Spring - Summer 2018
Course Guide
Continuing Education Program School of Social Work The University of Alabama Vikki L. Vandiver, DrPH Dean and Professor School of Social Work Peggy Swails, MSW, LMSW Continuing Education Coordinator and Instructor Continuing Education Program Amy Dillon Program Assistant Continuing Education Program
The School of Social Work Continuing Education (CE) Program at The University of Alabama provides a rigorous array of timely and relevant interdisciplinary continuing education courses in social work that bear the UA stamp of excellence. We are dedicated to meeting the continuing education needs of social work professionals in Alabama and beyond. Our program provides flexible and innovative educational opportunities, state-of-the-art technical assistance and applied research that touches lives and creates opportunities in ways that make a difference and improve our world. We look forward to your participation. Vikki L. Vandiver, Dean and Professor
Advisory Council For the Continuing Education Program The Continuing Education Advisory Council is made up of the best and brightest professionals from local and state agencies and organizations. Many members are also School of Social Work alumni. Advisory Council members are appointed and serve as advisors to the School of Social Work Continuing Education Program. The charge of the Council is to make suggestions on curriculum and ensure the continued success of the program. The council, which held its first meeting in September 2017 at the University Club, will also focus on helping us reach our destination as the state’s leading program for social work continuing education. We thank each member for their contributions to the program and commitment to ensuring the program’s success. If you have program curriculum suggestions for the council or would like to recommend someone to serve as an advisory council member, please contact Continuing Education Coordinator Peggy Swails at (205) 348-7027.
Members Beverly Bell-Shambley
Retired - Alabama Department of Mental Health
Nancy Buckner
Commissioner Alabama Department of Human Resources
Paul Butler
Steven Lafreniere
Executive Director Alabama Department of Youth Services
Robert McKinney, Jr.
Assistant Professor College of Community Health Sciences, UA
Deputy Commissioner for Field Administration Alabama Department of Human Resources
Joanne Terrell
Marcia Calender
Steve Watson
Deputy Director of Institutional Services Alabama Department of Youth Services
Laurie Hereford Private Practice
Private Practice
Associate Commissioner of Plans and Programs Alabama Department of Corrections
More than 70 social workers and educators attended “Supporting Veterans’ Children through Transitions,” the first workshop of the newly formed Social Work Continuing Education program in June. Learn about upcoming social work events and topics on military and families on page 14.
Contents 2 Getting Started: How to Register for Workshops 3 Schedule At-A-Glance 4 Supervision and Ethics 6 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Youth and Families 8 Tuscaloosa Recognizing the Effects of and Approaches to Childhood Trauma Summit (REACTS) 10 Licensure Examination Preparation Workshop 12 Implementing Best Practices for BEST Care: Strategies for Using a Brief Emotional Support Team Model to Build Team Self-Care and Awareness 14 Additional Events 16 Meeting Facility Directions and Maps 17 Registration Form Visit the Continuing Education Program website:
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Getting Started How to register for workshops
Payment Methods Fees can be paid by check, money order, purchase orders, cash, or credit cards. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. Checks and money orders should be made payable to The University of Alabama. Please include purchase orders with registration form. Student Discount For information regarding student discounts, contact Registration Services at (205) 348-3000.
Online Available 24/7 socialworkceu.ua.edu Telephone 8:00 am - 4:45 pm, Monday - Friday (205) 348-3000 By Mail The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Box 870398 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0398 2
Registration Confirmation A confirmation letter including parking information will be sent to you by email during the week of the workshop. To ensure timely confirmation, please be sure your confirmation email is clearly legible. Requests for Special Accommodations If you require adaptive accommodations, please contact Registration Services 14 days in advance of the event you will be attending for assistance. Office Phone: (205) 348-3000 Email: abergeron@ccs.ua.edu
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Schedule At-A-Glance
FEBRUARY 16 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Supervision and Ethics* (p. 4) Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP
MARCH 9 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Youth and Families (p. 6) Cynthia Franklin, PhD, LCSW, LMFT
APRIL 13 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuscaloosa Recognizing the Effects of and Approaches to Childhood Trauma Summit (REACTS) (p. 8) Funda Yilmaz, LPC
MAY 18-19 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Licensure Examination Preparation Workshop (p. 10) Deborah Cantor, PhD, LICSW
JUNE 29 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
How to Implement Brief Emotional Support Teams (BEST) (p. 12) Kenneth Yeager, PhD, MSW, LISW-S, LICDC
AUGUST 3 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Supervision and Ethics* (p. 4) Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP
* Ethics CEUs: This training is approved to meet ethics requirements for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists.
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Supervision & Ethics February 16, 2018 and August 3, 2018
Workshop Schedule & Fees SUPERVISION AND ETHICS Friday, February 16, 2018 or Friday, August 3, 2018 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 6.0 contact hours (including 3.0 ethics) $99 ETHICS ONLY Friday, February 16, 2018 or Friday, August 3, 2018 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 3.0 ethics contact hours $59 SUPERVISION ONLY Friday, February 16, 2018 or Friday, August 3, 2018 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 3.0 contact hours $59
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Speaker Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP, earned her bachelors of psychology degree from the State University of New York and her MSW from The University of Alabama. She has been a faculty member in the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama for 20 years and retired from full-time teaching in June 2015. Her areas of specialization include psychiatric and forensic social work in inpatient and outpatient settings as well as community organization and advocacy. Read more about Joanne Terrell at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
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Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP The University of Alabama
Ethics The ethics portion of this workshop will identify and analyze frequent professional and popular beliefs about human nature and the personal and societal factors that influence a client’s direction in life. Based on that analysis we will discuss the characteristics of an ethical and effective social worker and the ethical dilemmas they often face. We will then explore ethical behavior in a therapeutic relationship and apply those concepts to case scenarios with course participants’ direct involvement.
Supervision The supervision portion of this workshop will identify and analyze the professional concepts and functions critical to effective clinical supervision for social workers. Various aspects of supervision perspectives will be explored. This workshop will address supervision, diversity and cultural dynamics that supervisees and supervisors face. This workshop will present a six stage model of supervising social workers in the development of assessments and other evaluation tools.
Objectives Participants will: • Clarify and integrate their beliefs related to the profession of social work to ethical social work practice. • Identify the professional and personal characteristics of an ethical social worker. • Learn the ethical imperatives expected of them in a therapeutic relationship. • Gain experience applying those imperatives to case scenarios.
Objectives Participants will: • Learn the basic concepts and functions of a clinical supervisor. • Identify the factors that facilitate effective clinical supervision. • Analyze and become familiar with a six stage model of supervision related to the assessment process in social work. • Gain experience applying these concepts to case scenarios.
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Youth and Families March 9, 2018 Workshop Schedule & Fees Friday, March 9, 2018 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 6.0 contact hours $129 / $159 after February 23, 2018
Speaker Cynthia Franklin, PhD, LCSW, LMFT, is associate dean for doctoral education and the Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Dr. Franklin is an internationally known scholar in school mental health practice. Her practice and research focuses on at-risk youths in schools and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. Read more about Cynthia Franklin at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
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Cynthia Franklin, PhD, LCSW, LMFT The University of Texas at Austin
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a strengths-oriented and resource-focused approach to counseling backed by research that shows it is a useful approach for reducing behavioral and emotional problems and increasing academic achievement in school settings. This workshop describes SFBT and illustrates ways that social workers can use this approach with youth and families. Specific solution-focused techniques are demonstrated through video, experiential exercises, and case materials. How to use SFBT in Tier 1 and team approaches are also discussed. Objectives Participants will: • Be familiar with different ways to apply SFBT when working with youth and families. • Understand the change process of SFBT and how it can be useful to counselors, social workers and teachers. • Increase knowledge about specific change techniques of SFBT. • Be able to identify ways that SFBT can be used within Tier 1 interventions and within transdisciplinary teams.
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Tuscaloosa REACTS
Recognizing the Effects of and Approaches to Childhood Trauma Summit
April 13, 2018
Conference Schedule & Fees Friday, April 13, 2018 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 6.75 contact hours $35
Keynote Speaker Funda Yilmaz, LPC, is the founder and CEO of Atlanta-based Neurofit Global and a professional artist who has used painting, sculpture and dance in working with traumatized children and adults of all ages and life experiences since 2006. After working as a specialist consulting with Fortune 200 organizations, the U.S. Air Force, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and training various child serving organizations around the nation, Yilmaz recognized that millions of people around the world are suffering needlessly because the public isn’t aware of some of the ground-breaking techniques that help discharge high levels of stress from the body and the mind. She is also the author of “My Big Book of Answers,” a fully illustrated self-help workbook for children between the ages of 3 and 9 who are survivors of violence. Read more about Funda Yilmaz at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
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Funda Yilmaz, LPC NeuroFit Global
Tuscaloosa REACTS is a one-day conference that aims to educate community stakeholders about the causes and effects of childhood trauma. This annual summit is an opportunity for area leaders, service providers and community members to increase awareness, promote learning, identify resources and network. Our focus this year will be on innovative interventions for children and youth with traumatic experiences. Yilmaz will discuss the application of the fine arts as a delivery modality for traumatic stress relief interventions in primary care and behavioral health services, in school communities, through the juvenile justice system, and in the child welfare services. Objectives Participants will: • Be able to recognize the causes and effects of childhood trauma. • Gain an increased awareness of childhood trauma in the community. • Learn how to identify resources to help children who have experienced trauma. About the Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Justice Workgroup The Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Justice Workgroup is comprised of community leaders, service providers and University of Alabama faculty and researchers who work together to improve community safety by better addressing the needs of at-risk children. Our goals are to identify gaps in knowledge and services and develop strategies to close those gaps in order to provide research-supported interventions for youth who are involved or who may become involved with the juvenile justice system.
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Licensure Examination Preparation Workshop May 18-19, 2018 Workshop Schedule & Fees BSW CANDIDATES Friday, May 18, 2018 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center $199 MSW AND CLINICAL CANDIDATES Friday, May 18, 2018 12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 11.0 CEUs $350 / $395 after May 4, 2018
Speaker Deborah Cantor, PhD, LICSW, is a clinical social worker who has worked with adolescents, adults and couples since receiving her MSW at Smith College School for Social Work in 1972. She earned her doctorate at Simmons College School of Social Work in 2001. Dr. Cantor taught clinical social work practice as an adjunct faculty member at both Simmons College and Boston University Schools of Social Work. She supervised MSW students and staff during her years of agency practice and served as assistant executive director of Jewish Family Service of Metrowest from 1992-1997. Dr. Cantor is currently in private practice in Framingham, MA. She has taught for SWES since 2002. Read more about Deborah Cantor at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
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Deborah Cantor, PhD, LICSW Social Work Examination Services
This Social Work Examination Services (SWES) Licensing Exam Preparation course is for BSW exam candidates, recent MSW graduates and experienced practitioners preparing to take the Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) licensing examination. Participants will gain an understanding of content in the national licensing exam, learn how to “decode” multiple choice questions on the licensing exam and review major direct service issues that appear in a majority of questions on the exam. Participants also will review major social work content including human behavior, psychopathology and work with special populations, the elderly, children and families. Objectives Participants will: • Be introduced to study strategies. • Gain an understanding of the content of the national licensing exam. • Learn how to “decode” multiple-choice questions of the type that appear on the licensing exam. • Undergo a review of the major direct service issues that represent the majority of questions on the examination. About Social Work Examination Services Since 1984, Social Work Examination Services (SWES) has helped social workers prepare for social work licensure exams. Thousands of license candidates have used SWES methods and materials to successfully pass the national license exam developed by the ASWB. As the trusted partner in university settings around the country, SWES materials have been incorporated into social work school curriculums, and into continuing education programs as the cornerstone material to help prepare social workers for the ASWB licensure exam.
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Implementing Best Practices for BEST Care:
Strategies for Using a Brief Emotional Support Team Model to Build Team Self-Care and Awareness
June 29, 2018 Workshop Schedule & Fees Friday, June 29, 2018 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: Bryant Conference Center 6.0 contact hours $129 / $159 after June 15, 2018
Speaker Kenneth R. Yeager, PhD, MSW, LISW-S, LICDC, is a clinical associate professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and the David E. Schuller Professor for Patient Compassion at The Ohio State University. He also serves as the director of the Stress Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program. Dr. Yeager has numerous publications, including the Oxford University Press book entitled Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Oxford Bibliographies Online editorial board and a treating clinician for the National Football League Program for Substances of Abuse. Read more about Kenneth Yeager at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
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Kenneth Yeager, PhD, MSW, LISW-S, LICDC The Ohio State University
This workshop describes how to apply professional wisdom to process and address difficult situations unique to the work environments of the participants. The speaker will discuss how to understand and address the impact of psychological trauma in a variety of formats, including emotional dysregulation, hypervigilance, avoidance, control and trust. The workshop will increase participants’ understanding of how to maintain self-awareness and connection during challenging encounters. It will also provide assurance and help to reframe negative self-assumptions following emotionally challenging work experiences. By the end of the workshop, participants will be prepared to improve communication and support between all members of the team and actuate an empowered model of compassionate self and peer care. Objectives Participants will: • Gain an increased understanding of the impact of trauma on childhood development. • Gain an increased awareness of the prevalence of trauma. • Gain an increased awareness of the presence and impact of vicarious trauma. • Understand the impact of work related vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout.
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Additional Events JANUARY 4
Field Instructor Workshop Hosted by the UA School of Social Work *Open to UA Field Instructors only. CEUs available.
FEBRUARY 2
African American Heritage Lecture Hosted by the UA School of Social Work *CEUs available.
APRIL 4-6
The University of Alabama School of Social Work 50th Anniversary Hosted by the UA School of Social Work Learn more: socialwork.ua.edu/50th
OCTOBER 18-19
17th Annual Fall Social Work Conference Hosted by the UA School of Social Work *CEUs available.
OCTOBER 25-26
Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference Hosted by the UA School of Social Work *CEUs available.
Topics Coming Soon • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) • Social Workers and Military Families • Leadership for the 21st Century
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Bryant Conference Center The Bryant Conference Center is located at 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive on the corner of Paul W. Bryant Drive and Second Avenue, just across the street from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Main Number: (205) 348-8600 Address: 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Registration Form Please print legibly. This form may be duplicated for additional registrations. Name Agency Address Home Work Phone Fax Email Please select any workshops or conferences you would like to register for. #07-823-18 Supervision and Ethics, February $99 #07-823-18 Supervision ONLY, February $59 #07-823-18 Ethics ONLY, February $59 #07-824-18 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Youth $129/159 after and Families February 23 #07-835-18 Tuscaloosa Recognizing the Effects of and Approaches to $35 Childhood Trauma Summit (REACTS) #07-825-18 BSW License Prep $199 #07-825-18 MSW/CSW License Prep $350/395 after May 4 #07-826-19 Implementing Best Practices for BEST Care $129/$159 after June 15 #07-827-18 Supervision and Ethics, August $99 #07-827-18 Supervision ONLY, August $59 #07-827-18 Ethics ONLY, August $59 Total: __________ Method of Payment: Check # __________ (made payable to The University of Alabama) Purchase Order # __________ (must accompany registration) Credit Card ___ Visa ___ Mastercard ___ Discover Card Number Exp. Date __________ Name on Card CVV Code (found on back of card on signature line) __________ Signature Send form to:
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