AUCCCD Conference | 2024 Call for Proposals

AUCCCD Call for Proposals
2024 Annual Conference
October 12 - 16, 2024

The 2024 Programs Committee is calling for programs that promote a sense of connectedness, drive attention to weaving diversity and inclusivity within every facet of the work that we do, and help our students and staff manage the stress, trauma, and challenges that they face.

In Person Conference: At this time, although a hybrid component might be incorporated into the conference, we are planning for all presenters to attend the conference in-person. 

Presenters must be AUCCCD Members: Only current AUCCCD Members and Emeriti members may submit and present sessions, with an exception being for the pre-conference (October 12) only.

New / Newer Directors: AUCCCD leadership and the conference committee highly encourage newer directors to submit programming. Your colleagues and peers want to hear from you and what you are facing! 

In order to complete your submission, you will need the following:

• Presenter CVs (to upload)
• Current (within last 10 years) Peer Reviewed Citations in APA format (to upload)
• School sizes of co-presenters (if applicable)
• Session description (200 word max)
• 1 learning objective (75 word max) per Educational Hour
  • Learning objectives should clearly describe what participants are expected to learn; and
  • How participants can apply this knowledge in practice or other professional contexts.
  • Please review the Guidance for Writing Behavioral Learning Objectives prior to submitting your proposal.
  • Verbs to avoid when writing learning objectives: know, understand, learn, appreciate, become aware of / familiar with
• Please remember to be as descriptive and accurate as possible in the title of your presentation. Many members use CEs for specific requirements, such as ethics.

• Counseling/Clinical Work
  • Differing service delivery models
  • Useful Technology / Innovations in service delivery
  • Use of third party vendors for service provision
• COVID-19 impacts on student mental health and service delivery
  • Intersection of technology, service provision and ethics guiding the work (even beyond COVID)
  • Impact of COVID on student development
  • Increase in substance abuse / alcohol
  • Qualitative differences and changes in severity of presenting clinical concerns due to COVID
  • How Centers are responding to changes in need and usage patterns caused by the pandemic
  • Effects on staff and sustainability of the work
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusive Excellence
  • Recruiting and retaining diverse staff in a challenging hiring environment
  • Reaching out to minoritized students through relevant programming and services
  • Ensuring equitable access to counseling services
  • Social justice / advocacy work in a counseling center setting
• Ethics / Law (Impact of changes in legistaltion on student mental health)
  • Open notes / Cures Act
• Leadership and Management Strategies
  • Self-care: Director and Staff
  • Staff Retention and Development
    • Staff Burnout / Leadership - how do you support your staff
    • Attracting Staff / Ways to make college counseling appealing again
• Mental Health Trends
  • Shift/Changing of removing the director position on campus
  • Opportunities / Challenges on Threat Assessment and the Directors role on campus
  • Models of Care (Embedded/Integrated/Hybrid)
• Outreach Programming / Prevention
• Political Topics
  • What is our role on political issues from either the overall association or campus leve
• Suicide Prevention
  • Trends on the increase in preparatory behaviors
• Violence
  • Increases of Sexual Assault / Domestic Violence on Campus
  • Gun violence more rampant
    • Affects all facets of student/community/campus/center
• Trauma
  • Post-traumatic growth - moving to resiliency
  • Anxiety
  • Grief Therapy and the Stepped Care Model
  • Trans-generational trauma and narcissism
  • OCD/Autism
  • Post-COVID trauma
• Wellbeing Resources - integrate throughout student life
  • Helping students resource themselves

STATEMENT OF VALUES TO CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

Thank you for your interest/involvement in presenting to members of AUCCCD at our annual conference. Here is important information about AUCCCD's commitment to inclusive excellence, the promotion of social justice, civility, and collegiality. We hope it helps you shape your presentation in a way that best fits with AUCCCD values.

AUCCCD is an organization of highly diverse members on all characteristics of identity (e.g. race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual identity, religion, and other characteristics of identity) and professional affiliation (e.g. social workers, psychiatrists, licensed professional counselors, psychologists, and other professions).  As professionals, we serve university and college students who represent every facet of cultural identity.  As such, we do not use disrespectful or derogatory images or language about any particular groups, or engage in actions that would minimize or invalidate people because of who they are.