School Counseling News & Stuff 1/7/12

Happy New Year everyone! I am sure we are all back into the swing of things in our schools.  Here are the items that have come across my desk (and a school counselor affirmation.)

• Do you have students whose family is a part of the Knights of Columbus wanting to go to a University of Missouri location (Columbia, Kansas City, St. Louis, or Rolla)? Have them check out this link for information on Missouri State Council Scholarships.
• Click here for the full text of a study that measured progress toward reducing unintentional injury and violence in adolescence. Indicators were things like wearing seat belts, riding with a driver who has been drinking, and physical fights. The short version is: some progress has been made, we have not met our goals. 
• Thank you to the following twits who are now following me on Twitter: @bolden227, and @cleverlsCool.
• Find Volume 9 Issue 10 of the Counseling and Guidance Digest here. (Note: Issue 11 is out but has not been put on the website yet, hopefully I can include it soon).
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) just turned 30! I remember being a member in High School...I won't mention when that was...Check out their website here.
• Affirmation: National School Counseling Week is February 6-10, 2012. This week is a chance to advocate for your role in the schools. A mentor once told me (and I paraphrase) "The important thing to remember about the work you do is that it saves lives, it might save a life today, but even more so what you do will impact development and save lives down the road." Keep up the good work everyone.