Virtual

9:00am-4:30pm ET

6 Ethics Credits

Join NASW-MI for the 2024 Social Work Ethics Institute, along with social workers from Michigan and across the nation for a full-day conversation about the ethical dilemmas in today's ever-changing practice environment. Hear from social work leaders about navigating complex ethical challenges in micro, mezzo, and macro settings. 

Pricing:
NASW Members: $125 
Future Members: $175
Student/Transitional Members: $35
Retired: $75
Student Non Members: $55

Schedule:

8:45am - 9:00am  Welcome & Announcements

9:00-10:30am  Ethical Challenges in Contemporary Social Work: Essential Knowledge for Cutting-Edge Issues (Presented by Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D) -  1.5 Ethics Credits

10:30-10:45am  Break

10:45-12:15pm Navigating Complex Ethical Challenges (Judy Krause, LMSW; Shelley Ovink, LMSW, ACSW; Bridie Johnson, LMSW, CAADC, QMHP; Susan Radzilowski, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, IMH II; Janice Firn, PhD, MSW, HEC-C) 1.5 Ethics Credits

12:15-12:30pm Awards Presentation

12:30-1:00pm  Break

1:00-2:30pm  The Ethics of Advocacy (Presented by Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, LLMSW, CLSSGB; Matt Dargay, MSW; Sean Rositano, LLMSW-Macro) 1.5 Ethics Credits

2:30-2:45pm  Break

2:45-4:15pm Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Settings (Presented by Julie Weckel, ACSW, LMSW-Clinical; Ashley Carter Youngblood, LMSW, LMFT, CIMHP, CNRC, ADS, NNP; Adam Cecil, LMSW-Clinical; Jordan Freeman, LMSW-Clinical) 1.5 Ethics Credits

4:15 - 4:30pm Closing Remarks & Reminders

*schedule subject to change

After registering, you will be emailed a registration confirmation.  An event reminder email will be sent prior to the event with the Zoom link.  The reminder email will be sent to the email address associated with your registration.

This webinar is approved for 6 Ethics Credits through the NASW-Michigan CE Collaborative, and counts as towards the live, synchronous requirement.

Presenter Info:

Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, has focused his career on helping mental health professionals across the globe avoid ethics challenges. Dr. Reamer is a professor in the graduate program, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His teaching and research focus on professional ethics, criminal justice, mental health, health care, and public policy. Dr. Reamer received his PhD from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the National Association of Social Workers “Code of Ethics” and served on the code revision task force. Reamer also chaired national and international task forces that developed ethics guidelines for practitioners’ use of technology.

Judy Kruase has been a therapist for the past 20 years providing services for substance use, depression, anxiety, and PTSD; with additional expertise in elder services, home health and hospice. During her career Judy has worked as a  Medical social worker for the Marquette General Health Systems; a therapist, supervisor and addictions specialist for Catholic Social Services of the UP, as well as a field instructor and mentor for social work students through Michigan State University. Judy earned her BSW from NMU in 1988 and her MSW in 2003 from Michigan State University. Since 2005, she has served on and off in the position of Region 1 Representative (often with Shelley) on the NASW-Michigan Board, representing the voices of all social workers in the Upper Peninsula to our statewide association. Her most recent term ended earlier this year, but Judy will be continuing her leadership as the newest appointee to NASW-Michigan’s Chapter Ethics Committee. Additionally, Judy has been very active in other areas across the Upper Peninsula, including serving on the boards of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, West End Suicide Prevention, and CISM-Critical Incident Stress Management team.

Shelley Ovink is a clinician in private practice, who has specialized in the area of domestic violence with adult male perpetrators. She is a qualified expert witness in that field and gets many referrals  through the local court system. Through her current work, Shelley  is helping to change her clients' thinking related to abuse and relationships. Shelley previously has worked at Pathways Community Mental Health and Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan. While at Pathways,  she helped create a Gatekeeper Program for homebound individuals  who had chronic or persistent mental health issues, and she  helped write the successful  grant that funded the program. Shelley earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Detroit and a master’s degree in social work from Michigan State University.  She additionally holds certifications in Batterer’s Intervention and advanced alcohol and drug counseling. Shelley has been an active member of several local coalitions, including in the areas of Domestic & Sexual Violence, and Substance Abuse & Violence Prevention. She has served on both local and regional School Boards for about 30 years and has been  active in the the Michigan Association of School Board’s Government Relations committee and with the  National Cadre of School Health Leaders. Shelly has also served on the local school board for several years and she has also been an local Emergency Responder.  Within NASW-Michigan Shelley served as both the Region 1 Representative and as an active member of the Chapter Ethics Committee, providing crucial guidance and expertise to social workers across the state finding themselves in ethical dilemmas. In 2015, Shelley was appointed by then Governor Rick Snyder to serve on the Michigan Board of Social Work. 

Bridie Johnson, LMSW, LCSW, ICAADC, IBCLC, IFSD. Bridie is a Social Worker and currently the Senior Behavioral Health Director for Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. She is a direct descendant of so-called Canada, Chippewa of the Garden River, First Nations, also known as Ketegaunzeebee. This is an Ojibwe band located at Garden River #14 near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Bridie is Anishinaabe Kwe. As a BIPOC, two-spirit, out lesbian, Bridie understands the impact that the many intersections of oppression can make on one’s ability to be resilient in the world. Bridie holds an associate’s degree in business law, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice (youth service minor), and a Master of Social Work Degree from Wayne State University. She earned a post master’s certificate as a marriage and family therapist and was fully licensed in 2002. After some years in the field, she pursued a certificate in addiction and another in Integrated behavioral health at the University of Michigan. For over a decade, Bridie has been a training member of the Michigan human trafficking task force (MHTTF), providing education on the insidiously harmful effects of (MMI2-SWC) missing and murdered indigenous two-spirit individuals, women, and children alike and the devastating trauma surrounding the two-spirit identity and historical trauma in general. Bridie is also an (IBC) Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor, (IFSD) Indigenous full spectrum Doula, as well as an (FNITIYI) First Nations Indigenous trauma-informed yoga instructor.

Susan Radzilowski, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, is a Clinical Social Worker who received her MSW degree from the University of Michigan. Susan spent over twenty years working as a School Social Worker for Detroit Public Schools. This was followed by eight years as a Mental Health Consultant and Lead Social Worker at Matrix Head Start, a Detroit based Head Start - Early Head Start Pro-gram. While working in Head Start Susan also served as Field Instructor for MSW students from the University of Michigan. Susan was employed as a Clinical Social Worker by the University of Michigan Hospital (Michigan Medicine) in 2019 and 2020 in Child and Adolescent Services (CAGS). Her position there was eliminated in 2020 due to COVID 19 budget cuts. Susan continues to co-facilitate a monthly consultation group on pediatric gender concerns under the CAGS umbrella. Currently, Susan splits her professional time between her private practice and teaching and consulting. She is a LEO Lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and a Part Time Faculty at Wayne State University. In 2018, Susan founded a private practice, Radzilowski Counseling, LLC, where she offers therapy and consultation. In her clinical private practice Susan focuses on working with transgender clients, with a focus on working with transgender and gender diverse youth and their families. Susan has been a member of the NASW Michigan Chapter Ethics Committee (CEC) since 2010 and has completed two terms as Chair of the CEC.

Dr. Janice Firn has a BS from Michigan State University, MSW from the University of Michigan, and PhD from Lancaster University (UK). Janice is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS). Before DLHS, Janice worked in oncology and palliative care at Michigan Medicine. She is also part of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM), and serves as a Clinical Ethicist for the Clinical Ethics Service. Janice responds to ethics consultation requests, facilitates preventive ethics rounds, participates in interprofessional ethics education at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional level across the medical and academic campuses, and is involved in a number of related research and quality improvement/quality assurance initiatives.

Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, MSW '10, is a political social worker and community organizer with over 10 years of experience in various social justice areas, including labor, healthcare, voting, immigration, housing and disability. Ghazi Edwin serves as a lecturer and program manager for the School of Social Work's ENGAGE initiative, where she creates and facilitates virtual discussions for the school and community-at-large. Ghazi Edwin specializes in community-based research and developing and teaching community-engaged courses. She is the creator and co-director of the School of Social Work's Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design certificate program. In addition to her MSW, Ghazi Edwin holds a Lean Six Sigma from U-M's School of Engineering. In 2022, Ghazi Edwin was elected to Ann Arbor City Council representing Ward 3 - a region that includes the School of Social Work - for a four-year term. Ghazi Edwin also serves as the Governor Whitmer-appointed chair of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.

Matt Dargay, MSW. Matt serves as the Legislative Director for State Representative Sharon MacDonell, a position he has held since January of 2023. He has also managing city council campaigns in Troy. Matt completed his Masters of Policy and Political Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2022, during which he founded Payment for Placements (P4P), a nationwide student movement calling for more paid field placement opportunities for social work students, and served as Student Representative for the NASW of Michigan.

Julie Weckel, ACSW, LMSW-Clinical. Julie is a clinical social worker. She received her Bachelor degree from Western Michigan University in 1991 and her Masters degree from Grand Valley State University in 2004. She has worked in several settings including long term care, mental health crisis, oncology and palliative settings and several administrative roles for private, governmental and non-profit organizations. The majority of Julie’s 30 + year career focus has been work with persons who are elderly and adults with disability and their family caregivers. Her approach is to use a strength-based, cognitive behavioral therapeutic intervention. Julie is an ally for the LGBT-Q community. Julie is active with the National Association of Social Workers, Michigan chapter. She facilitates the statewide workgroups for Aging and Private Practice professionals. Julie is certified in Problem Solving Therapy, Clinical Dementia Rating, Critical Incident Stress Management and CPR, First Aid. Julie speaks on a number of topics to professional and community members, including; Age related mental health issues and social interaction topics, family caregiver focus, working/living with a person with dementia, HIPAA and starting a private practice. In 2005 Julie started home-based counseling services to meet a need she saw in south west Michigan. “How do people who are home bound receive mental health counseling services when they have difficulty leaving their home?”  The answer was to bring the counselor to the person. Geriatric Connections was started to meet this need. In 2015 Julie was awarded the NASW Michigan Social Worker of the Year award.