National Association of Social Workers- SC Chapter
Spring Symposium March 23-25, 2015
Roberta Greene, PhD, Emeritus Professor, University of Texas is a Chair in Gerontology at the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin and a clinical social worker with a PhD in human development. She has worked for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as a staff member and was instrumental in passing the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act. She also worked for the Council on Social Work Education as a curriculum development specialist.
Roberta Greene was professor and the Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare at the School of Social Work University of Texas-Austin. She previously was professor and dean at the Indiana University School of Social Work and has worked at the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers. Dr. Greene has numerous publications including Resiliency Theory: An Integrated Framework for Practice, Research, and Policy; Social Work with the Aged and Their Families, and Human Behavior Theory and Social Work Practice. She served on the Commission on Educational Policy and Innovation.
Darrell Wheeler, PhD, MPH, is president of the National Association of Social Workers and since 2011 has been the dean of Loyola University’s School of Social Work. Prior to his post at Loyola, Wheeler was associate dean for research and community partnerships at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College (CUNY).
Wheeler is an educator and researcher who is one of the leading social work experts on HIV prevention and intervention, particularly in the African-American gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. He has authored and co-authored many articles, book chapters and monographs on AIDS. His work has been funded by key health organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American International Health Alliance. His work has demonstrated a deep understanding of social work practice methods and the social work community. Wheeler has also used research and scholarship to advance the use of data and evidence in developing innovative programs and policy initiatives. He was a recipient of the American International Health Alliance Partnership Award, which he used to develop the capacity of Nigerian social service programs targeted at orphaned and other vulnerable youth.
PHOTO AND BIO Teresa Arnold, LISW-CP, Executive Director, AARP-SC
2015 Symposium Workshop Schedule
Monday March 23
8:00 a.m. Registration and coffee
9:00 a.m. Welcome 8:30 a.m. Welcome Jeanne Cook, PhD,
President NASW-SC
Opening Plenary Roberta Greene, PhD Forces of Change: Social Work in the New Millennium
10:30 a.m. Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
10:45-12:15 p.m. Workshops
David Luciano, JD, MSW, PhD, The Cultural Humility Model and How it Can be Used to Help Unaccompanied Minors Who Arrive at our Borders in the United States. The Immigration Phenomenon has forced young children to arrive at our US borders in search of the American Dream. As a result, these young children are often sexually abused, tortured, and traumatized in their attempts to cross the border and find a safe haven in the United States. Most of these young children will experience culture shock and an unfriendly and dangerous environment (i.e., insensitive border patrol officers, sexual predators, drug traffickers, etc.). These conditions can result in child Trauma and PTSD, and can also have a negative impact on these minors psychological well- being. The main research questions are: What can we as clinicians do to help these unaccompanied minors? And what can we as clinical social workers do to effectively treat these vulnerable children?
Amy Jamerson, MSW, LCSW-A and Elizabeth Stapleton, MSW, LCSW, Where is the SW in TEAM: Being a social worker on an interdisciplinary team. Many social workers find themselves working with, and being managed by, people of other professions. Join us as we explore how to grow and thrive as a social worker on a professionally diverse team.
Jim Manning, ACSW, MPA, LISW – AP & CP, DCSW and Shelley L. Price, LBSW, Generational Generalities: Why the Generally Genuinely Matter in the Workplace. There are now four generations in the workplace. Additionally, the workforce is aging and people are working longer before retiring. Events will be examined to see how workplace behavior has been influenced. This workshop will explore generational variances to develop strategies for effectively working with these differences in the workplace.
Meredith Powers, MSW, George Appenzeller, MSW, Dana Daniel, BA, and Latham Avery, Greening Our Practice: Social Workers Responding to the Environmental Crisis. There is an urgent call to action to promote sustainable environmental practices that enhance the well-being of humans and the ecological systems in which they live. Ecological degradation disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, making it an issue of social and ecological injustice that social work must address in everyday practice.
Capt Lateasa Reed, LISW-C, Behavioral Health Interventions in Primary Care in the Air Force Model. An elaborate review of the Air Force behavioral health services provided in primary care settings to decrease overall health cost and to improve patient access to behavioral health care, population health, readiness, physical health and mental health outcomes, and patient and provider satisfaction._
12:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m. General Session Luncheon: Dr. Darrell Wheeler, PhD, MPH, Dean,
School of Social Work, Loyola University
Board President, NASW National
1:45 p.m. Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Workshops
Cynthia Forrest, PhD, MSW, LMSW, Tina Williams, BS, & Crystal Colina, BSW, What Should I Do With Hope?! Managing Its Therapeutic Potential Part 1. Hope has a mystical and elusive quality - built upon the language of euphemisms. Yet, it can be among the most empowering therapeutic tools available to social workers. Using cognitive and narrative theories, this workshop provides participants the opportunity to learn therapeutic strategies for managing hope in the helping process
Teri Browne, PhD, MSW, NSW-C and Camille B. Wood, MA, BS, Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Social Workers Part 1. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an empirically tested practice model for substance use treatment that can be used in any practice setting. This session will provide an overview of this model, and provide attendees with the skills needed to implement SBIRT in their practice settings.
Marcyline L. Bailey, LCSW, ACSW, Finding Your Niche for Satisfaction and Financial Peace. Social workers have a cache of transferrable skills, but mature workers often find themselves in unsatisfying, low paying jobs with few opportunities for growth. This session will enable attendees to identify their niche and to utilize the knowledge to pursue promotion, change of position or second career.
Matthew Wilkie, MSW, LMSW, Wrap Around: An Evidenced-based Model. Wraparound is an ecologically based process building on the collective action of a team to mobilize resources and talents from a variety of sources to support families in their communities. In the wraparound process a team of people are brought together around all the components of a family's life incorporating their history, culture, relationships and other relevant information to address their challenges and formulate possible solutions. Wraparound also includes a series of practice steps bringing a group of people together to craft and match services, supports and interventions to meet unique family needs. Often referred to as a process rather than a service or particular type of intervention, Wraparound integrates and builds on a variety of concepts from a range of sources. This integrative nature makes Wraparound particularly adaptive to the organization, context and people involved in implementation.
Carol Yarborough, LISW-CP and Colleen Corbin, LMSW, Strengthening Mother/Daughter Relations for Trauma Victims through a Trauma-focused Intervention. This workshop will demonstrate a trauma-focused intervention utilized at a children’s advocacy center in conjunction with community-based organization assistance. Participants will be presented background on program development and receive hands-on exercises for facilitating group practice with this family dynamic.
3:30 p.m. Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Workshops
Cynthia Forrest, PhD, MSW, LMSW Tina Williams, BS, & Crystal Colina, BSW, What Should I Do With Hope?! Managing Its Therapeutic Potential Part 2. Hope has a mystical and elusive quality - built upon the language of euphemisms. Yet, it can be among the most empowering therapeutic tools available to social workers. Using cognitive and narrative theories, this workshop provides participants the opportunity to learn therapeutic strategies for managing hope in the helping process
Teri Browne, PhD, MSW, NSW-C and Camille B. Wood, MA, BS Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Social Workers Part 2. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an empirically tested practice model for substance use treatment that can be used in any practice setting. This session will provide an overview of this model, and provide attendees with the skills needed to implement SBIRT in their practice settings.
Susan H. Bullard, LISW-CP, Journaling: A Tool For Your Toolkit. Kathleen Adams defines Journal Therapy as “The purposeful and intentional use of cathartic, reflective, process and/or integrative writing used to further therapeutic goals.” This workshop will explore the active listening of the words that cannot be spoken in an effort to “capture moments, express feelings, and chronicle experiences.”
Deborah Seidel, LCSW, Employee Engagement. Statistics show that the number of employees who are disengaged from their jobs is rising. This is an interactive workshop that will give managers useful tools and activities to go back to their team to engage them. As well as how to determine what will motivate employees to give 100%.
Jennifer Butler, MSW, LISW-CP, Mary How, MA, ATR-BC and Susan Yelverton, MAT, Mandalas and Mindfulness. Social Work Practice Competencies and Successful Community Reentry among SMI. This is an experiential workshop for participants to actively engage in a formal meditation practice. Participants will work together to create a large mandala. They will have the opportunity to become both the observer and participant, as well as process their experience afterwards.
5:15 p.m. NASW-SC Board Meeting
Tuesday March 24
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. NASW Town Hall Meeting NASW Staff and Board
Recognizing Excellence in our Field:
Social Work Awards
9:00 a.m. Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Workshops
Corey Beauford, MSW, LICSW, An Overview of the ASWB Licensing Exam – Part 1. This presentation will share information about the revised social work licensing examination. We will juxtapose the content outlines of the old exam with the new exam. Participants will review subject matter covered on the ASWB exams as well as sample exam questions. Strategies useful for success on the exam will also be shared. Part One of this workshop will cover information relevant to the Bachelors level exam.
NASW Assurance – Ethics, Part 1.
Nikki R. Wooten, PhD, LISW-CP, Elizabeth Polinsky, and Yang Yue, MSW, Military and Deployment Experiences of Army Women - Part 1. This panel presents three studies from The Army Women Research Project, a study of Army women’s military and deployment experiences. The panel will describe the use of social media in military research, positive and negative military and deployment experiences, and their “lived experiences” of military and deployment risk and resilience.
Elizabeth Ann Surratt, LISW-CP, Cognitive behavior therapy for PTSD: Behavioral Task Assignment. This program will introduce Behavioral Task Assignment: what it is; why it is useful; what it aims to accomplish; and how it addresses treatment goals. Also addressed will be assessing task completion and using self-monitoring methods with patient; Then, all these elements are pulled together to use behavioral task assignment effectively.
Shirley McClerklin-Motley, MSW, ABD, This Ain't Ya Grandma's Social Work. Using the “Person-In-Environment” (PIE) theoretical framework and a feminist lens, this workshop focuses on the central role of social work in leading the nation towards equitable and culturally responsive integrated services. The PIE framework provides a basis for analysis of the political reality of diverse populations.
Kertrina A. Graham, BSW, LMSW, Assessing the Impact of Social Policy on Poverty. In an effort to close the gap between the Haves and the Have not’s in American Society, it is crucially important that we examine the historical context of social policy development and its impact on poverty. Gender inequalities, high rates of unemployment and the lack of broad based community involvement in poverty eradication programs and policies results in creating environments that are not conducive to sustainable and equitable development. This presentation will examine the history and evolution of social policy in American society. It will discuss the government’s role in social policy development and implementation and will emphasize the positive and negative outcomes of social welfare policy in American society.
10:45 a.m. Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Workshops
Corey Beauford, MSW, LICSW An Overview of the ASWB Licensing Exam – Part 2. This presentation will share information about the revised social work licensing examination. We will juxtapose the content outlines of the old exam with the new exam. Participants will review subject matter covered on the ASWB exams as well as sample exam questions. Strategies useful for success on the exam will also be shared. Part Two will cover information relevant to the Masters and Clinical exams
NASW Assurance – Ethics Part 2
Nikki R. Wooten, PhD, LISW-CP, Elizabeth Polinsky, and Yang Yue, MSW, Military and Deployment Experiences of Army Women - Part 2. This panel presents three studies from The Army Women Research Project, a study of Army women’s military and deployment experiences. The panel will describe the use of social media in military research, positive and negative military and deployment experiences, and their “lived experiences” of military and deployment risk and resilience.
Carmen Hampton Julious, MSW, LISW-CP&AP and Patrice Orr Robinson, MSW, Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in an Era of Complex Practice Issues: HIV/AIDS as a Case Study. Using HIV/AIDS as case study content, the workshop will explore legal and ethical issues, individual and institutional attitudes that may affect services, opportunities to provide culturally competent services, and a framework or model for ethical decision making. It is intended for practitioners in both direct services and administrative roles in a variety of practice settings, working with diverse groups of clients/consumers.