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2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
& EXHIBITION
April 28 – April 30, 2019
Borgata Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
Earn up to 22.5 CEUs while you relax, recharge & reinvest!
Early bird rates end February 18!
Register Now: www.naswnj.org
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Enjoy the benefits of Membership throughout the year:
• Reduced rate for CE & Test Prep courses • Free CEU programs during March
• Reduced rate for Private Practice Manual • Professional Liability Insurance
• Access to NASW scholarships • Members-only online Career Center
• Staff Dedicated to Member Support • Online CE workshops
• Legal & Ethics Consultations • Specialty Practice Sections
• Licensing Consultations • Help Starts Here (free listing on Social Work directory)
• Unit meetings (regionally based): • Advocacy and Legislative Alerts
activities, networking, & CEUS
• Legal Defense Fund (legal and financial assistance/
• Private Practice Shared Interest Groups information)
(regionally based)
• Hotel, Rental Car, Vacation, Cruise discounts,
• Access to the Clinical Supervisor Directory and much more
• Newsletters & Legislative Alerts
Enjoy these discounts on your Conference registration fee:
• Save on attendee registration & the Ethics pre-conference workshop.
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Social Work: Our Stories, Our Strengths
2019 NASW-NJ Conference Schedule
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
9:00 AM Registration Opens
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pre-Conference Plenary: Telemedicine and Social Workers:
What You Need to Know (2 Clinical or Ethics CEUs, ticket purchase required)
10:00 AM Clinical Supervision Track Begins (20 CEUs)
10:00 AM Exhibits Open
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Light Lunch & Visit Exhibit Hall
1:00 PM Leadership Track Begins (20 CEUs)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshops (4 CEUs)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibit Hall
5:00 PM Dinner Break (on your own)
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Cupcake Reception
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Spoken Word CE Event: Stories for Change with Kane Smego (1.5 Social/Cultural CEUs)
9:00 PM Borgata Comedy Club (discounted ticket available for attendees)
MONDAY, APRIL 29
6:45 AM Registration Opens
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Opioid Dependence AM Workshop (1 Ethics CEU)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibits
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Leadership Track M01
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Opening & President’s Message
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote: Own Your Adversity: Your Vulnerability Is Your Guide
with Rebecca Alexander (3 Clinical or Ethics CEUs)
9:00 AM Clinical Supervision Track continues
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Visit Exhibit Hall
OR
Private Practice Lunch & Learn (free for members, $20 for non-members)
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Workshops (4 CEUs)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Refreshment Breaks & Visit Exhibit Hall
5:30 PM Dinner on Your Own
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Poolside Party at the Water Club Indoor Pool (free for members, $25 for non-members)
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
6:45 AM Registration Opens
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM NJ Duty to Warn or Protect AM Workshop (1 Clinical or Ethics CEU)
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM Leadership Track continues
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibits
8:00 AM Clinical Supervision Track continues
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Conference Announcements
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote: The Intersection of Social Work and Law Enforcement
with Derrick Jackson (2 Social/Cultural CEUs)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Hotel Checkout, Lunch & Visit Exhibit Hall
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Workshops (2 CEUs)
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Leadership Track & Clinical Supervision continues
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Workshops (2 CEUs)
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WORKSHOP TRACKS AT THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE
3-DAY CLINICAL SUPERVISION COURSE
Presenter: Christina Car-Gigler, LCSW
Registrants must register for full conference and attend ALL sessions of this course.
The always-popular Clinical Supervision Course always sells out, so make sure to sign up early!
This course is for those who have had their LCSW for at least 3 years and who wish to supervise LSWs working
on their clinical hours towards the LCSW.
Day I (SUNDAY 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM):
• Recognize & identify the critical aspects of an interactional model of clinical supervision & be able to
incorporate this model in clinical supervisor role.
• Understand the relationship between clinical supervision & the treatment of a client/patient/consumer.
Day 2 (MONDAY 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
• Become aware of the ethical principles concerning clinical supervision & be able to apply the principles
to the clinical supervisor role.
• Explore ethical challenges relevant to supervision and develop guidelines for managing these challenges.
• Address supervision challenges with communication technology and develop guidelines in line with
the current NASW Code of Ethics standards.
Day 3 (TUESDAY 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
• Learn & practice skills of clinical supervision methods that will facilitate a positive relationship
& professional growth between the supervisor and clinician.
• Develop strategies for becoming more culturally responsive and embracing diversity in social
work practice and supervision.
• Review NJ licensure regulations.
This course meets the New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners’ 20 continuing education credits related
to supervision. You can choose to count this for 20 Clinical credits OR 12 Clinical, 5 Ethics & 3 Social/Cultural
credits.
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3- DAY LEADERSHIP TRACK
NASW-NJ Leadership Development Certificate Program:
Leading Through a New Lens – Promoting Diversity & Social Justice
Registrants must register for full conference and attend ALL sessions of this course.
Back by popular demand, we are offering this opportunity for you to add this Certificate to your
credentials. We know that you are an inspiration to your clients, supervisees and colleagues, and this Certificate
program will give you the extra tools you need to be a solid leader. This program is relevant for seasoned
social workers who are looking to hone their skills, as well as for emerging social work professionals who are
preparing for leadership roles.
If you had previously taken sections of this program and need to make up modules to complete your certificate,
please contact Kendra at KHayes.naswnj@socialworkers.org before registering.
SUNDAY
S01 (LEAD-Mod1) Leadership Skills for Social Workers (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
MONDAY
M01 (LEAD-Mod2) Communications and Professional Development for Leaders (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
M02 (LEAD-Mod3) Institutionalizing Diversity and Social Justice (1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
TUESDAY
T01 (LEAD-Mod4) Understanding Transparency in Management and Governance (7:30 AM – 11:30 AM)
T02 (LEAD-Mod5) Managing Successful Partnerships and Collaborations (12:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
ADDICTIONS TRACK
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs- ATOD)
The Addictions Track is for those working in or interested in learning more about substance and alcohol use, co-
occurring disorders, interventions and advocacy in the social work field, as well as CADCs/LCADCs who wish
to use these courses for recertification. We labeled these courses as ATOD so they are easier for you to identify
when selecting your workshops. You do not need to register for all workshops in this track; they can be taken in
conjunction with any other workshops offered at the Conference.
SUNDAY (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
S03 (ATOD) Why Can’t They Love Me More?
TUESDAY PM SESSION #1 (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
T04 (ATOD) From the Cockpit to Clinic: Increasing Safety and Reducing Harm in Treatment
T05 (ATOD) Let’s Chat about HAT: The Basics of Heroin-Assisted Treatment
TUESDAY PM SESSION #2 (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
T21 (ATOD) Battling the Addiction Cycle in Disadvantaged Communities: The Benefits of Wraparound Supports
T22 (ATOD) Constructing and Deconstructing Stories: Spiritual Direction as Social Work Intervention for Addiction
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SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK TRACK
For those of you who work in schools, many of the workshops at the Conference may be valuable for you in your
daily social work responsibilities. We also have several workshops that focus on working in school systems. We
labeled those workshops as SCH so they are easier for you to identify when selecting your workshops. You do
not need to register for all workshops in this track; they can be taken in conjunction with any other workshops
offered at the Conference.
SUNDAY (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
S05 (SCH) The ABCs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Family, Kinship and Aging in Place
MONDAY (1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
M05 (SCH) Understanding Dyslexia
TUESDAY PM SESSION #1 (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
T06 (SCH) Applying the SAMHSA Wellness Initiative to Positively Impact School Climate & Culture
T07 (SCH) Brain Cells Over Jail Cells
TUESDAY PM SESSION #2 (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
T24 (SCH) It’s All About Who You Know: An Integrated School Social Work Model
LGBT TRACK
For those of you who have an interest in or want to learn more about LGBT issues in social work practice, there
are quite a few workshops at the Conference that you should check out! We labeled those workshops as LGBT
so they are easier for you to identify when making your workshop selections. You do not need to register for all
workshops in this track; they can be taken in conjunction with any other workshops offered at the Conference.
SUNDAY (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
S04 (LGBT) Issues in Advocacy, Assessment and Treatment of Transgender Minors and Their Families
MONDAY (1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
M04 (LGBT) Addressing the Intersection of HIV and the Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men
(MSM)/Transgender (TG) Communities
TUESDAY PM SESSION #2 (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
T23 (LGBT) Culturally Competent Care of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming
(TGNC) Clients for Cisgender
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FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK TRACK
This flagship forensic social work track is indispensable for focused learning regarding the integration of clinical
practice and the court systems. Integral to effective interdisciplinary collaboration, social workers who work with
court involved people should be prepared to advance social justice through advocacy at the micro, mezzo and
macro levels.
This track will present highlights of therapeutic jurisprudence, intersectionality and provide insights regarding
current diagnostic and legal trends in family, criminal and civil court, as well as promising interventions for
practice application. We labeled those workshops as FOR so they are easier for you to identify when making
your workshop selections. You do not need to register for all workshops in this track; they can be taken in
conjunction with any other workshops offered at the Conference.
SUNDAY (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
S02 (FOR) What is Justice Informed Clinical Practice?
MONDAY (1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
M03 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Family Court
TUESDAY PM SESSION #1 (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
T03 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Criminal Court
TUESDAY PM SESSION #2 (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM)
T20 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Civil Court
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SPECIAL EVENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
CUPCAKE RECEPTION
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Let’s kick off the Annual Conference with a little indulgence! Lose yourself in the
Borgata pastry chef’s incredible cupcakes and meet up with fellow social workers.
SPOKEN WORD EVENT featuring KANE SMEGO
Stories for Change
(1.5 Social/Cutural CEUs)
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
International touring spoken word poet and hip hop artist Kane Smego will
energize and inspire you. See page 11 for more information on Kane and tonight’s
performance.
BORGATA COMEDY CLUB
9:00 PM
$10.00 Discounted tickets for attendees!
We have purchased 300 tickets to the Borgata Comedy Club if you want a little
late night fun. These reduced-price tickets for our conference attendees will be first-
come, first-served, so make sure to select this add-on ticket when registering for the
Conference. Then get ready to sit back and laugh the night away!
MONDAY, APRIL 29
PRIVATE PRACTICE LUNCH & LEARN
(no CE credits- space limited)
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
How to Monetize and Increase Visibility for your Private Practice and Brand
NASW member Marline Francois-Madden is headlining this year’s Private Practice
Lunch, and if you’re in private practice or want to get into it, you’ll want to attend this
lunch session.
Network with others in your field and hear from Marline about:
• The fundamentals of marketing and branding your private practice to set you apart.
• Generating passive income streams outside of seeing clients in your private practice.
• Positioning yourself as the expert to land high-level speaking engagements and
media opportunities.
Marline Francois-Madden is the owner of Hearts Empowerment Counseling Center, which is a boutique therapy
practice for teen girls and millennial women in Montclair, New Jersey. She is the founder of The Therapist Planner,
Huffington Post contributor, phenomenal public speaker, and entrepreneur. With over 13 years of clinical experience,
she has become a sought-after expert in mental health, trauma, self-care, and girls leadership. Marline’s work has
been featured in HuffPost, Bustle, Elite Daily, Business Insider, Brighter Vision, PsychCentral, Fox5, and various media
platforms. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Penn State University and a Masters of Social Work from
Rutgers University. She is currently the Chair for the NASW-NJ Legislative and Social Action (LASA) committee and is a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of New Jersey.
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S02 (FOR) What is Justice Informed Clinical Practice?
Kathryn Dixon, LCSW, DABFC, FACFEI, Christine Heer, JD,
LCSW, Alexandra Coglianese, Esq., LSW & Tina Maschi,
PhD, LCSW, ACSW
To kick off the forensic track, attendees will be provided
an overview of forensic social work across the lifespan
and in various practice areas. We will discuss therapeutic
jurisprudence (law as a social force which inevitably gives
rise to unintended consequences, either beneficial or
harmful) and introduce the connection to social justice in
family, criminal, and civil court systems. We will also look
at theoretical constructs, historical role, application and
relevance to social work practice.
4 Clinical or Ethics
S03 (ATOD) Why Can’t They Love Me More?
Ana Guerra, LCSW, LPC, LCADC, CCS
An estimated 12% of children in the US live with a
POOLSIDE PARTY parent with a Substance Use Disorder (SAMHSA, 2015).
Although many of these children will not experience abuse
AT THE WATER CLUB or neglect, these families are at risk of entering the child
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM welfare system. To children and professionals, it may
*NEW!* Enjoy some good music and fabulous company seem love isn’t enough to triumph over parental substance
at the beautiful indoor pool on the Water Club side of the use. The high-jacked brain however, strips one of much
property! Free for NASW members. choice. This workshop provides an overview of the disease
of addiction, professional biases toward this population
and how to incorporate the Three C’s (didn’t cause it, can’t
SUNDAY AM PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP control it, can’t cure it) in treatment.
Starting at 10:00 AM 4 Clinical
PLE Telemedicine and Social Workers:
S04 (LGBT) Issues in Advocacy, Assessment and
What You Need to Know
Treatment of Transgender Minors and Their Families
Presenter TBA Russell Healy, DSW, LCSW
Additional ticket required for this pre-conference 2 Transgender minors present clinical and ethical challenges
Clinical/Ethics CEU workshop. Telemedicine is a rapidly to social workers. Specific medical and legal knowledge
growing modality for delivering psychotherapy services. is required to help transgender youth and their families
This workshop will provide participants an overview of navigate the complexities of confirming a youth’s
NJ’s telemedicine law, discuss potential challenges you experienced gender. Established Standards of Care will
may face as a telemedicine provider, and review approved be used to provide a foundation upon which to assist
platforms for conducting telemedicine. transgender minors.
2 Clinical or Ethics 4 Clinical or Ethics
S05 (SCH) The ABCs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia:
3-DAY CLINICAL SUPERVISION COURSE Family, Kinship and Aging in Place
Starting at 10:00 AM Molly Fogel, LCSW
Families with an aging member may be impacted by a
CSC Clinical Supervision Course
dementia diagnosis. Caregiving duties can extend to
Christina Car Gigler, LCSW school-aged children. Encouraging dementia education
For description of Clinical Supervision track, see page 4. and care coordination skills for social workers in specialties
20 Clinical or 12 Clinical, 5 Ethics, 3 Social/Cultural other than aging will benefit families, children and
communities as well.
4 Clinical
SUNDAY PM WORKSHOPS
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM S06 Advanced Clinical Supervision: Tips & Tools for
Experienced Supervisors
S01 (LEAD-Mod1) Leadership Skills for Social Workers Manda Gatto, LCSW
(must take all 3 days) This course is for those who already took the 3-day Clinical
V. DuWayne Battle, PhD & Christine James, LSW Supervision Course. Join us to update your knowledge of
This module covers: attributes of leadership, managing the NJ regulations and fine tune your skills for working
diversity, emotional intelligence (EI), decision-making with supervisees. We will go over sample documents
and problem-solving, and an interactive decision-making that can be used in supervision and explore solutions to
exercise. complicated case examples.
4 General 4 Clinical or Ethics
9S07 Adverse Childhood Experiences of Social Workers: S13 Saving Black Marriages: An Afrocentric Approach
Implications for Education and Supervision to Strengthening Black Families
Dr. Sharon C. Lyter, PhD, LCSW Vashonna Etienne, DSW, LCSW
Those choosing a social work career may have a history This workshop is designed for clinicians who work with
of personal trauma, potentially impeding learning in field African-American couples who are seeking stable, loving,
and classroom. Using action research, this presenter will and lasting relationships. Participants will explore the
go over assessed extent of trauma and resilience among socio-historical context of African-American marriages
student populations. Learn about developing methods and learn strategies that can ultimately help African-
to maximize learner protective factors and minimize risk American couples and families to disrupt inter-generational
factors for students and colleagues. transmissions of trauma.
4 Clinical 4 Clinical or Social/Cultural
S08 Engagement, Empowerment and Stability for Aged S14 Social Workers and Writing in Professional Contexts
Out Foster Youth Ericka Deglau, PhD, LSW & Carol Kahn, MAEd, MSS, PhD, LCSW
Talya Readshaw, LSW Incorporating reflection on the social work practice of
Workshop attendees will engage in an in-depth discussion writing, the workshop offers social workers concrete
about providing services to aged out foster youth. We will guidelines and resources to enhance their writing in
discuss challenges related to engagement, empowerment professional contexts, and explores writing as a tool to
and stability for this population, as well as best practices to gain insight into the dynamics of professional interactions
address each issue. and the use of self in practice.
4 General 4 General
S09 Cultural Considerations in Parenting S15 The River of Grief and Loss
Kecia Melvin, LCSW & Daisy Rimli, LCSW Larry Thompson, LCSW & Carol Davis, LCSW
This workshop will focus on the various cultural aspects Grief presents in one’s life similar to the way a river
families present and how they affect their parenting beliefs flows. It ebbs and flows and there are times when the
and skills. We will look at defining culture, cultural impact on currents rage and overflow. This workshop emphasizes
parenting, therapist self-assessment, defining implicit bias and the importance of listening to the unique narrative in loss.
microaggressions, and the importance of utilizing culturally Therapeutic skills and integrative practices will be utilized.
informed parenting assessments and clinical interventions. 4 Clinical
4 Clinical or Social/Cultural
S10 Master Conflict Therapy: A New Model for S16 You Are WHOLE
Integrating Couples and Sex Therapy D. Nathalie Concepcion, LCSW, MA
Stephen J. Betchen, DSW, LCSW, LMFT, CSTS & Heather Einstein said: “Problems can not be solved from the same
Davidson, Ed.M., MA, LPC, CST level of awareness that created them.” We are trained to
This didactic/interactive workshop will train you to utilize a focus on what is missing; is there more than we can see?
practice approach specifically designed to treat a diverse Participants of this training will gain a new therapeutic
population of couples who present with a variety of perspective in how they see themselves and their clients.
relational problems, including sexual symptoms. The model, 4 Clinical
Master Conflict Therapy (MCT), is a psychoanalytic systems
approach that incorporates basic principles of sex therapy. S17 Who I Really Am
4 Clinical Kane Smego, Keynote Speaker
Spoken Word and Constructing Identity: This performance
S11 Mobilizing Millennials for Community Building and lecture examines spoken word poetry and storytelling
Charles R Johnson Jr, LCSW as tools for expressing and constructing identity, celebrating
Inculcated with traditional values and optimism, instructed diversity, and building relationships across lines of
with knowledge and technology, and inspired with their difference. As a young person whose own life was changed
own ideas and energy, Millennials are a vital part of “the through his introduction to the art form, Kane discusses the
remnant” to impact the world. This workshop will discuss ways in which his work as a youth educator and nonprofit
the Millennials’ characteristics, crisis, challenge, and director gives young people the tools to discover and
creative strategies to mobilize their collective power. express who they are and who they wish to be.
4 Clinical 4 Social/Cultural
S12 Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy:
Enlivening Treatment with the Tools of Psychodrama
Scottie Urmey, LCSW, TEP & Ronald Collier, LCSW, TEP
This experiential workshop provides an in-depth
introduction to the principles and applications of
psychodrama. Psychodrama blends with many expressive
and clinical approaches, providing practical tools for most
settings. Move beyond active listening, engage together
with your clients’ stories in a way that transcends language
and creates healing through action.
4 Clinical
10SUNDAY EVENING SPECIAL EVENT
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
SPOKEN WORD EVENT: Kane Smego
Stories for Change
Drawing on his experiences as an international touring artist
and youth educator, and his experiences growing up in the
American South, this dynamic talk and performance focuses on
issues of race, gender, community building, and the stories that
we all carry. From the backwoods of Alaska to a hip hop festival
in Zimbabwe, Kane will take you on a journey exploring the
role that our layered identities, experiences, and stories play in
leadership, relationship building, and community engagement.
About Kane Smego:
Kane Smego is an international touring spoken word poet and Hip Hop
Artist, educator, and National Poetry Slam finalist. He is the Associate
Director and an artist alumnus of Next Level, a cultural diplomacy
program that sends American Hip Hop artists around the world to use
music and dance to promote cultural exchange, entrepreneurship, and
conflict prevention. Kane has performed and taught poetry and Hip Hop
programs across the country and abroad on five continents.
As a recording artist, Kane has featured on Grammy Award-winner King Mez’s debut album alongside production by J. Cole and
Soundtrakk, and topped the Spotify Viral 50 billboard in May 2017 featuring on the song North Cack with G Yamazawa. The music video
for the song appeared on BET Jams, and went on to win Best Music Video at the Hip Hop Film Festival in Harlem, NY.
Kane’s work as a teaching artist has led him to perform and facilitate workshops at dozens of colleges and K-12 schools across the country.
He has also been a performer and keynote speaker at various events including TEDex UNC, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, the
Shriver Report Live hosted by Atlantic Magazine, the National Association of Social Workers conference, and the Global Youth Leaders
Conference, among many others. Kane was selected to present Educational Sessions at several NACA regional conferences and was given
the award for Best Educational Session at NACA South in 2017. He has also showcased as a performer at NACA West and as a lecturer at
NACA nationals. A native of Durham, NC, Kane currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
1.5 Social/Cultural CE Credits
MONDAY EARLY MORNING WORKSHOP
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
SP2 Opioid Dependence
Presenter TBA
Learn the basics about the opioid addiction epidemic in the
tri-state area—how to spot it and referral/treatment options.
1 Ethics
MONDAY AM LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
M01 (LEAD-Mod2) Communications and Professional
Development for Leaders (must take all 3 days)
Maureen Braun-Scalera, LCSW & Gina Sharpe, LCSW
This module covers: the communication process, diversity
and anti-oppressive communication, best practices in
leadership styles, intentionality, negotiation, cross-cultural
communication, ethics in communication, assessing
and engaging your audience, business communication
techniques, professional expectations and perceptions, and
dealing with resistance to change.
4 Ethics
11MONDAY KEYNOTE SESSION #1
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH, PLLC
Own Your Adversity: Your Vulnerability
Is Your Guide
Rebecca Alexander is an author, psychotherapist, group fitness instructor,
advocate, and extreme athlete who is almost completely blind and deaf. Born and
raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she currently lives in New York City.
No one would blame Rebecca Alexander if she gave up on life. Born with
a rare genetic disorder called Usher syndrome type III, Rebecca has been
simultaneously losing both her sight and hearing since she was a teenager. She
was told that by age 30, she’d be completely blind. Then, at 19, one year after a
fall from a second-story window left her athletic body completely shattered, she
discovered she would lose her hearing as well. Despite these difficulties, Rebecca
refused to lose her drive and zest for life and rose above and beyond every
challenge she faced.
Day after day, challenge after challenge, Rebecca stresses how important it is
to be grateful for every sound, every sight and every sense. Now, with only a
sliver of sight and significantly deteriorated hearing, Rebecca is a psychotherapist with two master’s degrees from Columbia
University. She is a Lululemon Athletica ambassador who teaches cycling/spin and HIIT (high intensity interval training)
classes and regularly competes in extreme endurance races. Rebecca greets every day as if it were a gift, with her boundless
energy, innate curiosity, and a strength of spirit that have led her to places most of us can’t begin to imagine. As a teenager,
she was selected to be an Olympic torchbearer as part of the nationwide relay prior to the Atlanta Games in 1996, for her
ability to face adversity with grace and courage. Participating in the 600-mile San Francisco to Los Angeles AIDS Lifecycle
ride, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, swimming from Alcatraz to shore in the San Francisco bay, skydiving, bungee jumping, and
regularly competing in the Civilian Military Combine (CMC) races for extreme athletes are among her extraordinary feats.
Rebecca has a flourishing full-time psychotherapy practice with two master’s degrees from Columbia University in
Clinical Social Work and Public Health. She works with individuals, couples, and groups, specializing in the treatment of
anxiety, depression, grief/loss, eating disorders, and disability. Rebecca received post-graduate training at the Institute
for Contemporary Psychotherapy at the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia and received her psychodynamic
psychotherapy training from the American Institute for Psychoanalysis. Rebecca is certified in EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization Reprocessing) and also communicates in American Sign Language and Tactile Sign Language.
Rebecca has been honored with numerous awards including the Foundation Fighting Blindness Hope and Spirit Award (2015),
the American Foundation for the Blind Helen Keller Achievement Award (2016), the Disability Rights Advocates Eagle Award
(2017), No Limits for Deaf Children Spirit of Leadership Award (2017), and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Alumni
Award (2017).
Rebecca’s critically acclaimed memoir, Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found received an Indie Book Award
and was honored as one of the MS Society’s Books For A Better Life.
Rebecca presented for TEDx Cape May What’s The Story? and has been featured on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News,
TODAY with Megyn Kelly, Morning Joe, The Daily Rundown, The Dr. Oz Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, One-On-One with
Steve Adubato, ESPN (online), and PBS Radio. She has also been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, USA
Today, Huffington Post, ABC News, NBC News, Fox News, People (online), Fitness, Shape, Women’s Health, Marie Clare,
Cosmopolitan, Glamour UK, Mercury News and more.
Rebecca is known for her sense of humor, and she is also an attentive listener. Consistently upbeat, Rebecca gives
encouragement and inspiration to others who are facing their own challenges, whether physical or emotional, and whether in
interpersonal relationships or in the workplace.
3 Clinical or Ethics CE Credits
12MONDAY PM WORKSHOPS M07 Best Practices for the Developing Clinical Supervisor
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Jennifer A. Pax, JD, LCSW, PhD Candidate
Clinical supervision aims to assist the supervisee in learning
M02 (LEAD-Mod3) Institutionalizing Diversity and Social from his or her experience and progress in expertise, as
Justice (must take all 3 days) well as to ensure good service to the client. This workshop
Tawanda Hubbard, DSW, LCSW is to engage newer supervisors in discussion and activities
This module covers: organizational diversity and social relevant to effective practice as a clinical supervisor.
justice issues, race matters, historical overview in the 4 Clinical or Ethics
profession, tools to institutionalize diversity, risk factors,
looking at model organizations, and experiential practice. M08 Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for African-
4 Social/Cultural American Clients
La’Tesha Sampson, MPA, LCSW
M03 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Family Court Due to the uniqueness of the African-American experience
Kathryn Dixon, LCSW, DABFC, FACFEI, Christine Heer, JD, in the United States, DBT is a particularly beneficial
LCSW, Alexandra Coglianese, Esq., LSW & Tina Maschi, modality to employ while working with African-American
PhD, LCSW, ACSW clients. This interactive workshop will assist clinicians
As part of the forensic track, this workshop will focus with tailoring the DBT core modules of mindfulness,
on the key areas in which families and children are distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal
impacted by family court involvement. Themes of stress effectiveness skills training.
and trauma will be discussed in the context of the impact 4 Clinical or Social/Cultural
upon children, particularly by parents with personality
disorders. Professionals who are unaware and untrained M09 Ending Firearms Harm Using Social Work Practice
in appropriate interventions can unwittingly contribute to Mark Lamar, MBA, LCSW & Trinay Thomas, LCSW
greater conflict and monetary strain, so we will discuss America’s firearms debate is polarized. Thirty-two
tools and resources available to improve outcomes. thousand Americans are killed and 100,000 injured by
4 Clinical guns annually. Social workers are needed to help those
harmed by intervening preventively and therapeutically
M04 (LGBT) Addressing the Intersection of HIV and the and advocating for effective regulatory policies. Micro and
Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (MSM)/Transgender (TG) macro intervention strategies will be presented.
Communities 4 Clinical
David Rosen, DBH, LCSW, C-ASWCM
To reduce the disproportionately higher rates of HIV M10 Ethical Dilemmas in Working With Older Adults
infection within MSM/TG communities, social workers Ted Alter, PhD, MSW, ACSW
need to better understand the complexities of the human This workshop will provide participants with skills to identify
sexuality spectrum so we can establish HIV prevention and make careful decisions with cognitively compromised
programs that successfully affirm such variations so MSM/ older adults. Decision making capacity, moral theories,
TG clients can view these life-saving services as actually advance directives, and major ethical principles will be
accessible to them. discussed in the context of resolving ethical dilemmas
4 Clinical or Social/Cultural surrounding medical care and the functional care needs of
the older adult.
M05 (SCH) Understanding Dyslexia 4 Clinical or Ethics
Christa M. Wolski, LCSW, CSSW, CYKT & Heather CM
Tellier, MS, NCED, LDT/C M11 Ethics and Transitions of Care
Dyslexia has an impact on students, staff, and schools as Becky Johnson, LCSW
a whole. Attendees will gain an understanding of what Ethical dilemmas in the healthcare setting often arise during
Dyslexia is from identification to intervention. Social transitions of care. This workshop reviews how ethical
Workers will receive strategies and practical tips to support dilemmas arise, who is involved, and strives to provide
the social-emotional effects of the learning disability in the practical methods to respond to ethical dilemmas through
school setting. in-depth case study.
4 Clinical 4 Clinical or Ethics
M06 Advance Care Planning: Bringing ‘Conversation of M12 Grieving Children & Teens: Creative Interventions
Your Life’ to Diverse New Jersey for Individual and Group Work
Tracy Grafton, LCSW, ACHP-SW & Adelisa Perez, BSN, RN-BC Crystal Zelman, LCSW, RPT, CCLS
Conversation of Your Life is a research-based program The experience of losing a loved one is often very
that focuses on engaging NJ communities in fruitful challenging, especially for children and teenagers.
dialogue regarding end-of-life wishes, and fosters Common issues and needs of grieving children across
opportunities for people to participate in advance care developmental stages and various religious and cultural
planning. Collaborative local efforts have proven effective backgrounds will be examined. Creative and expressive art
in increasing awareness and helping ensure that New techniques for individual and group work will be explored
Jerseyans’ end-of-life wishes are respected. experientially.
4 Clinical or Ethics 4 Clinical
13M13 Integrating Dialectical Behavior Therapy into TUESDAY EARLY MORNING WORKSHOP
Clinical Practice 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Veronica Sanders, LCSW, LCADC
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been successful in SP3 NJ Duty To Warn or Protect
working with clients who are emotionally dysregulated. Presenter TBA
Emotionally dysregulated clients often are impulsive, Join us for this early morning session to get informed on the
explosive, and driven by their emotions that cause newer Duty to Warn or Protect Law in New Jersey, what you
problems in their life. Learn how DBT can provide skills to need to be aware of in your daily social work practice, and
assist clients in creating a healthy life. what steps to take to cover yourself and your clients.
4 Clinical 1 Ethics
M14 Technology in Social Work Practice
NASW Assurance Services Presenter TUESDAY AM LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
The use of technology plays an essential role in the 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM
social work profession, and it goes beyond the pure
understanding of its functionality. Technology is one of the T01 (LEAD-Mod4) Understanding Transparency in
ways social workers can deliver their services and having Management and Governance (must take all 3 days)
a precise knowledge of its standards of practice is a must. William Waldman, MSW
It is essential to identify and mitigate any potential risk This module covers: what constitutes a non-profit organization,
with the use of technology in social work practice, and this advantages and constraints of non-profit status, special
workshop will help you in doing so. fiduciary responsibilities of non-profits, the roles and function
4 Ethics of governance, board and executive relationships, legal
and ethical integrity, recruiting new leadership, desired
M15 Treating Trauma with Neurobiology Using the competencies of management, leadership roles and volunteer
Comprehensive Resource Model management, and ecology of social welfare organizations and
Katherine Heeg, LCSW & Becky Russell, LPC challenges facing today’s leaders.
This workshop will introduce you to a new memory 4 General
reconsolidation trauma model, the Comprehensive
Resource Model (CRM). CRM provides the neurobiological
scaffolding that allows for fear responses to be
extinguished while the client remains fully present in the
moment. Neurobiological explanations will be provided
and participants can view a video case example.
4 Clinical
M16 Video Game Addiction 101: The Latest Behavioral
Disorder
Andrew Walsh, MHRM, LSW, LCADC Intern
Video game addiction is the latest behavioral disorder.
To put it in perspective, worldwide revenue for McDonalds
was $22 billion in 2017. Revenue in the U.S. alone from
video games in 2018 is projected to be $30 billion. This
workshop will discuss research, prevention and treatment
options that social workers can put into practice.
4 General
M17 Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Dispelling
Discomfort with Disability
Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH, PLLC, Keynote Speaker
When a person with a disability walks into a room or
passes us on the street, we have no choice but to notice.
This workshop will address our preconceived ideas/
beliefs, cultural stereotypes, and fundamental questions
and fears about disability. This workshop will prepare
participants for all related disciplines within the field of
social work. In order for social workers to be most effective
with the population we serve, we must identify and work
through our own biases and discomfort with ourselves and
others. Participants will be guided through asking difficult,
yet critical questions of themselves in order to develop
greater comfort in working with disability—not only others’
disabilities but also their own.
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14TUESDAY KEYNOTE SESSION #2
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Derrick Jackson, MSW, Law Enforcement Officer
The Intersection of Social Work and Law Enforcement
Derrick Jackson is the social worker who became a police officer who now
helps to run a police agency. Since 2008 Derrick has served as the Director of
Community Engagement for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (Ann Arbor,
MI). As a social worker and certified law enforcement officer he has a unique
perspective and role in building bridges between law enforcement and the
communities they serve.
At the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, law enforcement has become much
more than making an arrest and holding someone in jail. It is about service,
problem solving, addressing root causes, and building strong and sustainable
communities. It is at this intersection of social work and criminal justice where
Derrick has worked for the last eleven years.
Whether it is introducing his agency to a Problem-Oriented Policing approach,
implementing a reentry program in the jail, overseeing projects such as
addressing the root causes of the prostitution corridor, or developing a street
outreach team made up of formerly incarcerated individuals, Derrick works daily
to shift the paradigm of what is possible through law enforcement.
Derrick completed his undergraduate studies at Eastern Michigan University, obtained his Master’s in Social Work from the
University of Michigan School of Social Work, and graduated the police academy from Schoolcraft College. After obtaining
his MSW, Derrick went to work as the Community Outreach Coordinator for a local homeless youth shelter. It was his direct
interactions with the most vulnerable young people on our streets that prompted him to run for public office as a way to make
a larger systemic impact. In 2004, Derrick ran for local public office, and although he would lose by one vote, that experience
set him on a path of system changing opportunities. He was soon appointed Chief Deputy County Clerk where he learned the
inner workings of government and the impact that social workers can have in changing systems from the inside out.
A proud father, coach, adjunct professor, and committed community member, Derrick has dedicated his life to serving others.
2 Social/Cultural CE Credits
SESSION #1 OF TUESDAY PM WORKSHOPS adult protective services and guardianship. Walk away
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM with resources you need to better serve your clients.
2 Clinical or Ethics
T02 (LEAD-Mod5) Managing Successful Partnerships
and Governance (must take all 3 days) T04 (ATOD) From the Cockpit to Clinic: Increasing Safety
Telvis Rich, MA, EdD, PhD, LSW & Kassaw Tafere Merie, and Reducing Harm in Treatment
PhD, MSW, MBL Robert Winston, LCSW
This module covers: using strategic planning and the SWOT Healthcare, mental health, and addictions treatment
analysis, the basics of partnerships and collaborations in have been fraught with risk for decades. Aviation’s High
non-profits or human service agencies, creating win-win Reliability Organization and Crew Resource Management
situations, collaborators versus competitors, negotiation is a system developed to reduce preventable harm. This
and conflic resolution techniques, liability and vulnerability, workshop dives into the principles and brings them out of
the cockpit and into the social worker’s seat.
and social media.
2 Clinical
4 General
T05 (ATOD) Let’s Chat about HAT: The Basics of Heroin-
T03 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Criminal Court
Assisted Treatment
Kathryn Dixon, LCSW, DABFC, FACFEI, Christine Heer, JD,
Amanda Bent, LSW
LCSW, Alexandra Coglianese, Esq., LSW & Tina Maschi,
Many social workers are familiar with the paradigm
PhD, LCSW, ACSW
of medication-assisted treatment with methadone or
This section of the forensic track focuses in on the key
buprenorphine being common examples. Heroin-assisted
areas in which individuals are impacted by criminal court
treatment (HAT), on the other hand, is a more obscure
involvement. Social workers will get an overview of mental
concept. This workshop will present HAT as an evidence-
health competency, insanity and commitment standards and
based model that deserves more recognition and
regulations for criminal court, corrections and community
palatability in the United States.
supervision settings, probation and community mental
2 Ethics
health services, addiction, re-entry and recidivism concerns,
15T06 (SCH) Applying the SAMHSA Wellness Initiative to T11 Impact of Systemic Abuse on Latina Immigrant
Positively Impact School Climate & Culture Survivors: Challenges and Solutions
Teri Bates, LCSW & Tammy Rella, RN Anne Marie M Ramos, LCSW, RPT-S & Milagros Belaunde, BS
People with serious mental and/or substance use disorders As Latina immigrant survivors of domestic violence attempt
have significant health disparities when compared with to rebuild their lives, they encounter systemic abuse from
the general population, frequently resulting in premature the organizations designed to help them. This workshop
death from preventable conditions. The SAMHSA Wellness focuses on how the abuse affects the survivor’s trauma
Initiative is working to reverse this trend through positive recovery and demonstrates culturally sensitive counseling
lifestyle choices across eight domains. In this presentation, techniques and services. Solutions for stemming systemic
those eight domains are applied to a school setting, to abuse are explored.
help students, their families, and school staff make lifestyle 2 Clinical or Social/Cultural
changes to improve their mental and physical well-being.
2 Clinical T12 The Importance of Trauma-Informed Care: Child
Welfare and Intergenerational Trauma
T07 (SCH) Brain Cells Over Jail Cells Leslie K. Moorman, LCSW
Artresia Fryar, School Social Worker, LSW, DSW Candidate Children and their parents need clinicians who understand
School to prison pipeline is an epidemic that has set up our the importance of trauma-informed care and the effects
students to adapt to prison. The school to prison pipeline is of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the impact of
the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults trauma during key development phases. Disturbances of
from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated, attachment, parental trauma and treatment implications
because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. will be explored. Exploration of intergenerational trauma
Have you thought of ways to consider them as brilliant minds within the child welfare system will be examined.
instead of criminal minds? Do you want to practice proactive 2 Clinical
strategies towards discipline? We will discuss ways to
T13 Increasing Clinical Competency in One’s Work with
review, redirect, recognize and restore our students.
Depression in Black Female Clients
2 General
Sharea Farmer, LCSW
Black females navigate racial and gender bias in
T08 Applying an Advocacy Model for Social Work
multiple life settings. Many times, Black females do what
Practice Across Levels
is considered ‘shifting’ to navigate depression. This
Dr. Lisa Cox, PhD, LCSW
workshop examines whether stress and other factors
This workshop introduces a dynamic advocacy model
predict depressive symptoms. We will also discuss culturally
comprised of four inter-linking components: political
appropriate identification of depressive symptoms and
environments, environmental factors, social justice and
interventions for coping.
human needs and rights. Participants will actively apply
2 Clinical or Social/Cultural
the model across micro, mezzo, macro and professional
education levels, as well as to clinical scenarios involving T14 Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care:
diverse ethical issues. Social Workers Needed!
2 Ethics Janice Oursler, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, ACS & Patricia Findley,
DrPH, LCSW
T09 Complex Trauma in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Integrated behavioral health and primary care benefits
Victims: The Dangers of Misidentification
individuals with psychiatric and other disabilities. Few New
Karie McGuire, LCSW & Dawne Lomangino-DiMauro, LCSW
Jersey agencies deliver integrated services in medically
Domestic minor sex trafficking victims face many barriers
to getting appropriate trauma-informed treatment. This underserved areas. Learn about an interdisciplinary
program’s experience placing, training, supervising, and
workshop will illustrate how helping professionals can
evaluating interdisciplinary teams of social work, nursing
effectively advocate for DMST victims at the early stages of
and rehabilitation counseling students in this innovative
identification and also foster a safe, accepting therapeutic
approach.
space to assist these clients in trust building and identify
2 Clinical
formation.
2 Clinical T15 Navigating Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need Pyramid to
Select Ethical Courses of Action
T10 Grit Matters: Understanding the Role of
David Rosen, DBH, LCSW, C-ASWCM, Jennifer Pax, JD,
Psychological Grit in Achievement
LCSW & JoAnn Jarolmen, PhD, LCSW
Megan Callahan Sherman, PhD, LCSW
Using case studies focusing on current major controversies
This interactive presentation introduces Grit Theory which
in the social contract in the US (e.g., undocumented
contends gritty people have the unique ability to push
immigration, LGBT rights, etc.), participants will utilize
forward toward their goals regardless of obstacles and
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need as a tool for determining
adversity. Research suggests grit is a greater determinant
both how to prioritize competing policy interests and how
of success than intellectual ability. Attendees will develop
to act when ethical values come into conflict.
strategies for facilitating grit in the clients they work with.
2 Clinical or Ethics
2 Clinical
16T16 Questioning the Word: Adolescent Identity T21 (ATOD) Battling the Addiction Cycle in
Development Within a Conservative Religious Disadvantaged Communities: The Benefits of
Community Wraparound Supports
Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, DSW, MSW, MBE Crystal Wytenus, MA, LPC, LCADC, NCC, ACS & Jose
With an overarching goal of creating cultural awareness Rodriguez, MA, LPC, LCADC
among social workers providing clinical services to youth The cycle of intergenerational addiction in underprivileged
from religious backgrounds, this workshop is designed communities requires the utilization of culturally competent,
to provide an education regarding the more problematic wraparound services that build community and natural
outcomes faced by adolescents raised in conservative supports. This workshop will explore ways in which
religious societies navigating the path to adulthood. wraparound services can be utilized for those suffering
2 Clinical from substance use disorders to promote social justice in
these communities.
T17 What Hurricane Maria Taught Us: Climate Change 2 Clinical
Narratives and Social Work Implications
Widian Nicola, DSW, LCSW T22 (ATOD) Constructing and Deconstructing Stories:
While the scientific community has produced robust, Spiritual Direction as Social Work Intervention for
Addiction
instructive research on the effects of climate change, it is
Hugh E. Brown, III, M.Div, D.Min, LSW
critical to examine how environmental factors personally
Spiritual practice is an evidenced-based intervention
impact those served by social workers. Using first person
for substance abuse. Interventions such as Alcoholics
narratives of Hurricane Maria survivors, this workshop
Anonymous (AA) incorporate spiritual practice into
aims to highlight nuanced lived experiences and social
substance abuse treatment. This workshop will introduce a
work implications.
spiritual practice, Spiritual Direction, as a substance abuse
2 General
intervention. Skill development will focus on social work
T18 What Works in Therapy? Understanding the practices of narrative therapy.
Common Factors of Psychotherapy 2 Social/Cultural
Douglas Behan, LCSW
T23 (LGBT) Culturally Competent Care of Transgender
Research has proven that psychotherapy is effective.
and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Clients for
Despite hundreds of theoretical models, no model has Cisgender
proven superior. Why? This workshop will provide Angela C.S. Boyd, LCSW
an overview of the psychotherapy research literature Education and skill when working with the Transgender and
and explore the common factors found in all effective Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) community is a matter of
psychotherapies. Understanding these factors will make cultural competence that is essential to professional social
your work more effective and inclusive. work practice. Social Workers will learn how interrogate
2 Clinical their own internal biases regarding gender and adopt a
T19 A Deeper Look into the Training and Philosophy prosocial and affirmative stance in regard to their TGNC
Behind Modern Day Policing clients.
Derrick Jackson, Keynote Speaker 2 Clinical or Social/Cultural
Learn more about an existing model of partnership T24 (SCH) It’s All About Who You Know: An Integrated
between social workers and law enforcement, and how School Social Work Model
to begin the process with your own community law Elisabeth Mamourian Corona, MSS, LCSW & Vicki L.
enforcement agencies. This workshop will be focusing in Scheetz, MSW, PhD, ACSW
on Problem Oriented Policing and how it systematically This workshop will provide a multi-layered approach
analyzes the problems of a community, searches for for school social worker competences. Identifying risk,
effective solutions to the problems, and evaluates the resilience, and protective factors on three system levels
impact of their efforts. broadens the array of school social work programs and
2 Social/Cultural services, moving away from a direct practice model with
an individual pathological-focus toward a whole-school,
SESSION #2 OF TUESDAY PM WORKSHOPS whole-child framework.
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM 2 Clinical
T20 (FOR) Justice Informed Clinical Practice in Civil Court T25 Are We There Yet? From Reflection to Action
Kathryn Dixon, LCSW, DABFC, FACFEI, Christine Heer, JD, Natalie N Moore-Bembry, EdD, LSW
LCSW, Alexandra Coglianese, Esq., LSW & Tina Maschi, To challenge racial disparities, we need to understand
PhD, LCSW, ACSW the unintentional forms of oppression that we perpetrate
This last workshop in the forensic track will focus in on through microaggressions. In this interactive workshop,
the civil court, civil rights and civil liberties, such as: laws intersectionality and cultural humility will be offered as
against discrimination, immigration and minorities, LGBTQ conceptual tools with which to dismantle these individual
people, the aging population, student rights and HIB and expressions of oppression in social work practice.
anti-bullying. 2 Social/Cultural
2 Clinical or Social/Cultural
17T26 Empowering Refugees to Navigate NJ Health and T31 CANCELLED
Community Systems Towards Wellness
Shaina Ward, LSW T32 Treating Trauma in the Juvenile Justice Population
Refugees’ journeys towards integration and wellness are Alice Foulkes-Garcia, LCSW, LCADC, DSW
complicated by community systems compounding the Minority youth from poor urban areas where violence
challenges of healing from trauma while navigating a new is prevalent are disproportionately represented in the
culture. Targeted health and wellness information delivery Juvenile Justice System. Learn about how the New Jersey
can empower refugees to access services and assert their Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) utilizes a Life Events
rights and perspectives, helping them thrive as they start Checklist to measure the prevalence of Trauma and two
their lives anew. modalities, Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma
2 Social/Cultural (ITCT-A) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
(EMDR).
T27 Environmental Justice and Social Work: Theories to 2 Clinical or Social/Cultural
Guide Interventions
Mariann Bischoff, LCSW, CCS & Christine Morales, LCSW T33 Young and Homeless: A Multi-Systemic Approach to
Water crises, pipelines, disastrous hurricanes and Working Interventions
earthquakes - when environmental issues affect society, Megan Callahan Sherman, PhD, LCSW & Colleen Diveny, LCSW
social workers must take action. Ethical practices mandate The number of young people encountering homelessness
examining the organic relationship between social work in this country is increasing at an alarming rate.
and the physical environment to positively impact the Consequences for these young people are extensive. This
earth. We explore three theories on social work and the workshop will prepare participants with the knowledge
environment to guide interventions. necessary to begin acting on behalf of kids who are living
2 Ethics through the consequences of not having a home.
2 Clinical
T28 Facing Adulthood: Helicopter Parenting as a
Function of the Family Projection Process
Deborah Dumont, MSS, LCSW & Christine Caporuscio, LCSW
Helicopter parenting is a well-known phenomenon that
describes a specific kind of over-parenting that is focused
on the well-being and success of children that can impact
young adults general sense of life satisfaction, overall
mood, and the development of the necessary life skills to
manage adulthood. Learn how to best assist parents and
families stuck in this pattern.
2 Clinical
T29 Foster Care: Closing the Gap Between Best Practices,
Current Policies and Reality
Noel R. Hiers, MSS, LCSW & Leah Angel Daniel, MA
Best practices will be examined in terms of sibling
placements, placement transitions, trauma informed care,
and fostering teamwork between resource parents and
biological parents. Learn about resources that represent
the diversity found in modern families.
2 Clinical
T30 Institutionalizing Care for Compassion Fatigue in
Social Service Agencies
Edwin Melendez, MA, LCSW & Chinyere L. Small, LSW
Social work is difficult in an ever-changing society
and more so complicated today with issues related to
technology and diversity. Subsequently, burn-out, quality
of services, and lack of effectiveness can cause social
workers to be affected personally and professionally. We
will examine how agencies can institutionalize methods to
combat compassion fatigue and improve outcomes.
2 Clinical or Ethics
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