136 – WELSTech Road Trip: Aurora, CO

Go on the road with the WELSTech Podcast as we explore distance counseling in Aurora, CO.

Road trip:

(3:13) Distance Counseling – Martin and Sallie pack their virtual bags and head across the country to visit Aurora, CO where we visit with Liz Seelow from New Beginnings – A Home For Mothers and Dan Nommensen from Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Services (WLCFS).  Liz shares her first-hand experience with the WLCFS Member Assistance Program distance counseling service.  Listen for tips on starting a similar program in your area.

• New Beginnings – A Home For Mothers
• Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Services
• WLCFS Member Assistance Program Overview
• Nefsis Video Conferencing

A typical Member Assistance Program session

The WELSTech Road Trip tracker

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• (18:52) Tools for the 21st Century Teacher – an e-book by Michael Zimmer
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Community feedback:

(24:40) Pastor Rob Guenther from Gethsemane in Raleigh, NC shared lots of ideas and questions including a link to Format Factory, and audio video converter

Coming up on WELSTech:

(30:42) Episode 137 – The next stop on the WELSTech summer 2010 Road Trip is Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School in New Ulm, MN where we’ll talk with teacher and registrar Heath Dobberpuhl about their new student management system. (Release date 06/23/10)

The featured artist:

(31:30) We close the podcast with the music of Stephen Bautista (www.stephenbautistamusic.com or stephenbautista on Twitter) – Trying to Catch the Wind from his CD titled “Abandon”

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