New Jersey School Counselor News 

Save the Date! The NJSCA Fall Conference is October 3 - 4 2019 at the Pines Manor in Edison, NJ.

Click here for the Call for Programs, to Learn how to become a conference sponsor, and to exhibit with us!

National School Counseling Week 2019, "School Counselors: Providing Lessons for Life," will be celebrated from Feb. 4-8, 2019, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February.
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Each year since 2004, NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) has offered the NJCTS Youth Scholarship Program to graduating New Jersey high school seniors in public or private school who have been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and will be attending a college, university, or trade school in the fall after their graduation from high school.

Winners are selected based upon academic achievement, community involvement, and accomplishments as an individual living with this challenging and complex neurological disorder. The amount of the prize, criteria, and selection of the winners is at the sole discretion of NJCTS, which reserves the right to determine the amount of the award and whether to award it based upon the applications.

The NJCTS Youth Scholarship Program has been made possible through generous gifts from donors. To help augment these donations in future years, NJCTS has established the NJ Walks for TS program.

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Are you aware of a student who made an amazing turnaround or overcame a hardship?

If so, nominate them for the NJSCA Most Resilient Student Scholarship.

Five $100 scholarships available.

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Click out to complete complete application: bit.ly/ResilientStudent19

Alliance has identified the U.S. colleges and universities with a graduation rate of 75% or higher for underrepresented minorities. Armed with powerful insights from this analysis, counselors are better able to match Alliance scholars with the colleges and universities that will support them to college completion.

Brian D'Ottavio Selected as NJSCA 2018 School Counselor of the Year

Mr. D'Ottavio has been -- and is currently -- involved in many school activities and clubs. He is the co-adviser of the Class of 2018, the co-adviser of the Gay-Straight Alliance, and the counselor for Delsea's Alternative School program. In the past he has been the program coordinator for the middle school SHAPE program, a middle school Student Council Adviser, and the director of the middle school's "Wall of Character" initiative that highlights students who make positive choices.

Click here to read the December 2018 Issue of Counselor News: Ethical and Legal Issues

President’s Letter: Legal and Ethical Advocacy Supports By Mindy Hall

• Ethical Empowerment By Sweety Patel

• Are You Prepared for Subpoena and Court Testimony? By Daniel DeCino, Ph.D., and Phillip L. Waalkes, Ph.D.

• Legal and Ethical Questions Asked and Answered By Carolyn Stone, Ed.D., and Samantha Haviland, Ph.D.

• Tech Access, Privacy and Literacy By Russell A. Sabella, Ph.D., and Madelyn Isaacs, Ph.D.

• The Ethics of Self-Care By Jacqueline Zeller, Ph.D.

• Legal and Ethical Resources from ASCA By Katy O’Grady