Friday, April 16
The activities begin Friday April 16th with a half day workshop presented by CCA – Professional Leadership Training which will be presented Friday morning. Another half day workshop will be presented Friday afternoon by the CLPCA – Self-Care for the Counselor. To register for the CCA and CLPCA workshops click here.

In conjunction to these half day workshops, the CCDA will be presenting a full-day spring training – How Families Influence Our Career Choices and How We Can Use That Information in the Counseling Process. A continental breakfast and buffet style lunch are included in the CCDA workshop package. For more information click here. To register for the CCDA workshop, visit their Web site at by clicking here.

We’ll cap the day off with a reception sponsored by CCA, CCDA & CLPCA. (Note: you do not have to attend the workshops in order to attend the reception.)  Hors d’ oeuvres will be served at the reception and it will be a great way to meet other professionals from around the state as well as the teams from your state divisions. To register for the reception click here.

Saturday, April 17
The day begins with registration, a continental breakfast, and a short CCA “kick-off” meeting. Participants will then choose the first breakout session they’d like to attend. Following the first breakout sessions, participants will attend our keynote speaker’s presentation. We’re very excited to have Dr. David Capuzzi as our speaker this year.

   David Capuzzi, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, is a graduate of Florida State University and licensed as a counselor in Oregon. He is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors as an NCC. Currently, he is Senior Faculty Associate in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Johns Hopkins University. He is professor emeritus at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. From 2007-2009, he served as Affiliate Professor at Pennsylvania State University. He is past president of the American Counseling Association (ACA) which spans 51 countries.
   A frequent keynoter and workshop presenter at professional conferences and institutes, Dr. Capuzzi has also consulted with a variety of school districts and community agencies interested in initiating prevention and intervention strategies for adolescents at risk for suicide. He has facilitated the development of suicide prevention, crisis management, and postvention programs in communities throughout the United States; provides training on the topics of youth at risk, grief and loss, group work and other topics; and serves as an invited adjunct faculty member at other universities as time permits. He is the first recipient of ACA's Kitty Cole Human Rights Award and also a recipient of Leona Tyler Award in Oregon. He was inducted as an ACA Fellow in 2008. 
   He has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous journal articles and books in the area of counseling. His books include Suicide across the Life Span (2004), Introduction to Group Work (2006), Career Counseling: Foundations, Perspectives, and Applications (2006), Foundations of Addictions Counseling (2006), Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions (2007), Youth at Risk: A Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents (2008), Introduction to the Counseling Profession (2009), and Suicide Prevention in the Schools: Guidelines for Middle and High School Settings (2009). Visit his Web site by clicking here. 

Note: Dr. Capuzzi’s airfare has been sponsored by Chi Sigma Iota at Regis University!

Following Dr. Capuzzi’s presentation, a buffet lunch will be provided along with a short CCA presentation. After lunch participants will be able to visit poster presentations as well as various vendors who’ll be joining us.

The afternoon will be full of many more breakout sessions. We’re very excited to have a line up of great speakers who’ll be presenting a wide variety of topics for participants. CCA is qualified to provide Continuing Education Units (CEU) so participants can obtain the necessary documentation as proof of attendance at the end of the day on Saturday. To register on line for Saturday’s conference activities click here or click here to print the registration form and mail it in.

This is just a very brief over view of the exciting activities scheduled for this year’s conference. We’ve contracted with the DoubleTree Hotel at the Denver Tech center. The hotel is newly remodeled and has easy access right of I-25 at Orchard Road (Greenwood Village). The hotel is offering special rates for conference attendees ($79.00 plus tax per night). You can registration at 1-800-327-2242 (use group code CCA) or you can register online by clicking here.

Below is a brief outline of the scheduled events and the costs per each. Stay tuned for further details regarding  descriptions of the workshops, the keynote presentation, the breakout sessions as well as the poster sessions which will be offered.

We’re looking forward to the conference and we hope you’ll be able to join us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the following:

Shruti Poulsen – Conference Committee Chair
April Young – CCA President
Wendy Winter-Searcy – CCA President Elect & CCDA Past President
Jeanne Timmons – CCDA Workshop Coordinator
Amber Rockwell – CLPCA President

For a detailed schedule of programs, breakout sessions, and poster sessions click here.

Fees