post-secondary education and careers is significant in a school counsellor’s scope of practice. Canadian School Counselling Week is a collaborative effort by CCPA, School Counsellors Chapter, and the regional school counselling associations and ministries/departments of education in each province and territory. Canadian School Counselling Week takes place every year during the first week of February. This school year, the week will be held from February 4-8, 2019. Individual professionals will have many creative ideas to raise public awareness of the ways in which school counsellors foster student growth with respect to their personal, social, academic, and career development. The National School Counselling Committee of the CCPA School Counsellors Chapter provides various templates of promotional materials on the CCPA School Counsellors website. Resources may be downloaded by school counsellors to advertise and organize
plans for Canadian School Counselling Week. Resources include a sample press release and proclamation, sample posters, certificates, and suggested activities. For more information, please contact Lisa Zanyk (President, School Counsellors Chapter) at liszan@sasktel.net or Janice GrahamMigel (Chair, National School Counselling Committee) at janice.graham@acadiau.ca. We invite you to visit the School Counsellors Chapter website at www.ccpa-accp.ca/ chapters/school-counsellors/. To join the conversation on Twitter, follow @CCPA_ ACCP and use #CSCW and #SCCS. The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) is a national bilingual association providing professional counsellors and psychotherapists with access to exclusive educational programs, certification, professional development and direct contact with professional peers and specialty groups. CCPA promotes the profession and its contribution to the mental health and wellbeing of all Canadians. n
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