A Guide to SCT Conference
If you're new to SCT Conferences, here's a short "map" of the offerings. You can also contact SCT trainers Linda Solomon Scott (lscott1244@yahoo.com) or Susan Cassano (susancassano@sbcglobal.net) for advice on which events are most likely to meet your goals, given your particular interests and experience with SCT. Everyone new to the conference will be offered a "buddy" who is familiar with SCT and the Conference as a resource for questions, suggestions, etc.
Now, for an Overview:
The conference consists of a weekend Pre-Conference Institute followed by the Five-Day Conference. You can attend either or both.
There are Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced and Open to All training events. These levels reflect the SCT training curriculum. As a first-timer, choose Foundation tracks or Open to All events. You can also choose Clinical, Organizational Development, SAVI, Research, Theory & Basics, Education, Mind/Body or General Interest content tracks in the afternoons of the Five-Day Conference.
Pre-Conference Institute:
For new attendees and those with little SCT experience, we offer the popular Introduction to Systems-Centered Foundation Training for Groups and Individuals (#201) as well as the foundation SAVI institute Making a Map of Communication-SAVI: Tracking the Patterns that Matter (#203). Returning this year is Muscular Intelligence: Centering, Containment and Regulation of Arousal (#205), which enhances one's ability to center and contain by addressing the body level of experience.
In addition, we have an exciting new institute offering this year: An Introduction to SCT and Its Applications in Clinical, Organizational and Educational Contexts (#206). This one-day workshop on Saturday promises to be a great opportunity for new as well as experienced conference-goers to see SCT in action. This instute is followed on Sunday by two choices for those wanting in-depth training in either SCT in Clinical Practice (#207) or SCT in Organizational Work (#208). It is recommended that attendees who are new to SCT do not take just a Sunday offering without the benefit of the Saturday introductory institute. Read more...
The Five-Day Conference:
The conference has three main components: the morning training sessions, afternoon workshops, and a large group meeting that runs throughout the conference. Read more...
Large Group: This 90-minute conference-as-a-whole practicum starts the conference on Sunday evening and ends it on Friday afternoon. Meeting at the end of each day (except Wednesday), the large group explores the conference experience using functional subgrouping.
Morning Training Sessions: The Foundation level experiential training group meets for 90 minutes each morning, Monday through Friday (in parallel with Intermediate and Advanced levels). During the second half of the morning, the 90-minute Drop-In Groups are open to all and focus on theory or a particular skill. Read more...
Afternoon Workshops: The one and two-hour workshops focus on applying systems-centered theory and methods in various contexts. In addition to your usual opportunity to sample workshops that look interesting, you can "specialize" by choosing to follow an organizational development, clinical, theory & basics, research, education, mind/body, SAVI or general interest track. (The workshops are coded by training track.) Read more...
Social events: The Monday night dinner is an SCT conference tradition that offers attendees time to socialize, make new friends, and reconnect with old friends. This year's dinner is at Maggiano's, an Italian restaurant a short walk from the host hotel. A Silent Auction will be held during the conference with proceeds going to the Yvonne Agazarian Research Scholar Fund. A Thursday Night Party at the host hotel, sponsored by SCTRI, will offer food, fun, a cash bar, prizes and dancing til dawn. This year's theme is sports teams. Wear your favorite team's cap or jersey!