ncsss professional education and training program fall 2011

The National CatholicSchool of Social ServiceProfessional Education and Training ProgramFall 2011

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Health and Mental Health

Aging

Children, Youth, and Families

Community Development/Organizing

Contents

Health and Mental HealthThe Practical Application of CBT and Mindfulness Practice for Individuals:Experiential Learning for Effective and Measurable Change 3

Evidence-Based Practice and Practice Based Evidence 4

Ethics in Action 5

Aging15th Anniversary of the Center on Global Aging — The Role of Social Workers in Preventing Elder Abuse and Promoting Justice for Older Adultsand The Second Biennial Daniel Thursz Memorial Lecture 7

Intimacy in the Later Years 8

Social Work Practice with Older Adults: Addressing Problems with Hoarding 9

Children, Youth, and FamiliesObserving Babies and Young Children: What We Learn about Development 11

Promoting Consultation Services: Strategies and Techniques 12

Community Development/OrganizingCommunity Organizing and the Revitalization of the War On Poverty 15

Putting the “Social” Back in Social Work: The Place and Value of Community Organizing 16

Certificate ProgramsEmployee Assistance Online Educational Program 17

Registration Information 17

Health and Mental Health

The Practical Application of CBT and MindfulnessPractice for Individuals: Experiential Learning for Effective and Measurable ChangeFriday/Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, 2011Presenter: Linda Diaz, L.M.S.W. has lectured extensively on topics related topsychological interventions for individuals with chronic and acute medicalconditions. She has conducted numerous skill-building workshops and retreats for professionals in the use of CBT, pain management, meditationand mindfulness practices, NLP, and hypnotherapy techniques. Diaz teachesusing experiential techniques as well as case studies from her 27 years ofwork in medical and private practice settings. She emphasizes the use of interventions that are practical and can provide relief and hope toclients in brief treatment. Difficult problems such as intrusive thought patterns, fear of recurrent disease, pain management, anxiety disorders,and depression are covered in her presentations. Diaz has a private psychotherapy practice in Troy, Mich.

Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

CEUs: 12

Cost: $240

Location: Caldwell AuditoriumCaldwell HallThe Catholic University of America

Description: The course will cover the following:

Day one:• CBT for managing depression and anxiety

• Mind/body approaches: Addressing resistance, blame, and brain science

• Strategies for pain syndromes

• Strategies for OCD and relatedanxiety symptoms

• Contracting for change using NLP interventions

• Case studies

• Participant practice

Day Two:•“Meditation for the overwhelmed”...getting people started

• Mindfulness techniques for — Weight regulation — Sleep and dreaming — Moving meditations — Anxiety reduction

• Meaning-based approaches

• Enhancing the power of suggestion

• Building measurement into intervention

• Case studies

• Participant practice cases

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Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based EvidenceFriday, Oct. 28, 2011Presenter: Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, Ph.D. is an associate professor at theNational Catholic School of Social Service. BrintzenhofeSzoc’s clinical experience is as a medical social worker working with people diagnosedwith cancer and AIDS and their family and friends. Her research interestshave been in the psychosocial impact of cancer and other chronic illnesson patients and their families, instrument development, and practiceevaluation. She teaches research courses in the master’s and doctoralprograms, helped develop the Health Care Specialization, taught the fieldseminar for the concentration for four years as well as in the foundationyear, teaches an applied theory course entitled Theories and Models forUse in Health Care Settings, and teaches the Death course. She is currentlythe co-director of the Center for the Promotion of Health and MentalHealth Well-being and the director of Data Management and OutcomesAssessment for NCSSS.

Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

CEUs: 3

Cost: $75


Description: The presentation will explore the place that evidence plays insupporting practice and practice plays in supporting evidence. Techniquesfor how to translate evidence-based literature into practice and then howto evaluate if this evidence is effective in your practice will be explored.The presentation will include both lecture and small-group work.

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Ethics in ActionFriday, Nov. 18, 2011Presenter: David Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP, is professor of psychology at TheCatholic University of America, where he is also the co-director of theschool’s APA-accredited Ph.D. training program. In addition, Jobes is a consultant to the U.S. Air Force Suicide Prevention Program and clinicalconsultant to the Psychology Service of the V.A. Medication Center.

David Jobes is an internationally known expert on suicide and the recipientof the Edwin S. Shneidman Award from the American Association of Suicidology. He is the noted author of Youth Suicide: Issues, Assessment, Intervention; Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention; and Managing Suicide Risk: A Collaboration Approach.

Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

CEUs: 6

Cost: $150


Description: In this workshop, participants will:

• Examine complex case scenarios

• Explore documentation and confidentiality

• Look at state and federal Laws

• Examine ways to decrease malpractice liability

• Identify hot-button issues.

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15th Anniversary of the Center on Global Aging —The Role of Social Workers in Preventing Elder Abuseand Promoting Justice for Older AdultsMonday, Oct. 17, 2011Presenters: Kathleen Quinn is the executive director at the National AdultProtective Services Association, and Bill Benson is an advocate for the elderly and former deputy assistant secretary for aging, Department ofHealth and Human Services.

Hours: 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.followed by the Second Biennial Daniel Thursz Memorial Lectureand wine and cheese reception

CEUs: 6; 7 with the Daniel Thursz Memorial Lecture

Cost: $150


Description: Each year more than a million elderly individuals are victimizedby abuse or neglect. This workshop will explore the signs and symptoms ofelder abuse, the community supports for prevention, and the policy andadvocacy issues.

The Second Biennial Daniel Thursz Memorial LectureMonday, Oct. 17, 2011Keynote: Michael Reisch is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of SocialJustice at the University of Maryland. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, and founding member of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, he has held faculty and administrative positions at major universi-ties in the U.S. and abroad and leadership positions in national and state advocacy, professional, and social change organizations, especially thosefocusing on the needs of low-income children and families, welfare recipients,and unemployed or homeless persons. He has published and presentedwidely on the history and philosophy of social welfare and social work, socialjustice concepts and practice, and contemporary policy issues, particularlywelfare reform and the impact of globalization on the welfare state.

Hours: 4 p.m.– 5 p.m.

CEUs: 1

Cost: $20 (if attending the lecture only)

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Intimacy in the Later YearsMonday, Nov. 7, 2011Presenter: Daniel Wilson, LICSW, is a therapist and educator. His private social work practice, in Washington, D.C., focuses on life transitions, relation-ships, gerontology, caregiving, grief, and bereavement. He is a graduate of NCSSS, has taught graduate social work courses at NCSSS and VirginiaCommonwealth University, and served on the Board of Advisors for theCenter on Global Aging. Mr. Wilson is the former director of counseling at Capital Hospice and a former director of social services at IONA Senior Services.

Hours: 9 a.m. – Noon

CEUs: 3

Cost: $75


Description: In this workshop, participants will gain a deeper understandingof the importance of intimacy in the lives of the elderly, risk factors associ-ated with this population, and ways to promote healthy relationships.

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Social Work Practice with Older Adults: Addressing Problems with HoardingMonday, Dec. 12, 2011Presenters: Barbara Soniat, Ph.D. and John Kenney, Ph.D.. John J. Kenney,chief, Aging and Disability Services, Montgomery County Department ofHealth and Human Services, has more than 25 years experience in providingand administering services to older adults and people with disabilities. Heserved as co-chair of the Department of Health and Human ServicesEthics Review Committee from 1990 to1998 and as its chair from 1998 to2004. Barbara Soniat joined the faculty of the National Catholic School ofSocial Service in 2005. She is an associate professor and director of theNCSSS Center on Global Aging. Soniat has worked in the fields of socialwork and gerontology for more than 30 years.


CEUs: 6

Cost: $150


Description: This session will address ethical, clinical, organizational, andcommunity issues encountered in social work practice with older adultswho have severe problems with hoarding. Participants in this session willlearn about emerging, multimodal practice models for interventions withadults in high-risk hoarding situations.

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Children, Youth, and Families

Observing Babies and Young Children: What We Learn about DevelopmentFriday, Nov. 11, 2011Presenter: Deborah Blessing, M.S.W., and Sharon Alperovitz, M.S.W.


CEUs: 6

Cost: $150


Description: Babies’ and young children’s development is usually viewed in the context of family life. In this workshop, participants will use videos ofinfant research, narratives of encounters in a therapy group, and a detailedobservation of a child in a nursery setting to understand the methodologyof the Tavistock Model of Infant and Young Child Observation. Further, participants will expand their understanding of how babies’ and youngchildren’s interactions in groups offer rich opportunities for growth, change,and amelioration of early difficulties.

Participants will be able to:

• Acquire knowledge about the Tavistock Model of Infant and YoungChild Observation.

• Describe how group settings offer potential for children’s development.

• Define how this model of observation can be applied in a variety ofsettings and with multiple age groups.

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Promoting Consultation Services: Strategies and TechniquesMonday, Dec. 5, 2011Presenter: Chris Sabatino, Ph.D.

Hours: 9 a.m. – Noon

CEUs: 3

Cost: $75.00


Description: Consultation is an indirect method of professional social workpractice that assists others to become more effective in dealing with theircomplex work-related problems. It has distinct principles, concepts, andtechniques to guide intervention methods. In addition, training in one's ownprofession does not directly translate into competence in consultationknowledge and skills. This workshop compares and contrasts six models ofconsultation that social workers often use but do do not think about or describe as consultation, including 1) education and training, 2) clinical, 3) mental health, 4) behavioral 5) organizational and 6) program. Commoncharacteristics across all models will be discussed as will distinctions between them in terms of the type of presenting problem, service goal,and intervention methods.

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Community Development/Organizing

Community Organizing and the Revitalization of the War On PovertyThursday, Oct. 6, 2011Presenter: John Atlas is the author of the new book Seeds Of Change: The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Anti-Poverty Commu-nity Group. He is a public interest lawyer, writer, radio talk-show host, and organizer, and the founder and current president of the National HousingInstitute, which publishes Shelterforce. Atlas was a member of the WorkingGroup on Human Needs and Faith-Based and Community Initiatives,chaired by former United States Senator Harris Wofford, and the Council on Civil Society, a national group that included United States senators,scholars, and practitioners concerned about re-discovering our sharedcivic story. He has served on several advisory boards and commissions including the Bill Clinton Administration’s Advisory Board of the ResolutionTrust Corporation, the savings and loan bailout agency.

Hours: 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

CEUs: 3

Cost: $25


Description: Founded in1970, ACORN was a pioneer in engaging people in the fight for a better society and against poverty and racism, shapingcommunity organizing and progressive activism. By 2008, ACORN had400,000 members, chapters in 38 states and six foreign countries. Just twoyears later, ACORN didn't exist. What Is ACORN, how did it get to be so important, what happened to it, and why you should care? How did ACORNbecome the most effective anti-poverty group in America? What caused its demise? Who is to blame for ACORN’s demise? ACORN's self-inflictedwounds? The right-wing media? The mainstream media? Obama? The Republican or Democratic Party? The left? ACORN’s allies? What are theimplications for the future for those fighting poverty and for affordablehousing, community development, and neighborhood stabilization?

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Putting the “Social” Back in Social Work: The Place and Value of Community OrganizingFriday, Dec. 2, 2011Presenter: Robert Fisher, Ph.D., is a professor of social work and director ofthe Urban and Community Studies Program at the University of Connecticut.He is the author of numerous articles and seven books. His latest book,Contesting Community: The Limits and Potential of Local Organizing waspublished in 2011.

Hours: 3 hours

CEUs: 3

Cost: $45


Description: The workshop will focus on (1) a critique of contemporary social work with an emphasis on the importance of political economiccontext, (2) the challenges facing social work in a broad, contemporarytransition to an increasingly "private world" (including social work's emphasison micro practice), (3) the value and fundamentals of community organizing,including basic skills in such organizing as well as an understanding of itslimits as well as its potential.

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Certificate ProgramsEmployee Assistance Online Educational Program — Students completefour, 4-week classes, beginning in March 2011 and ending in June 2011.Classes include EAPs in the New Millennium, Contemporary EAP Services,Advanced EAP Services: Mental Health and Addictions, and Quantitativeand Qualitative Evaluation of EAPs. The faculty are led by Dale Masi, CEAP,a resident scholar at NCSSS and professor emeritus from the University ofMaryland. Additional faculty include Dale Kaplan, vice president of EAPsand Occupational Services, Reliant Behavioral Health, and Janet Hosford-Lamb, president/CEO of Focused Solutions. Information and Registrationare available at http://eap.cua.edu

Registration InformationFor additional information, check our website at http://ncsss.cua.edu/ce/

Registration is available online at http://ncsss.cua.edu/ce/Look for the workshop you are interested in, and link to the registration site.

Students and Field Instructors receive a discounted rate.

Cancellation policy: Refunds will be honored up to one week prior to theworkshop, minus a $25 processing fee. Substitution requests for an alter-nate workshop will also be considered. Please contact Ellen Thursby [email protected]. Registrants will be notified if a workshop is cancelled due to low enrollmentand their registration fees will be fully refunded. Workshops will be cancelledif The Catholic University of America is closed due to inclement weather.Please check the website http://cua.edu for information on closures.

For more information, contact:Ellen Thursby, DirectorOffice of Professional Education and TrainingTel: [email protected]

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ncsss professional education and training program fall 2011

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mindfulness techniques

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