Newsletter
The Newsletter includes Fieldwork reports, research articles, professional perspectives on topics of relevance to counselling and guidance, state reports, as well as a sharing of lighter moments from conferences.
The Newsletter Editor, Dr Michael Faulkner, welcomes articles across a range of topics. If you have something you would like to say to our Australian school counselling and guidance membership, do contact him (m.faulkner@latrobe.edu.au).Contributions from practitioners about aspects of their work are encouraged.
Below are a selection of the many articles published in recent editions of the AGCA Newsletter. This is a sampling from the regular Newsletter articles provided to our members bi-annually. For more information about membership click on the link in the header above.
Measuring Boys Psycho-Social Development through Rock and Water
This Field Report is one example of how we can value add to the efforts of schools to turn the students of today into the citizens of tomorrow. Katrina Langhorn's article describes the core intentions of the Rock and Water program along with a school application and the positive learnings from this.
This Field Report is one example of how we can value add to the efforts of schools to turn the students of today into the citizens of tomorrow. Katrina Langhorn's article describes the core intentions of the Rock and Water program along with a school application and the positive learnings from this.
Children's Peace Literature Award 2008
The Children's Peace Literature Award recognises an author of a children's story that promotes sentiments and actions that seek conflict resolution rather than the forceful imposition of the will of the protagonist. Kate Prescott, a past president of the AGCA, articulates the purpose of the Psychologists for Peace, the Literature they reviewed and the selection of the winner.
The Children's Peace Literature Award recognises an author of a children's story that promotes sentiments and actions that seek conflict resolution rather than the forceful imposition of the will of the protagonist. Kate Prescott, a past president of the AGCA, articulates the purpose of the Psychologists for Peace, the Literature they reviewed and the selection of the winner.
Remotely Interested - School Psychology on the Lands
Tim Thornton, SPA's School Psychologist of the Year in 2007, writes about his experiences servicing remote aboriginal schools in WA near the SA and NT borders. This revealing field report is a must read for those interested in the variety and depth of our members' work.
Tim Thornton, SPA's School Psychologist of the Year in 2007, writes about his experiences servicing remote aboriginal schools in WA near the SA and NT borders. This revealing field report is a must read for those interested in the variety and depth of our members' work.
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