Dear All,

A new year is upon us!  I hope you have all had a refreshing break over Christmas and are feeling energised and excited about the coming year.

The What’s It is again action packed.  Good news for our students who are online is that the What’s It will again be available on the LRCCS website, as I now have the technical know how to do this.  So, if you lose your What’s It just log on to www.lrccs.org.au and it will be there.

We are also reviewing Student Handbook and Policies and Procedures.  The 2008 version of these documents will also be available online once the revision is complete.

Kathryn

Tutorials & Practicals

Practice Your Counselling

The federal accrediting body for counsellors (PACFA) has increased the number of hours required for counsellor training. 

It seems timely for us to remind you of the need to attend as many opportunities for counselling practice as you can.

Inverell Tutorial

Lois is conducting the next Tutorial on Saturday, February 16th at 15 Tulare Cres — 9.30 am — 4 pm

Lois’s Work Phone number is 6722 3179 — please call in business hours.

Tamworth Tutorial

The next Tamworth Tutorial will be run by Betty on February 9th and will be held at 88 Bridge Street.

9 am – 4 pm

Please call 6762 5210 to register

Armidale Tutorial

The next Armidale Tutorial will be run by Jenny on and will be held at the Anglican Counselling Service rooms in the Diocesan Registry on Saturday, 1st March , 9.30—4.30.

Please call 6762 5210 to register

Moree Tutorial

There will be no tutorial in Moree in February. Could all Moree students please contact Wendy to organise dates for March.

Wendy’s phone number is 6752 3419.

Practical Dates for 2008

Residential Practicals will be conducted in

The programme for the Tamworth residential has been arranged so that students can attend for 1, 2 or 3 days. 

Our present plan is:

Friday - whole day of Practical work

Saturday - Presentation and practice around Psychiatric Disorders and Depression

Sunday a.m. - Essay writing at Academic level

As usual the 2 day Basic Training in Counselling Skills will occur on Saturday and Sunday for those who wish to attend.

For accommodation options please call 6762 5210.

Fees for 2008

Enclosed are the revised fees for 2008.

(Online readers can access the new fees via this link - Fees)

Scholarships—Applications open now!

If you would like to apply for a Scholarship it is time to get your application in.  Information and the Application form are on the LRCCS website www.lrccs.org.au or at the office.  All applications are assessed on the basis of greatest need so please make sure that you have provided detailed reasons for applying.  It is strongly recommended that you complete the Income and Expenditure section of the Application form.  Any supporting documents will also assist in the assessment of applications received.  Applications are assessed in late February.

New Manual for Students

We will be distributing the new Introduction to Basic Counselling Training.  It will be handed out at the tutorials listed in this What’s It.  If you wont be at a tutorial during this time please contact the office and we will mail it to you.

From the Desk

We have recently had books donated to the Tamworth Library, a list is on the inside of this What’s It.

Jane has also prepared some instructions for students on how to access free online resources.

(Online readers can access both of these documents by clicking on the links at the top left of this page)

See LRCCS contacts page for general enquiries.

Do you have any comments to make about this website? Send mail to eservice@lrccs.org.au with your comments. 
Last modified: 03-Sep-2008