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• September 25 Counseling Directors SIG

  • When
    25 Sep 2025
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Via zoom

  During this first meeting of the school year we’ll kick things off by setting our intentions as a leadership community, discussing how to get grounded at the start of the year, and sharing strategies for building counseling calendars that both meet student needs and highlight the vital role of our teams. This meeting is designed as a space for directors to connect, exchange ideas, and strengthen our collective voice in advocating for the impact of school counseling. We look forward to beginning the year together in partnership and purpose.

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• School Mental Health: Leverage Your Counseling Staff for Better Student Outcomes

  • When
    07 Oct 2025
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    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    33 Forge Parkway, Franklin

  This workshops is presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts School Administrators Association (MSAA).  

  Student mental health should be a priority for every school leader. School counselors are uniquely positioned to make a difference in the lives of all students, but are they given the tools and time to do so? Find out how school counselors use data and evidence-based best practices to close achievement and opportunity gaps and deliver comprehensive programs that ensure success for all students. Learn ways school counselors help to improve student mental health, school climate and reduce or eliminate bullying and discipline incidents. How do school counselors deal with crises and what is their role in preventing and responding to incidents such as school shootings, deaths in the community, or natural disasters? 
  
  This session will explore these various roles, and how school counselors can ensure the best response and preparation for such events. Participants will leave the session with specific ideas and activities as well as a concrete action plan to support and advantage all students.

  Workshop Goals and Objectives

  • Understand how school counselors contribute to student mental health, school climate, and overall well-being
  • Identify the challenges counselors face in addressing student needs effectively
  • Explore how school counselors use data to close achievement and opportunity gaps
  • Discuss ways to reduce bullying, improve school climate, and decrease discipline incidents
  • Create a concrete action plan to support counselors, and enhance student mental health services

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• October 8 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    08 Oct 2025
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  October 8 Meeting 

  The SAC/SSW (School Adjustment Counselor/School Social Worker) SIG will hold its first  meeting of the school year on Wednesday, October 8th from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM. This Special Interest Group is geared for members serving as a School Adjustment Counselor/School Social Worker or in a related clinical role. During this meeting, we will welcome new and ongoing members; identify current concerns and prioritize topics for our upcoming meetings; and take time for networking and peer consultation. Please consider joining this highly supportive group!

  New members are welcome to join at any meeting! To join the meeting, you must pre-register here. 

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• October 21 Governing Board Meeting

  • When
    21 Oct 2025
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Via zoom

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• MASCA November 4 PD Training - Bridging Roles: School Counselors in Special Education Support

  • When
    04 Nov 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Assumption University
  • Spaces left
    241

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  Join us for our annual Election Day Professional Development Program - Bridging Roles: School Counselors in Special Education Support  at Assumption University in Worcester on Tuesday, November 4 from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM.

  Program objectives:

  • Learn about the way these disabilities impact academics, social dynamics, emotional regulation, executive functioning and crisis intervention
  • Best practices for school counselors to support these students
  • Strategies and accommodations to advocate for with teachers and administrators

  Program topics:

  • Understanding IEP Diagnoses: Trends and Implications
  • Reading Between the Lines: A Counselor’s Guide to Supporting Students with SLDs
  • The Power of Communication: Speech, Language and Learning
  • When Health Impacts Learning
  • Voices of Autism: Learning from Families
  • Dual Needs: Navigating ELL Students in Special Education
  • Focus and Support: Helping Students with ADHD Thrive
  • Beyond the Scores: Understanding Neuropsychological Testing and Finding
  • Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility School-Wide

  Breakfast and lunch are included.

  CE's and PDP's available

  Cost: $50 for members and $150 for non-members (includes one-year membership)

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• November 10 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    10 Nov 2025
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    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• November 12 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    12 Nov 2025
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  The Wednesday, November 12th from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM.  SAC/SSW (School Adjustment Counselor/School Social Worker) SIG will feature Christa Collier, MS, LSW, Director of Training, Education and Special Initiatives at the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance will join us to speak about Problematic Sexual Behaviors of 7-12 year olds including indicators and their statewide evidence-based learning collaborative treatment model. The Massachusetts Children’s Alliance serves as the statewide coalition of the 12 Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) in the state and is an accredited state chapter of the National Children’s Alliance (NCA).

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• November 20 Counseling Directors SIG

  • When
    20 Nov 2025
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• November 20 Retirees SIG Meeting

  • When
    20 Nov 2025
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    3:30 PM - 4:40 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  November 20 Meeting Agenda - Issues Facing Retirees 

  Speaker: Marie Ardito, Retirees United Retirement Specialist  

  MASCA's 2024 Special Award Recipient, Maria Ardito, will again present her webinar on Issues Facing Retirees, for colleagues anticipating retirement. She is very informed and considered an expert.  Her very detailed ppt and contact information will be posted on the Retiree SIG webpage. She welcomes your inquiries during the webinar or email questions to helenod@att.net with Retiree SIG in subject line 
  

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• Description: The Fateful Story: How Narratives Shape Health, Growth and Resilience

  • When
    05 Dec 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    American International College, 1000 State Street, Springfield MA 01109

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  As counselors we are called upon to witness pain, loss and upheaval and enable our students to make sense of that suffering such that it can, one day, become integrated into a more healthful living. Much of what is disturbing is captured in story:  the narratives our students have developed that represent their understanding of themselves and their place in the world. Yet narratives often, over time, become rigid and stuck in limited understandings both of what had occurred and what was still yet possible; of who one was, and who one might yet become. When this occurs, we lose sight of our capacity, resilience, and worth. In this day-long program we explore the power of narrative to shape our understandings of self and self-in-relation. We examine the value of asking questions that stem from an appreciative or benefit-finding perspective and determine how we might encourage others to construct more productive perspectives using practices that establish a growth, learning-oriented mindset. 

  This session will be presented by Maria Sirois, Psy.D.   Dr. Sirois has spent more than three decades in the boardrooms of business, bedsides of the dying and everywhere in between to do one thing:  offer the data, stories, tools and perspectives that enable us to cultivate resilience, health, wisdom and a greater capacity to lead ourselves and others well, no matter the strain or suffering of the moment. As a resilience expert, positive psychologist and international consultant, she is known for her authenticity, wisdom and compassion. She is the author of three books: the newly released, The Generous Exchange:  How Attention to Beauty, Goodness and Excellence Restores Us and Our World, A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (And Other Dark, Difficult Times) and Every Day Counts. Learn more about Maria at  www.mariasirois.com

  The event is free for all thanks to the generosity of AIC's School of Education.  Breakfast and lunch will be provided. However, if you would like 5 CEs, you will need to pay $50 and if you would like 10 PDPs, you will need to pay $25 and complete an additional assignment.

  SNOW DATE - December 12

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• December 8 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    08 Dec 2025
  •  
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• December 10 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    10 Dec 2025
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  December 10 Meeting Agenda - TBA

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• December 10 Governing Board Meeting

  • When
    10 Dec 2025
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Via zoom

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• January 12 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    12 Jan 2026
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    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• January 14 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    14 Jan 2026
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  January 14 Meeting Agenda - TBA

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• January 27 Governing Board Meeting

  • When
    27 Jan 2026
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Via zoom

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• January 29 Counseling Directors SIG

  • When
    29 Jan 2026
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Via zoom

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• February 9 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    09 Feb 2026
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    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

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• February 11 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    11 Feb 2026
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  February 11 Meeting Agenda - TBA

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• April 8 SAC/SSW SIG Meeting

  • When
    11 Feb 2026
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via zoom

  April 8 Meeting Agenda - TBA

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• March 17 Governing Board Meeting

  • When
    17 Mar 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Sheraton Framingham

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• April 13 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    13 Apr 2026
  •  
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

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• May 11 Elementary SIG Meeting

  • When
    11 May 2026
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    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• June 4 Counseling Directors SIG

  • When
    04 Jun 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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• June 10 Governing Board Meeting

  • When
    10 Jun 2026
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

  Agenda - TBA

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