2009 - Oxford Symposium in School Based Family Counseling

2009 Oxford Symposium in Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona • Spain • July 12th to 17th

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Presentation	Presenter
A Cognitive Perspective on Counseling: Language as a Tool to Understand Human Behavior	José Manuel Igoa González, PhD Profesor Titular de Universidad Departamento de Psicología Básica Facultad de Psicología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
The Mission Possible School-Based Family Counseling Programs in Los Angeles and San Francisco: Successes and Challenges Over 25 Years	Brian Gerrard, PhD Jacqueline Shinefield, EdD Sr. Mary Peter Traviss, OP, PhD University of San Francisco Center for Child and Family Development, San Francisco, California with Marcel Soriano, PhD President: Institute for School-Based Family Counseling and Professor: Division of Administration & Counseling, Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles California,United States
Families Facing Divorce in Catalunya: Upcoming Legislative Changes and the Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach	Connie Capdevilla Brophy, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and Divorce Mediator Barcelona, Catalunya, Espanya
A Cross Cultural Study of Gender Differences in Educational Achievement & Persistence	Mary Ann Clark, PhD Associate Professor: Department of Counselor Education, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, United States
Escola Octavio Paz in Barcelona: The Challenges Faced by Immigrant Children and their Educators	Elías-Gabriel Vera Gormaz, DipProfEGB CEIP Octavio Paz Barcelona, Catalunya, Espanya
The Invisible Children in the Society and its Schools: Immigrant Children and Art as a Second Language	Cristina Igoa, EdD Adjunct Professor: Multicultural Department University of Notre Dame de Namur Belmont, California, United States
African American Males in Special Education: Their Attitudes and Perceptions toward High School Counselors & School Counseling Services	James L. Moore III, PhD Director: Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male& Associate Professor: Counselor Education and Coordinator: School Counseling Program The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
The Co-Construction of Enabling Social Spaces in South African School Communities	Ansie Elizabeth Kitching, MEd Registered Educational Psychologist and Lecturer: Educational Psychology School of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences North-West University Potchefstroom, South Africa
Through Their Eyes	Allan Morotti, PhD Associate Professor & Program Head: Counselor Education, School of Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Judith Morotti, MEd, School Counselor and Family Consultant, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Shattered Dreams, Chronic Sorrow: Navigating at the Intersection of Grief and Hope	Nancy Iverson, MD, Pediatric Consultant and lately Coordinator of Support Groups: Institute for Health and Healing, California-Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States
The Advent of School-Based Family Counseling to Lebanon?!	Huda Ayyash-Abdo, PhD Associate Professor and Chairperson: Social Sciences Department, Lebanese American University Beirut, Lebanon
Challenges Faced by Beginning School-Based Family Counselors and their Counselor-Educators: A Self-Psychological, Developmental Perspective	Peter Geiger, MA, MFT Adjunct Faculty: MFT Program University of San Francisco Sacramento Campus San Francisco, California, United States
The South African Experience of Emigration: A Family Systemic Perspective	Maria Marchetti-Mercer, PhD Professor and Head: Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Mapping Family Systems for Collaborative Life Coaching in Educational Settings	Gertina von Schalkwyk, PhD Assistant Professor: University of Macau Department of Psychology Taipa, Macau SAR, China