Save The Date! October 25 - Statewide Counselor Cadre
Carolyn Stone will join Kentucky counselors virtually from 9 a.m.-noon ET on Oct. 25 to present legal and ethical considerations for school counselors.
Stone was the 2006 President of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). She has chaired the last three revisions of the American School Counselor’s Ethical Standards and recently retired from serving more than 15 years as ASCA’s Ethics Chair.
Submit specific questions or topics you would like Stone to discuss. Please register through your local regional cooperative.
Suicide Prevention Training Due This Week
Requirements for Suicide Prevention Staff Training:
- KRS 156.095 requires all school district employees with job duties requiring direct contact with students in grades 6 through 12 to fulfill one hour of high-quality suicide prevention training every year. The training should include the recognition of signs and symptoms of possible mental illness and shall be provided either in person, by live streaming or via a video recording.
Requirement for Suicide Prevention Student Training (6th-12th grades):
- KRS 156.095 requires that every public school shall provide suicide prevention awareness information in person, by live streaming or via video recording with information to all students in grades 6-12 by Sept. 15 of each year.
A comprehensive toolkit designed to help schools develop or strengthen their written policies and procedures around suicide postvention, prevention and intervention at the school and district level has been released. For more information, email Brittany Young, mental health and suicide prevention enhancement specialist at the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health.
 School Counselor and School-Based Mental Health Service Provider Use of Time - Due November 1
- Senate Bill 102, KRS 158.4416, has been updated regarding what information superintendents shall report annually by Nov. 1. It includes school counselors, with the addition of any school-based mental health providers. The form and other information may be found within this guidance document.
Early Graduation Program Updated Guidance
Advanced Placement Exams Updated Guidance
Shout Outs!
The Kentucky School Counselor Association held its annual state conference in Lexington this month. Among the keynote speakers were Julia Cook (@juliacookonline) author of many children's books counselors use daily.
 Trauma expert and author Jessica Sinarski, aobve, (@JessicaSinarski) presented topics relevant to how children's brains function once trauma has occurred and strategies for educators to implement within their daily settings.
 Molly Hudgens (@MudgensHolly), above and below, presented her inspiring story as a middle school counselor in Sycamore, Tenn., when she intervened to save her school and a student from a potential act of violence.
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