2021 Continuing Education Offerings

Presented by Sheng Lee Yang, MSW, LCSW

Perinatal mental health is a widespread issue, however, often overlooked and rarely discussed within the helping profession. The reality and experiences of new parents are disregarded with an expectation that having a baby is “the best time of your life,” so parents suffer in silence. Untreated perinatal mental health leads to psychiatric needs and shattered families; having generational impact. The purpose of this course is to draw attention to the relevance of perinatal mental health, recognize signs, symptoms and interventions, while, normalizing the matter. The workshop will address these issues through a combination of interactive dialogue, focused discussion, applied-practice exercises, and small group work.
Learning Objectives:

1. Increase awareness of perinatal mental health, identify risk factors and who it impacts.
2. Become familiar with true experiences of individuals facing perinatal mental health.
3. Using the DSM-5-TR, identify and distinguish mental health disorders.
4. Identify best practices in assessing and treating individuals experiencing perinatal mental health.

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Cost
Member - $25
Member - Student or Retired - $20
Non-Member - $35

Presented by Dawn Apgar, PhD, LSW, ACSW

This webinar will explore the significance of social work licensure and heightened challenges in a post-COVID world. This insightful session will delve into the complexities of social work licensure and how it is evolving in the aftermath of the pandemic. The webinar will address the growing need for licensure portability, discussing the challenges and opportunities it presents to social workers in an increasingly interconnected and remote-working landscape. Whether you are an experienced social work professional or just embarking on your career, this webinar promises to offer valuable insights into the changing dynamics of social work licensure.
Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to articulate the history of social work licensure and its requirements.
2. Participants will understand social work licensure requirements and the differences between states.
3. Participants will be able to differentiate between models to enhance portability including endorsement versus mutual recognition.

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Cost
Member - $25
Member - Student or Rtired - $20
Non-Member - $35

Presented by Judith L.M. McCoyd, PhD, LCSW



Many social workers were trained to engage with griefwork using Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying, yet people came to apply them broadly to grief generally- a misapplication with problematic implications. Despite most grief theorists’ and researchers’ rejection of the stage approach, people continue to force a 5 stage model.   After explaining the problematic aspects of this, we will discuss an alternate approach that centers the grievers’ experience by asking questions rather than assuming standardized responses. Questions that help grievers reflect on areas that current grief theory identifies as important will be suggested as a better map for clinical work with people who are grieving.

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to differentiate the common phrase “five stages of grief” from Kübler-Ross’ original work.
2. Describe some of the destructive and anti- social work aspects of applying stage theory to grief.
3. Identify at least two newer grief theories that support a question-based intervention.

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Cost
Member - $25
Member - Student or Retired - $20
Non-Member - $35

Presented by Brian Benford, MSW

We’ve all been in situations when someone says or does something that feels hostile or offensive to some aspect of our identity — and the person doesn’t even realize it. These kinds of actions — insensitive statements, questions, or assumptions — are called “microaggressions,” and they can target many aspects of who we are.  Collectively, we will learn how to cope and heal from microaggressions and to prevent being a perpetrator of committing microaggressions.  
Learning Objectives 1. Create awareness surrounding the common occurrences of microaggresions. 2. Explore the outcomes associated with the experience of microaggressions. 3. Discover techniques to minimize the occurrence of microaggressions and ways to respond when someone has been microaggressive.

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Cost
Member - $25
Member - Student or Retired - $20
Non-Member - $35

Join Marc Herstand for an update on LGBTQI Advocacy in Wisconsin.

Visit our member-only event page for more details.