ISCA Specialization Certificate Program Courses
ISCA Specialization Certificate Program Courses
Providing the Best Learning Experience
Dr. Emily Meadows
LGBTQ+: Policies, Safeguarding, and Transgender Support
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 12-hour course
- May 20 & 22, 2025
Cultivate a deeper understanding of gender diversity, as well as both the risks and protective factors that impact safety and belonging in international schools.
$ 300 / $ 380
Dr. Emily Meadows
LGBTQ+: Policies, Safeguarding, and Transgender Support
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 6-hour course
- May 20 & 22, 2025
Cultivate a deeper understanding of gender diversity, as well as both the risks and protective factors that impact safety and belonging in international schools.
$ 300 / $ 380
Jacinta Williams
Culturally Competent Counseling: Building Skills and Awareness
- Certified Counselor Program Eligible
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 6-hour course
- November 10 & 17, 2025
This course will help counselors build cultural awareness and self-reflection skills to better serve diverse student populations. Through ongoing personal growth and understanding, counselors will learn how to effectively address the unique needs of students and foster a more inclusive counseling practice.
$ 300 / $ 385
Andrew McGeehan
LGBTQ+: Foundations and Best Practices for Student Support
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 6-hour course
- November 3 and 6, 2025
This course will help educators to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ students and to think critically about how their institution can create a long-term strategic plan to support this community.
$ 300 / $ 380
Andrew McGeehan
Restorative Conversations: Inside and Outside the Classroom
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 9-hour course
- Nov 25, Dec 2 & 4, 2025
This course will help educators understand and apply restorative justice principles to transform how they address conflict and discipline. By focusing on relationships and accountability, educators will learn how to create a more connected and supportive classroom environment through restorative conversations.
$ 395 / $ 475
Andrew McGeehan
Microaggressions: Identifying, Understanding, and Responding
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 3-hour course
- February 18, 2026
Microaggressions come up frequently, both inside and outside the classroom. They often target students, teachers, and staff based on perceived or actual gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or other identity markers.
$ 180 / $ 260
Jacinta Williams
Cheryl Brown
Deepening Cultural Competence:Advanced Strategies for Counselors
- DEIJ Specialization Program Eligible
- 9-hour course
- April 8, 15 & 22, 2026
You will deepen your understanding of what it means to be a culturally competent counselor through the use of different evidence-based strategies, culturally responsive interventions, and mindful self-regulation skills.
$ 395 / $ 475
Debbie Hogan
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Foundations Part 2
- SFBT Specialization Program Eligible
- 12-hour course
- April 28, May 5, 12 and 19, 2025
SFBT Foundations Part 2 provides the essential elements and process for conducting a follow up session utilzing the elegant questioning skills in SFBT.
$ 460 / $ 540
Debbie Hogan
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Foundations Part 1
- Certified Counselor Program Eligible
- SFBT Specialization Program Eligible
- 12-hour course
- July 3, 7, & 10, 2025
SFBT Foundations Part 1 provides essential elements for understanding the origins, history, development, philosophy, key assumptions, and the basic structure for conducting a first session process in SFBT.
$ 460 / $ 540
Debbie Hogan
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Microskills (Part 3)
- SFBT Specialization Program Eligible
- 12-hour course
- July 24, 28 and 31, 2025
Microskills in Solution Focused Brief Therapy enhances the confidence and capability of the participants by finely tuning the use of the elegant SF questions. SFBT Part 1 and 2 teaches a basic framework for the first and session sessions.
$ 460 / $ 540
Debbie Hogan
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Supervisions and Assessment (Part 4)
- SFBT Specialization Program Eligible
This advanced course covers the core aspects of supervision and assessment, emphasizing skills to guide and refine practitioner approaches within sessions. Upon completing this course, you’ll earn the Certified Solution Focused Practitioner and ISCA Specialization Certificate in SFBT.
$ 500
Dr. Marina Niznik
Dr. Scott Poland
Self-Injury: Identifying and Responding to Adolescents in the Schools
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 3-hour course
- April 30, 2025
This course helps school mental health professionals address adolescent self-injury through identification, intervention, and systematic school protocols. Participants will receive Coping with Self-Injury, a practical guide for supporting students.
$ 180 / $ 260
Sarah Pearlz
Supporting Student Mental Health in International Schools
- Certified Counselor Program Eligible
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 9-hour course
- May 8, 15 and 21, 2025
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of common mental health challenges and disorders of children and adolescents in our schools. As we deepen our understanding of mental health and mental illness, we will delve into what plagues our own school communities and develop a mental health plan to take back “home.”
$ 395 / $ 475
Janice Holland
Trauma Informed Care: Essential Practices for International Schools
- Certified Counselor Program Eligible
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 3-hour course
- September 18, 2025
Educators will learn how trauma impacts students and the school community. This course provides counselors and administrators with practical tools to adapt their programs and support both students and staff effectively. Participants will gain strategies for addressing trauma’s effects and receive resources for immediate use in school settings.
$ 180 / $ 260
Tara Eddy
Supporting Anxious Youth in Schools
- Certified Counselor Program Eligible
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 3-hour course
- September 4, 2025
This 3-hour course we will talk about anxiety, how it shows up at school, and how we can unintentionally reinforce it. We will build research-based activities tailored for immediate use with your students and material that you can share with your school staff.
$ 180 / $ 260
Facilitators trained by National Council for Behavioral Health
Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 7-hour course
- October 20 & 22, 2025
Youth Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to help someone who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. An important component of the Youth Mental Health First Aid course is the opportunity to practice the intervention strategy rather than to just learn about it. This simple experience can make it easier to actually apply the knowledge in a real-life situation.
$ 150
Janice Holland
Advancing Trauma-Informed Care Practices: Building Resilient Classrooms in Schools
- Mental Health Specialization Program Eligible
- 9-hour course
- January 12, 19, or 26, 2026
This course is an advanced professional learning course designed to build on the foundational knowledge acquired in our initial trauma-awareness training. This course delves deeper into creating a comprehensive, trauma-informed school environment by focusing on six specific areas essential for fostering resilience and safety in educational settings.
