SE Asia School Counselling Network

Conference 2025/26

The annual conference is a chance for School Counsellors from across the region (and beyond!) to connect, share good practice and engage in self care with other professionals who know exactly what their job entails. As International School Counsellors we have a perculiar and often isolating role – getting together once a year helps us to feel part of a community with our peers.

We are really excited to announce that our 14th annual conference will be held at British International School Phuket on 13-15th November 2025. A massive thank you to the team at ISPP in Cambodia for hosting last year, feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

We are also excited to announce Megan Norton will be facilitating our Pre-Conference Training (starts 9am) Thursday 13th November:

Third Culture Kids: Belonging, Identity and Grief. 9am – 3.30pm Thursday 13th November.

Megan Norton-Newbanks, is an Adult Third Culture Kid (who calls 10 countries and 6 U.S. states “home”), writer, podcast host of A Culture Story, and global speaker who designs and delivers socio-emotional programming tailored to globally mobile families and youth. She is the author of 

“Belonging Beyond Borders: How Adult Third Culture Kids Can Cultivate a Sense of Belonging,” and the editor of “Letters Now Sent: A Collection of Letters from the Globally Mobile”. This training session is open to all educators who would like to know more about the TCK experience and get practical strategies to support these students in our schools. B4000 per person.

The Conference: B4000 (THB)

14th November: 10am – 5pm + evening social.
Friday will include talks on: Belonging in International Schools, Trauma, Child Protection and TCKs & University Transitions.

15th November: 8am – 3pm
Saturday is devoted to workshops. We have 20 workshops to choose from in 5 workshop slots.
Thank you to everyone who has signed up to deliver a workshop – we could not do the conference without you!

Please register here

As always the conference aims to give participants practical strategies that they can use in their work with children and young people, and on the Friday evening a social is planned, to give participants the opportunity to unwind and get to know their peers from across the region.

The conferences are run not-for-profit and the entry fee covers costs only. We would not be able to put on annual conferences if it were not for the generosity of the host schools and you, our speakers.

We recommend booking this hotel for your time in Phuket and we will provide transport to and from here to the school on the days of the conference: https://www.supichapoolaccesshotel.com/. Please note we cannot provide your transport to and from the airport.

We hope to see you there! Aylssa