Hello again, ASGW friends!

Our Georgia branch is rich with opportunity to provide support and learning activities about the specialty of group work close to our homes. Group work within the counseling profession is increasing due to many social, educational and even financial factors. As a branch of ASGW in Georgia, we offer a touchstone for professionals in many areas, such as clinical work, school counseling and guidance, and task groups in business or educational settings.

GASGW: “What’s Happening? Group Practice and Research”

Georgia Association for Specialists in Group Work

       Workshop - Saturday, May 17, 2008

       Hosted by Fort Valley State University

       at our Warner Robins, Georgia Campus


 Feature Presentation:

8:30 – 11:30am  Selecting Group Techniques

Dr. Jeri L. Crowell, FVSU, (President GASGW) presents the PGTM, or Purposeful Group Techniques Model, from the new book, Group Techniques: How to Use Them More Purposefully (2008) by Conyne, Crowell, & Newmeyer (University of Cincinnati). Practical usage and training applications are revealed to improve group leaders’ skills and provides an ecological theoretical base for understanding group interventions and process.

 
CALL FOR PROGRAMS--A great time for you to tell us what YOU are doing! 

DUE by April 10. Share your ideas!

Proposals are for 55-minute slots to present group work practice ideas and research programs and findings. This is an excellent opportunity for students to present! Please include a one paragraph bio for the program. CEU’s are available.


HELP—Give us some feedback:                                                         

Did you know that the School Counselor Education master’s degree at Fort Valley State
University is looking to be  re-activated any day? Pass the word and have people contact us at
drjerryga@msn.com  or jeri.crowell@gmail.com.

 The fourth biennial Y.O.U.T.H. conference for high school juniors and seniors held at FVSU is being scheduled for January 28 & 29 or February 4 & 5, 2009. Which date is better?Submit your proposal to Dr. Jerry Mobley at 478-825-6366, drjerryga@msn.com or Dr. Jeri Crowell at 478-825-6366,  jeri.crowell@gmail.com

 

Please share this information with someone you know who is interested in group work, and ask them to contact me. We have a dedicated group of professional educators who have helped to generate some real enthusiasm about this organization. Dr. Jerry Mobley, my colleague from Ft. Valley State University, is our Treasurer, Dr. Jonathan Orr from Georgia State University is your President-Elect, and Dr. George McMahon from Georgia State University is our Secretary. Will you join us in this venture? 
                       
Membership dues are $10 for members annually (July 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009), and $5 for student members.

Have a blessed day and I look forward to working with you! 

Jeri L. Crowell, EdD, LPC, NCC                                                          Assistant Professor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fort Valley State University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Fort Valley,  Georgia 31030                                                                                                                                                                                                jeri.crowell@gmail.com                                                                                                                                                 

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Marcel Proust, French novelist (1871 - 1922)