Optimizing DBT for Autistic Adults
This virtual event will be led by dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) experts Samantha Ascanio, LCSW-C, Lisa Guy, Ph.D., and and Lorie Ritschel, Ph.D.
Registration for the day is $120 for residents of North Carolina and $180 for individuals living outside of the state. CEUs are available. Click here to learn more and register for this event.
You can learn more about TEACCH by clicking here.
Embodying Ethical Boundaries in the Workplace
This in-person training will be hosted by Dayna Guido LCSW, ACSW and Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 in Asheville, North Carolina.
Attendees will:
• Practice somatic posturing for navigating power dynamics in relation to those with whom we work.
• Develop systems to track boundaries for addressing personal physical health needs.
• Illustrate decision making processes around ethical dilemmas in the workplace.
The cost is $149 and this event has been approved for three (3) social work (including two hours of ethics) continuing education hours. Click here for additional information and to register.
Brain, and Body: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Impact of Individual Differences on Subjective Experience
Jane Abrams, DSW, LCSW & Christina Peters, PhD, LCSW will host a Zoom presentation on the topic of neuroscience and memory science from a psychoanalytic perspective for social workers, graduate students, and other healthcare professionals. This is an intermediate level presentation.
A total of three (3) continuing education hours are available for this online event. The cost is $50 and you can register by clicking here.
NASW Texas Conference
This year’s event will take place in Irving, Texas at the Irving Convention Center.
NASW CEO, Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C will present the keynote, "Empowering Social Workers to Break Barriers and Lead Transformation.”
Licensed social workers can earn up to 21 continuing education hours. Click here to register today.
Beyond Borders: Competence, Compassion, and Action
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work will host their annual conference in Dallas, Texas from Thursday, October 10 through Saturday, October 12. The event will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas near Galleria (4099 Valley View Ln, Dallas, TX 75244). Attendees may also participate virtually.
This year’s theme is Beyond Borders: Compassion, Competency, and Action. Attendees can receive up to 20 continuing education hours. Students are welcome.
For more information or to register, please click here.
Seeking Safety Training (Webinar)
On September 17, 2024, an online Seeking Safety training will be held. The cost is $150 and CEUs are available for licensed social workers for an additional fee.
Seeking Safety was developed by University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School adjunct professor Lisa Najavits, PhD.
Click here to register for this training.
Michigan Association of Court Mediators
Join author and social worker Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD for an important training with the Michigan Association of Court Meditators. The training will take place at The Park Place in Traverse City, Michigan.
Licensed social workers can earn continuing education credits. Click here to register today.
Advancing Decolonization in Social Work: Principles and Practices for Change
This training will be held via Zoom and will be led by Kiva Harper, MSSW, LCSW-S.
Social workers can earn three cultural competency continuing education hours.
The fee for this training is $59 for NASW members. Click here to register today.
International Federation of Social Workers Annual Conference 2024
The Social Work & Social Development – SWSD 2024 world conference jointly organised by IFSW, IASSW & ICSW will be held from 4th to 7th April in Panama City, Panama. This years’s theme is Respecting Diversity Through Joint Social Action.
Click here to register today.
2024 National School Social Work Conference
The School Social Work Association of American will hold its next conference in Baltimore, Maryland from March 12 to March 15, 2024. The event will be held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.
Social workers may earn CEUs by attending conference sessions.
NASW Louisiana Annual Conference
The theme of this year’s conference is Advancing Health Equity Through Social Work.
This event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Annual Gulf Coast Social Work Conference
Gulf Coast Social Work Conference Hybrid Event (In Person & Virtual) scheduled for January 2024 with 13 CE hours.
Click here to register today.
Art Therapy: Seeing Through A Lens of Creativity
This three-hour live webinar will be led by Olivia Stuber, MPS, ATR-BC, LPC—an art therapist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia—and will provide a beginner’s overview of art therapy.
Continuing education units are available through the American Psychological Association. Licensed social workers should contact their state board to see if this training meets their requirements for professional education.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Understanding the Challenges of Finding Mental Health Support in the Black Community
Mental health treatment within the Black community is becoming much more acceptable but there are still barriers to accessing care. Whether in outpatient community mental health centers, hospitals, school systems or in private practice, the challenges are usually consistent across treatment settings.
Led by Halcyon Francis, DSW, LCSW-C, this one hour course will attempt to look at two sides of this issue: from a Black social worker’s perspective and from the perspective of clients seeking such therapists.
Seeking Safety Webinar—December 14, 2023
Interested in learning more about Seeking Safety?
This one-day webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of this evidence-based intervention for PTSD and substance abuse.
This webinar has been approved for continuing education units for social workers through ASWB.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: 4-Day Intensive Provider Training
Prolonged Exposure (PE) is an evidence-based treatment for PTSD that was developed by Edna Foa, PhD—Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) at the University of Pennsylvania.
This live, virtual 4-day Prolonged Exposure therapy training is being led by Stephanie Hamski, MA, LPC, Certified PE Trainer.
The cost is $1299 through October 16, 2023 and participants can receive 25 CE credit hours. Maryland CEU Institute is an ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider.
For more information or to register, click here.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Differential Diagnoses for School Age Children
This important training sponsored by Weill Cornell Medicine Psychiatry and led by Somer Bishop, PhD will take place Friday, November 10, 2023.
The training will be conducted via Zoom and the cost is $150 + $50 for four (4) hours of continuing education credits for social workers.
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work will host their biennial conference in Chicago, IL starting November 9, 2023 at the Palmer House Hilton at 17 East Monroe Street. The theme of the conference is Reaching Across the Divide: Bringing a Psychoanalytic Sensibility to Culture and Practice.
Presentation topics include: Loss and Mourning: A Passage Through the Faraway, Nearby and A Mourning Walk: An Autoethnographic Reflection of Intergenerational Trauma. Attendees can earn up to 17 CEUs.
Preserving Providers Retreat: San Antonio, Texas
This evidence-based Coping and Regulation Strategies (CARS) retreat for professional healing and growth will take place at the historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The intimate event is limited to just 10 individuals and continuing education credits are available.
Ashley Stephens, LCSW and Regina Vanburg, PsyD will facilitate.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP)
This online workshop led by Lindsay A. Bornheimer, PhD, LCSW will teach health care providers skills and strategies from CBT for suicide prevention.
The cost is $149 through September 29, 2023 and participants can receive six (6) CE credit hours. Maryland CEU Institute is an ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider.
For more information or to register, click here.
When the Solution Becomes the Problem: Avoidance in Trauma and Eating Disorders
The two-hour, 15 minute live training led by Lacey Vogel, LMHC will take place via Zoom on Friday, September 22, 2023.
Social workers can earn two (2) continuing education hours. This training has been approved by NASW.
For more information or to register, contact The Renfrew Center here.
Perinatal DBT Training for At-Risk Mother
Are you a social worker or social work graduate student who works with at-risk parents who could benefit from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)? Are you interested in learning more about mindful parenting strategies?
Strong Roots Perinatal DBT was created by social workers Katie Bresky, LMSW, Natalie Burns, LMSW, and Maria Muzik, MD and Kate Rosenblum, PhD.
For more information or to register for this 18 hour training, please click here.
College Student Mental Health Webinar
On Thursday, September 7, McLean Hospital will host a live webinar about college student emotional health. This event is being led by Sarah Ketchen Lipson, PhD, EdM of Boston University’s School of Public Health.
This event is free and a recording of the webinar will be available to individuals who register. Click here for more information.