<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div>Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S<o:p></o:p>Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education<o:p></o:p>Ohio University<o:p></o:p>The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services<o:p></o:p>205 McCracken Hall<o:p></o:p>Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Phone: 740-593-0846<o:p></o:p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:leinbaug@ohio.edu">leinbaug@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Show, by your actions, that you choose peace over war, freedom over oppression, voice over silence, service over self-interest, respect over advantage, cooperation over competition, action over passivity, diversity over uniformity, and justice over all.  <o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: ACA Public Policy Listserv [mailto:ACA-GR@LISTSERV.COUNSELING.ORG] On Behalf Of Christie Lum Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:54 PM To: ACA-GR@LISTSERV.COUNSELING.ORG Subject: Public Policy Events @ ACA Conference in New Orleans Importance: High<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><h1 style='margin-bottom:22.0pt'><img border=0 width=237 height=116 id="Picture_x005f_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CAC06D.B1808A80" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01C97584.BDDF2320"><o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Public Policy & Legislation Events<o:p></o:p></h1>ACA Annual Conference 2011<o:p></o:p><h1>New Orleans, LA<o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1>The ACA Task Force on School Counseling: <o:p></o:p>What are We Doing?<o:p></o:p>Friday, March 25th <o:p></o:p>11:00 am - 12:00 pm<o:p></o:p>Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211<o:p></o:p>Program ID #161 (60 minutes)<o:p></o:p>Lynn Linde, Task Force Chair, Silver Spring, MD<o:p></o:p><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>ACA Public Policy & Legislation <o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Committee Meeting<o:p></o:p></h1>Friday, March 25th    <o:p></o:p>1:00 pm - 3:00 pm<o:p></o:p><h1>Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Jefferson Ballroom<o:p></o:p></h1><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>Federal Policies Affecting Counselors: <o:p></o:p>How Can They Be Changed?<o:p></o:p>Saturday, March 26th <o:p></o:p>2:00 pm - 3:30 pm<o:p></o:p>Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211<o:p></o:p>Program ID #452 (90 minutes)<o:p></o:p>Scott Barstow & Dominic Holt, American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA<o:p></o:p>Counselors are affected every day by federal and state programs and policies.  Learn what’s being done to increase public support for recognition <o:p></o:p>of counselors, and why it is vitally important that counselors become advocates for their profession.  This combination training and legislation update <o:p></o:p>session will be led by ACA’s professional lobbyists.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>Keeping Up With the Counseling Profession:<o:p></o:p>Current Issues on the National Level<o:p></o:p>Saturday, March 26th <o:p></o:p>3:45 pm - 4:45 pm<o:p></o:p>Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 201-202<o:p></o:p>Program ID #504 (60 minutes)<o:p></o:p>David Kaplan, American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA<o:p></o:p>ACA wants to help you stay up to date with current issues on the national level.  ACA's Chief Professional Officer will discuss the new consensus <o:p></o:p>definition of counseling, a major legal challenge that would allow counselors to discriminate against GLBT clients, the effect of the DSM-5 revision <o:p></o:p>on counseling, legislation mandating counselor entry into the VA system, new counselor competencies, the implementation of the seminal mental health <o:p></o:p>parity law, TRICARE independent practice status for counselors, Medicare, licensure portability, the future of professional counseling and other current <o:p></o:p>seminal issues as time permits.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>ACA Resource Center – Public Policy Booth<o:p></o:p>Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A<o:p></o:p><![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Thursday, March 24th              4:30 pm – 7:00 pm (Welcome Reception)<o:p></o:p><![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Friday, March 25th                 10:30 am – 6:00 pm<o:p></o:p><![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Saturday, March 26th             10:00 am – 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p>Free materials will be available<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div>To unsubscribe from the ACA-GR list, click the following link: <a href="http://listserv.counseling.org/SCRIPTS/WA-COUNSELING.EXE?SUBED1=ACA-GR&A=1" target="_blank">http://listserv.counseling.org/SCRIPTS/WA-COUNSELING.EXE?SUBED1=ACA-GR&A=1</a> <o:p></o:p></div></body></html>

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