Thursday, September 10, 2009

From Virginia Beach

I worked on my presentation as I set in the Beach Coffee House in VA Beach. I love coffee houses - this was a good one. Tomorrow I will be presenting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk Va. It's a national conference for the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE) which is an organization of counselors, educators, and other professionals that advances the counseling profession by providing leadership, training, and research in the creation, development, production, and use of assessment and diagnostic techniques. It's a privilege to present at AACE. I spoke at their national conference last year in San Antonio TX and they invited me back for their 2009 conference. Another good thing just happened. David Olson has me listed on his website along with other researchers - now I'm listed along with the rest - to see it go to https://www.prepare-enrich.com/ - click "research" then "research articles" then "Research with Ethnic and Cultural Groups" and you'll see my name beside David Olson's. Olson followed my study by analyzing the data I used in my dissertation and found similar results. Some time ago he published it in his newsletter and now it is on his website. Just in case you don't know, David Olson is a guru - a leading researcher in the field of marriage and family assessment and therapy. I am so amazed because God did it again for this ol'Boone County boy. God is so good to me and I love him with all my heart. I know he's the one who opens these doors. Ok, got to go to pre-conference meetings. Tonight I will put the finishing touches on my presentation. Kim and the girls emailed family pics and I am putting them in my ppt so I can show everyone pics of my family.