Exciting workshops lined up for June!

Register today at www.nasw-michigan.org for one of three great continuing education events taking place this June.

What You Need to Know in Providing Mental Health Care to Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind Community

June 19, 2014

1:00-4:00pm

3 CEs

$45 for NASW Members. $30 for Student, Retired & Transitional NASW Members

$65 for Non-Members

There is no system of care for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in Michigan. This workshop will explore factors that create barriers to treatment through lack of qualified providers, literacy, accessibility, and linguistic mental health care to the deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Participants will learn how they can be advocates for the underserved communities. Participants will also explore ethical violations in areas such as communication and clinical competence.

Presenters:  June Walatkiewicz, LMSW, ACSW, BEI II, QMHI is a board certified Social Worker with over 25 years’ experience in the mental health field. June specializes in outpatient mental health with individuals with hearing loss in the tri-county area. In 2004, she was recognized as Social Work of the Year by NASW-Michigan for her work with the Deaf.

Kathleen Mitchell, LMSW, ACSW is a Deaf licensed Master Social Worker with 20 years’ experience in Community Mental Health system. Kathleen’s work experience includes case management, substance abuse counseling, domestic violence counseling, outpatient therapy and clinical supervision.

NASW-Michigan Chapter Office

741 N. Cedar St Suite 100

A Practical Approach to Social Work Allyship

Friday, June 20, 2014

6:00-8:00pm

1.5 CEs

Free for NASW Members. $15 for Non-Members

You are invited to attend a special NASW Michigan partnership kick-off event at Affirmations Community Center, A Practical Approach to Social Work Allyship. This 1.5 CE workshop will explore social work’s primary mission as serving vulnerable and oppressed populations. Through large and small group discussion presenters will help participants identify personal privilege, brainstorm ally roles and responsibilities, and create an inventory of practical skills for allyship in a professional social work setting.

Presenters: John Swartz, BSW is a MSW candidate at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. John has worked with LGBT populations in macro and community level settings, focusing on intersectional issues surrounding transgender human rights. John has served as president of PRIDE, one of MSU’s LGBT*Q and allied caucuses, and currently serves as outreach coordinator for Trans*Action MSU.

Kristin McBride, BSW is a MSW candidate at the University of Michigan. She has served as president of Phi Alpha, vice president of Social Work Club, and is “Mommy” to a busy toddler. Kristin has a passion for women’s studies and race relations and plans to use her education to serve urban populations and communities.

Affirmations Community Center

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Understanding and Utilizing Attachment Theory in Clinical Work

June 27, 2014

9:00 AM – 4:00pm; registration opens at 8:30 AM

6.5 CEs

$90 for NASW Members. $75 for Student, Retired & Transitional NASW Members

$125 for Non-Members

*Lunch will be provided*

Children, and the adults they become, learn about themselves and relationships through interactions with primary caregivers.  Over 50 years of research confirms that the earliest relationships help shape a child’s brain, prepare them for school and inform their intimate relationships. Children and adults who have histories of insecure attachment relationships often are referred for clinical services due to behavioral problems, or issues related to management of affect and behavior. This workshop will address current knowledge about attachment templates, the intergenerational transmission of trauma via attachment relationships and general clinical principles of intervention using an attachment theory framework.

Presenter: Julie Ribaudo, LMSW, ACSW is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University Of Michigan School Of Social Work. Prior to joining the School of Social Work in 2006, she had practiced for over 20 years with a focus on prevention and intervention with parents and their infants and young children. She practiced in a wide range of community-based programs, including community mental health, child welfare, public health, Head Start and Early Head Start, education, and the juvenile court system.  As an early interventionist, she also provided support to teachers and caregivers of challenging infants, toddlers and children; and assessment and treatment of abused and/or neglected infants, toddlers and young children in foster care or adoption.  Julie's clinical work also included psychotherapy with adults to resolve issues of depression, anxiety and childhood trauma. 

NASW-Michigan Chapter Office

741 N. Cedar St Suite 100

Lansing MI 48906