trauma Informed School Counseling
Lead Presenter: Kristen Lazzaro
Classroom Management for School Counselors
Lead Presenter: Richard Walcek
Disordered Eating: A Clinician and Youth Share How Counselors Can Help
Lead Presenter: Judith Halperin
Effectively Supporting Youth with Anxiety-Related School Refusal
Lead Presenter: Kathryn Boger
Enhancing College & Career Readiness Programming with SchooLinks
Lead Presenter: Sarah Whipp
Getting Real, Actionable College Data: What Counselors Need to Know
Lead Presenter: Tim Poynton
Panic at the MASCA
Lead Presenter: Kaitlyn Robichaud
The Simplest Way to Advocate Using Your Calendar Data
Lead Presenter: Tammy Yeung
Counseling In an Age of Cancel Culture
Lead Presenter: Melinda Cripps
Counseling in the City: Navigating Challenges, Empowering Change
Lead Presenter: Shelby Boisvert
Early Psychosis: Symptoms, Identification, and Treatment
Lead Presenter: Emily Gagen
MASCA: What do all of Those Letters Really Mean and What Can it do for Me?
Lead Presenter: Bob Bardwell
School Counseling Program Evaluation: A New MASCA Initiative
Lead Presenter: Cynthia Jackson
The One Hour MARC Jr. – Can it be Done?
Lead Presenter: David Elsner
Using Tech to Support a Comprehensive Counseling Program
Lead Presenter: Brenda Pena
National Center for Youth Issues
ATTN: MASCA
P.O. Box 22185
Chattanooga, TN 37422-2185