Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

This informative presentation with Holly Pruett, founder of PDX Death Cafe, will offer insight into "home funerals", non-commercial options after-death, and the rights families have to care for their dead under Oregon law. Free for GSEC students, faculty, adjuncts, and staff. Alumni save 20%.

Caring for Our Dead: Making Home Funeral Information Easy to Find [Online] Thursday, October 10, 2024, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | 2 CEUs

We are proud and inspired by this OPB profile of L&C alum Charlene Williams EdD '15, who embodies the leadership qualities and commitment to social justice at the heart of our doctoral program in educational leadership. Oregon Department of Education

Oregon education chief emphasizes ‘love and joy’ in schools despite challenges Going into the new school year, Oregon schools are facing several challenges, from enrollment declines and budget issues to low attendance rates and high student needs. But Charlene Williams said those factors are only part of the story.

Supervisors play an influential role in helping and supporting supervisees to develop an intersectional lens, socio-culturally attune to their clients’ lived experiences, and have conversations about diversity. This online workshop will focus on using a socio-culturally attuned lens to discuss race, ethnicity, and culture within the supervisory setting.

Conversations about Race and Ethnicity in Clinical Supervision [Online] Friday, September 27, 2024, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 3 CEUs

School psychologists provide vital services in K-12 schools by providing mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental supports for students. Their work has a huge impact on kids, families, school climate, and even school safety.

But there is a shortage of licensed school psychologists across Oregon, and especially in rural communities. L&C has trained school psychologists for years, but this fall we will begin a hybrid program that allows folks already working in school districts in rural and coastal areas to become school psychologists without having to leave their communities.

Oregon college launches remote program to address shortage of school psychologists in rural communities The first cohort includes students in Ashland, Redmond and Hermiston.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an increasingly visible, but often misunderstood and mischaracterized, treatment approach for trauma. This online introductory workshop on August 11th will look at three dimensions of EMDR: theory, practice, and research.

An Introduction to EMDR Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Research [Online] Friday, August 16, 2024, 9-11 a.m. | 2 CEUs

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an increasingly visible, but often misunderstood and mischaracterized, treatment approach for trauma. This online introductory workshop will look at three dimensions of EMDR: theory, practice, and research.

An Introduction to EMDR Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Research [Online] Friday, August 16, 2024, 9-11 a.m. | 2 CEUs

July is Disability Pride Month! We invite you to join the CCE for an online workshop with the creators of the film, 'We are the Most Beautiful People | Adults with Disabilities' on Monday, July 15th. Registration and more information is available on our website.

We are the Most Beautiful People | Adults with Disabilities: A Disability Justice Panel Discussion [Online] Monday, July 15, 2024, 1-4:30 p.m. | 3.5 CEUs

Summer looks good on our campus! ☀️

This online workshop on August 13 will explore how intersectionality and oppressive systems are at play in current frameworks for disability identification and intervention, and examine strategies for neurodiversity affirming care.

Neurodiversity Affirming Frameworks: Disruption of Ableism in Identification and Intervention [Online] Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | 3 CEUs or PDUs

Jenn Burleton, TransActive Gender Project program director and founder, is retiring. Since bringing TransActive to the Center for Community Engagement in 2019, Jenn has been paramount in providing community training, support services, and program development on topics surrounding gender diversity.

On behalf of the entire Graduate School of Education and Counseling, thank you Jenn for all you have done and for the incredible impact you have made in the lives of the children, youth, and families you have served and advocated for. We wish you all the best!

A Titan of Trans Rights Advocacy is Retiring Jenn Burleton, TransActive Gender Project program director and founder, is retiring. Since bringing TransActive to the Center for Community Engagement in ...

Intrigued by the discussion of Cherie Savoie Tintary in ArtsWatch ? Come see Tintary's work, along with pieces by Lewis & Clark graduate school students and staff in the Exquisite Community exhibit June 8 and 22 and July 6 and 20, from 12-3 p.m., at L&C's community counseling center on 4445 SW Barbur Blvd.

Cherie Savoie Tintary’s collages at Chehalem Cultural Center turn old magazines into nostalgic whimsy The Forest Grove artist uses images from old maps and nearly a century's worth of American magazines to create pieces that range from overstuffed to exuberantly symbolist.

It is the Pacific Northwest after all... a little rain won't stop us from celebrating our awesome grads!

Congratulations to our graduating class! 🎉 We are so proud of you and can't wait for you to continue making an impact as advocates and change-makers in your communities.

This upcoming online workshop with the creators of the documentary 'We Are the Most Beautiful People: Adults with Disabilities' will provide an engaging and safe space for curiosity, creativity, and opportunity for enriching discussion topics exploring concepts related to disability justice. Monday, July 15, 1-4:30 p.m., offered for 3.5 CEUs

We are the Most Beautiful People | Adults with Disabilities: A Disability Justice Panel Discussion [Online] Monday, July 15, 2024, 1-4:30 p.m. | 3.5 CEUs

Upcoming CCE workshop co-presenter Drew Matott, MFA shares his experience of how a healing project with his family unfolded into a career path and passion. Monday is the final day to sign up for Papermaking as Therapeutic Art and Social Action!

The Healing Capabilities of Papermaking and Therapeutic Art Upcoming CCE workshop co-presenter Drew Matott, MFA shares his experience of how a healing project with his family unfolded into a career path and passion.

So proud of our school counseling alum Michael Blankenship for meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ students!

How to turn $21 into $25,000 - Northwest Crimson & Gray - WSU Vancouver Michael Blankenship put his passion for education and diversity to work in raising money to create the first officially endowed scholarship supporting LGBTQ+ students across the WSU system.

Great teachers make a difference for thousands of kids across their careers. Those careers start with the great professors at L&C's Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

If you want to learn about place-based learning (and lots more), this is the place for you!

Close your textbook and go outside: How ’place-based learning’ connects lessons to real life Part of being a teacher is figuring out how to get students to enjoy learning. One way to do that is to close the textbook and get them out of the classroom — to connect and see social studies or science in the real world.

As director of Oregon’s Department of Education, Charlene Williams EdD ’15 applies lessons honed at Lewis & Clark. “We should enter our leadership roles with open hearts and minds, clear on our why. ‘Why are we in leadership?’ That keeps us focused on making a difference, measuring the impact, moving resources so that students are going to do better and be better."

Oregon Department of Education

A Champion of Equity and Excellence for Oregon’s Schools Charlene Williams EdD ’15 leads the Oregon Department of Education as a “warm demander” of student, teacher, and educational system success.

The Oregon Writing Project's Summer Institute is an intentional, multi-layered, social justice professional learning experience designed by teachers for teachers to increase educators’ knowledge, confidence, and capacity to help students learn how to write and think with passion and power. Meetings begin in June, and applications are open now!

Workshop in the Teaching of Writing: Four-Week Summer Institute [In-Person] Oregon Writing Project June 7-July 12, 2024

This spring, we are excited to welcome community members to our first continuing education workshop held inside the new Art Therapy studio at the L&C Community Counseling Center!

Papermaking as Therapeutic Art and Social Action [In-Person] Saturday, May 18, 2024, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | 6.5 CEUs

Two new scholarships for current and admitted students pursuing a degree in counseling, therapy, or school psychology are now accepting applications for 2024-25!

Scholarship amounts are based on need and merit and can be up to $20,000. The deadline to apply is March 1. Visit our Graduate Scholarship page for more info and to apply.

Graduate Scholarships Scholarship awards and application processes vary per program. Program application materials and financial need may be used to select scholarship recipients, so timely completion of the program application and the FAFSA or the ORSAA is strongly recommended. 

Be a part of the 2024-25 Gender Diversity in Children and Youth certificate cohort! This 8-month, continuing education program is offered entirely online and begins this fall. Applications are open now, with an early application deadline of March 31.

Gender Diversity Certificate Program A 8-month online program preparing participants to better support trans-spectrum children, youth, and adults — providing the groundwork needed to act as an agent of change within educational systems and youth serving organizations.

A fascinating look from the New York Times about ecotherapy, which brings mental health practitioners and clients into nature. Lewis & Clark's graduate school is one of the first innovators to train professionals in ecotherapy.

Therapists Trade the Couch for the Great Outdoors Mental health practitioners are hiking, camping and braving the elements with their clients — all in an effort to help them connect with the Earth, and with themselves.

While spring is a season to tend to new sprouts, it is also a time to shed what no longer serves us. This upcoming retreat held on campus is an opportunity to renew your passion, enthusiasm, and commitment to leadership alongside fellow change-makers who strive to engage in their work with presence and compassion. Join us in March!

Balancing Life and Leadership: A Courage to Lead Retreat Friday-Sunday, March 15-17, 2024 | 11.5 PDUs or CEUs

Registration ends one week from tomorrow for this online workshop for school psychologists!

Legal Issues in School Psychology [Online] Friday, February 9, 2024, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | 3 CEUs (NASP-approved CPD credits)

Last year, ODE released their Supporting Gender Expansive Students guidelines—widely considered to be among the best in the nation. This workshop with Jenn Burleton (TransActive Gender Project) and Kate Hildebrandt (Oregon Department of Education) will focus on best practices and how these guidelines can be effectively implemented within every community and school district.

Supporting Gender Expansive Students: Implementing the ODE 2023 Guidelines [Online] Saturday, March 2, 2024, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | 4 PDUs

Can a better understanding of dis/ability studies and universal design help cultivate more equitable environments in schools?

This online course with Denise Herrenbruck introduces dis/ability studies, a liberation movement discipline offering unique insight into how we can foster learning, equity, and inclusion in diverse classrooms and schools, with universal design as a guiding principle.

Learn more on our website—coursework begins February 12th!

Dis/ability Studies and Universal Design: Confronting Ableism, Stigma and Privilege in Education [Online] Online, Monday, February 12-March 17, 2024

This upcoming virtual workshop with special education attorney Robin Day, JD will provide legal perspectives and practical suggestions for situations commonly encountered by school psychologists.

Legal Issues in School Psychology [Online] Friday, February 9, 2024, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | 3 CEUs (NASP-approved CPD credits)

This Friday, join the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling Educational Administration Program for a presentation with Dr. Muhammad Khalifa titled, 'What has been missing from Educational Reform? The role of Culturally Responsive School Leadership'

More details and RSVP can be found below!

“What has been missing from Educational Reform? The role of Culturally Responsive School Leadership” with Dr. Muhammad Khalifa Please join the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling Educational Administration Program for Dr. Muhammad Khalifa’s prese...

This upcoming retreat for those who identify as women is an opportunity to explore the heart and soul of leadership. Participants will immerse themselves in the wisdom and metaphors of the winter season, and gather new insights to help weather the continued challenges of leadership with greater clarity, integrity, and resilience.

Tuesday-Friday, December 5-8 in Corbett, Oregon.

Holding the Shadow and the Light: A Courage to Lead Retreat for Women Tuesday-Friday, December 5-8, 2023 | 16 PDUs