Professional Programs & Training

Feel in Control: Ideas and Strategies for Managing Difficult Student Behavior (6) | Cindy Evoy, LMSW
Social workers are often faced with the task of figuring out what to do with the children who are not controlling themselves in school, as well as helping staff learn how to effectively intervene. Review causes of misbehavior including ADHD, autism, anxiety and ODD. Identify concrete strategies including prevention and intervention techniques. Use case examples to demonstrate effective development of a functional behavior assessment and behavior intervention plans. Feel more in control and prepared to handle all types of challenging student behavior.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (5) | Barbara Wybrecht 
Every day in our country over 10,000 babies are born. Over 100 of them will be born with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. These children have changes in the way their brain developed and functions, resulting in a life-long disability. For this reason, it's imperative social workers make changes in their educational and therapeutic approaches and strategies. Provides the latest knowledge and resources available as well as concrete skills and strategies to help struggling families.

Human Trafficking: Implications for Social Workers (6) | David Manville, LMSW
Become aware of the horrors of modern day slavery, human trafficking and the abuse of vulnerable men, women and children throughout the world. Many times, these people have been removed their own countries and have limited, if any resources. These survivors have issues such as PTSD, have suffered endless sexual/physical and psychological abuse, shame and substance abuse issues. Be exposed to the myths about human trafficking. Learn about the hundreds of anti-slavery and other groups combating this dilemma you can connect with to assist with ending this serious crime.

Identifying and Working with Human Trafficking Survivors (3) | David Manville, LMSW*
Human Trafficking is not just a world-wide epidemic––it reaches into our own communities. These survivors could have issues such as PTSD, substance abuse, psychological abuse, shame and have suffered endless sexual/physical and psychological abuse. Social workers are in unique situations to assist in identifying and locating/providing services. Learn tools to assist in identifying survivors, methods to utilize to approach and engage survivors and information on local agencies providing services.

Managing Difficult Client Behaviors (6) | Tony Alvarez, LMSW
Clients, young and old, have been known to lose control of their emotions, especially when confronted with some of their realities by the child welfare worker. In these circumstances, clients are prone to escalating behaviors. You need effective techniques in interviewing and de-escalating to help these clients gain control so they can continue to work towards set goals. Learn to identify agitated clients, make meaning of their actions and help them de-escalate while keeping all concerned safe.

Practical Use of Eco-Maps and Genograms (6) | Janet Hunko, LMSW
Understand and use eco-maps and genograms when working with clients and family systems. Gain experience using these valuable tools which can then be operationalized in every-day practice.

Strengthening the Involvement of Fathers (6) | David Manville, LMSW
Learn that father inclusion in programs promotes a commitment to family-centered practice; not a mother-child centered practice. Learn how to coordinate efforts to promote gather involvement; ways to target outreach to fathers; all with the goal of successfully engaging fathers to improve their life, their child's life and for the betterment of the community.

Suicide Prevention and First Aid (6) | Tony Alvarez, LMSW
Offers a public health approach to preventing suicide. Provides a suicide first aid model. Look at risk and protective factors and consider ways you may address this public health concern in your setting.

Understanding and Working with Survivors of Trauma (6) | Tana Bridge, Ph.D., LMSW
Trauma informed practice implies mental health professionals have working knowledge of not only what signs and symptoms exist with trauma but also, how trauma impacts brain function, coping and consumer well-being. Learn the basics of trauma definition and symptomology, with special focus on brain process and its impact on coping. Discuss unhealthy coping, components of trauma-informed practice and critical consideration for intervention.

What Every Social Worker Needs to Know about Domestic Violence (6) | Jeffrie Cape, LMSW
Increase your ability to recognize and address it when they see it in your practice. Covers the concept of abuse as a learned choice behavior and address myths about substance use, anger and trauma as the underlying cause. Explore the difference between women who use force and men who batter both in terms of etiology and appropriate intervention. Learn about: the effects of abuse on children, lethality indicators, assessment, coordinated community response and coercive control. 

Working through an Ethical Lens: Decision-making (6/ethics) | Tana Bridge Ph.D., LMSW
With a commitment to providing best practice interventions, ethical perspective and decision-making remain paramount, this presentation allows you to review your professional code of ethics and learn where ethical dilemmas impact both the populations we serve and those issues commonly experienced. Learn a framework to work through and arrive at the most ethical response.