September 2024 Newsletter

Sep 02, 2024

From the Pen of our new PACE Political Field Organizer Gisel Esmeralda Arriaga Barrios,

Hello! My name is Gisel Esmeralda Arriaga Barrios, I’m a recent graduate from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor where I received my MSW and I am also a UNLV alumni where I received my BSW. I am the current PACE (political action for candidate election) field organizer for the NV chapter. My role is to empower social workers to be politically active by engaging them to volunteer for campaigns, ensuring they’re registered to vote, and educating on the importance of social workers and their role in elections. I believe it is important for social workers to be politically active because of the uniqueness of our field, we work with all populations of people in all kinds of settings. We understand what is currently impacting individuals, families, and communities and how who we elect affects the people we work with and the places we work in.

Interested in getting involved? Have questions? Reach out to me via email: garriaga.naswnv@socialworkers.org and I’d be happy to chat! Excited to work with you all and will be in touch!

Thanks,

Gisel Arriaga Barrios (she/her/ella)

PACE Political Field Organizer

2024 NASW Chapters Virtual Conference:

Empowering Social Workers

Hosted by: NASW-Illinois, Nevada, and North Dakota Chapters

Up to 8.0 Remote CEUs Available

Includes CEUs fulfilling requirements for clinical supervision, cultural competency, or implicit bias in Illinois, or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or suicide prevention in Nevada.

Conference workshops will qualify as continuing education for the following professions*:

· In Illinois: LSWs, LCSWs, PELs, LPCs, LCPCs, LMFTs, RNs, LPNs, APNs, and LCPs.

· In Nevada: Professionals licensed by Nevada Board of Examiners for Social Workers, Nevada State Board of Psychological Examiners, State of Nevada, State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists & Clinical Professional Counselors, Department of Education.

· In North Dakota: Professionals licensed by the North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners.

*Subject to change

CONFERENCE DETAILS

Dates: Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8, 2024

Times: Times are the same for both days.

· 11:00am to 4:00pm Central Time

· 10:00am to 3:00pm Mountain Time

· 9:00am to 2:00pm Pacific Time

Conference Event Platform: Zoom Events

Conference Workshops, Descriptions, and Presenters:

Click here to read more

REGISTRATION RATES

*There is no single-day option for this conference.

Early Bird Registrants (before 09.27.24)

· Nonmember: $159.00

· NASW Member: $99.00

Regular Registrations (09.27.24–11.01.24)

· Nonmember: $189.00

· NASW Member: $129.00

BSW & MSW Students (not eligible for CEUs):

· Nonmember: $60.00 (includes NASW student membership)

· NASW Member: $15.00

Registration Deadline: 9am Central Time on Friday, November 1, 2024

2024 NASW CHAPTERS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE CANCELLATION POLICY

You may cancel without penalty if written cancellation requests are received up to and including thirty (30) days prior to the start of the conference. Due to financial obligations incurred by the NASW-Illinois Chapter, no refunds or credits will be issue on cancellation requests received less than thirty (30) days prior to the start of the conference. Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to the chapter office.

NASW and our members must follow the path of past leaders such as Whitney Young by exerting our national leadership to maximize voter participation through mobilization, voter engagement, and voter registration efforts.

NASW has been working in collaboration and partnership with national voter mobilization organizations such as:

A collaboration between NASW and Voting is Social Work called Social Work Votes!
Rock the Vote
Voto Latino
Non-Profit Vote
National Voter Registration Day (09/18/2024)
The National Voting Rights Taskforce
The Census Taskforce

For more information: https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Increasing-Voter-Participation

Call for Workshop Speakers!

Are you a speaker? or an expert in your field?

We are looking for speakers for our NASW-Nevada-hosted Education workshops.

Topics can include but not limited to:

Substance Abuse/Use

Social Justice

LGBTQ+ Issues

Workplace Conflict Management

Ethics

Aging

Child Abuse/Family Violence

Children, Youth, & Families

Clinical/Behavioral Health

Spirituality/Mind-Body Wellness

If you or someone you know would be interested use the form below to connect with us!

NASW-Nevada Hosted Education:

NASW-NV CEUs are accepted by the following boards and organizations:

Nevada Board of Examiners for Social Workers
Nevada State Board of Psychological Examiners
State of Nevada | Department of Education
State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists & Clinical Professional Counselors

Restorative Justice Clinical Supervision

Date: September 18^th at 10 am PT, 12 pm CT

Loctaion: Zoom

Using a case study method, this presentation will seek to troubleshoot how clinical supervision's "teach back" methodology fails to account for the systemic concerns of our clients. Clinical supervisors often inculcate agency expectations and norms into the relationships with supervisees instead of helping them see and discover how our work can empower and change their lives.

Presenter: Jack Register, LCSW, LISAC, BC-TMH, PhD Student

Jack has been a social worker for over 20 years with experience as a dually licensed addiction/clinical social worker. Jack was the Government Relations Director for the NASW NC chapter. Jack is a PhD student at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.

Jack was named "One of Today’s Most Influential Social Workers – Social Work Today 2007" and received the Change Agent award in 2019 from the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Other Voices

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 11:00am to 12:00pm CDT (10am–11:00pm MDT / 9am–10:00am PDT)

Presenter: Ali F. Turfe (he/him), MA, SpSchPsy, LLP

Virtual Platform: Zoom Meeting

Cost: 1.0 CEU / $15 Nonmember / $10 NASW Member

Description: Learn mindfulness meditation practices in this experiential self-care presentation that will review MBSR literature, demonstrate 6 formal mindfulness practices and inquiry, and show two mindfulness practices to reduce stress during communication.

Implementation of a Behavioral Health Screener and Referral Project within the Chicago HIV Ryan White System: Role and Influence of Medical Case Managers

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT (11am–12:00pm MDT / 10am–11:00am PDT)

Presenters: Andrea Dakin (she/her), PhD, MA, Senior Director, Shared Program Services, AIDS Foundation Chicago; and Devan Derricotte (she/her), MSW, Research and Evaluation Specialist, AIDS Foundation Chicago

Virtual Platform: Zoom Meeting

Cost: 1.0 CEU / $15 Nonmember / $10 NASW Member

Description: People living with HIV report inconsistent behavioral health screening and face systemic barriers to accessing mental health and substance use treatment. To address this, AIDS Foundation Chicago implemented a behavioral health screener (BHS) and referral process across the Chicago Ryan White HIV Medical Case Management system. An online positive affect intervention was made available for clients as well. This training will outline BHS completion and referral data, modifications made to the implementation strategy to improve uptake, and the role of the case manager in deciding who is screened and which referrals to services are made.

Implicit Bias: From Allyship to Solidarity

Date: Tuesday, October 22 2024 From 12:00 pm to 1:00pm CT / 11:00am to 12:00pm MDT / 10:00am to 11:00am PDT

Presenter: Adana Cranfield (she/her), DSW, LCSW

Virtual Platform: Zoom Meeting

Cost: 1.0 CEU (fulfills IL Implicit Bias Training requirement) / $15 Nonmember / $10 NASW Member

Description: This course fulfills Illinois licensure requirements for implicit bias training. Moving from allyship to solidarity involves interrogating the disparity between what we think we believe and the thoughts and feelings that operate on an unconscious level. This implicit bias awareness training was designed to develop anti-racist social work practitioners. It includes an explanation of implicit bias along with its causes and effects. Both general and social work practice examples are used to develop the skill of recognizing, interrupting, and mitigating implicit bias.

Navigating Chronic Pain and Illness: Strategies for Supporting Patients and Caregivers

Date: Monday, October 7, 2024, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT (11am–12:00pm MDT / 10am–11:00am PDT)

Presenter: Jack Gordon (he/him), LCSW, DCSW, CCAPT

Virtual Platform: Zoom Meeting

Cost: 1.0 CEU / $15 Nonmember / $10 NASW Member

Description: Chronic pain and illness create unique challenges for patients and caregivers. Discover the critical role of social workers in providing support, and learn how you can enhance your approach.

Virtual Professional Development Opportunities for Social Workers in Aging

NASW regularly collaborates with federal agencies and national organizations to enhance service delivery to older adults and to advance public policy benefitting older people. Professional development programming represents one strategy to achieve these goals. This document describes several virtual, national-level professional development programs that are relevant to social workers and offered by organizations with which NASW collaborates. Each program is free, and continuing education credits are not available. Programs are listed from most to least recent and include information about on-demand access.

For more information: https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Tips-and-Tools-for-Social-Workers/Virtual-Professional-Development-Opportunities-for-Social-Workers-in-Aging

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