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• Postpartum Planning for Reduction of PMADs with Clients

  • When
    Friday, December 06, 2024
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    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Online ZOOM
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  Presenter: Jerusha Hull, LCSW, PMH-C, subject matter expert for Postpartum Support International | virtuecounseling.com

  CEUs: Category 1 | 1.5

  Prepare all expectant parents to thrive in the fourth trimester by helping them to spot potential challenges, address anticipated needs, identify their village, and empower them to develop an in-depth plan. Increase your knowledge and ability to support your clients in prevention and reduction of postpartum mood disorders.

  This workshop can be utilized for a general audience but is particularly helpful for those building their foundational tools to work in maternal mental health.

  * Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) is an umbrella term for a range of mental health conditions that can occur during pregnancy and up to one year after giving birth.

  The fourth trimester is the 12-week period after giving birth, and it's a time of adjustment and recovery for both the mother and baby. It's just as important as the first three trimesters of pregnancy, and it's a time when many changes can occur physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
  

  Workshop Objectives:

  By the conclusion of the class participants will be able to:
  

  1. Explain the potential physical, emotional, and mental challenges expectant parents may experience during the 4th trimester.
  2. Identify and assess which expectant parents would benefit from additional planning to be successful in their postpartum period.
  3. Apply key steps to assist expectant parents in designing a plan for the fourth trimester.
  4. Describe common symptoms of postpartum mood disorders.

  Recommended Reading:

  Gottman, J. M., & Gottman, J. S. (2008). And Baby Makes Three. Little, Brown Spark.

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• Social Work Licensing: DC, MD, VA (2024)

  • When
    Monday, December 09, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    ONLINE ZOOM
  • Spaces left
    71

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  Co-Sponsored with Catholic University

  This event will be recorded and added to the GWSCSW website, please pre-register so you receive all notifications and announcements for when the recording has been posted.

  Translators will be available for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Attendees and this event will be accessible with closed captioning subtitles.
  

  FREE Presentation for Students (if you are not a student member of GWSCSW, please JOIN TODAY - Student Membership is free)

  Description: 

  This informative session will focus on what's and how's of social work professional licensing.  The focus will mainly be for the three local jurisdictions but there will be general information for obtaining your license in other states/jurisdictions.

  A Board representative from DC, MD, and VA will be present to answer your questions about general licenses, clinical licenses, as well as macro options.

  Registration Questions:  Contact Donna Dietz | GWSCSW Administrator at admin@gwscsw.org  

  Program questions? Contact Melissa Grady | grady@cua.edu

  CEU Credits: 2 Category ll
  

  OBJECTIVES:
  

  1. Participants will understand the rationale for licensing.
  2. Participants will understand and be able to access licensing information and know who to contact with questions.
  3. Participants will understand and be able to implement the process for obtaining licensure.
  4. Participants will understand and be able to implement the process for licensure renewal.
  5. Participants will understand and be able to implement the process for changing jurisdictions by endorsement or changing license levels.

  SPECIFIC AGENDA:

  Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Overview
  Panel Presentation
  Question/answer/discussion
  Wrap-Up

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• 2024 GWSCSW Member Holiday Party

  • When
    Saturday, December 14, 2024
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    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Clyde's of Chevy Chase | 5441 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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  Join us for our 2024 Members-Only Holiday Party!

  
  

  Celebrate the season with great company, festive cheer, and memorable moments. It’s a time to relax, reconnect, and rejoice together as we wrap up another fantastic year.

  
  

  Free Event for Members

  Festive/Casual Attire  

  Please RSVP no later than December 10, 2024 

  Registration Limit:  50

  Special presentation will be held for the Legislative Committee Award 
  

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• Supervisors as Managers: Essential Concepts & Tools

  • When
    Friday, January 17, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online ZOOM
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  Presenter: Robert Taibbi (VA), LCSW

  CEUs: Category 1 | 4.0 
  

  Clinical supervisors working in agencies or larger private practices also need to be good managers. This workshop will provide some of the day-to-day managerial skills you need to build and retain staff", be proactive in program planning, provide quality control, and most of all, be the role model and leader you need to be.

  Workshop Objectives:

  At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Discuss the elements of Covey’s time management paradigm. 
  2. List 4 elements of 6-month strategic plan. 
  3. Describe 6 types of leadership styles. 
  4. Describe ways of managing the impact of terminations on staff. 
  5. Explain parallel process and implications for management.

  Recommended Reading

  Taibbi, R. ( 2014) Clinicial Supervision: Process and Practice

  Covey, S. R. (2004). Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Free Press.

  Keens, W. (2010). Meetings? How to survive. US Airways, 8 (10), 27-28.

  Perkins, D. N. L, & et.al (2000). Leading at the edge: Leadership lessons from the extraordinary saga of Shackleton’s antarctic expedition. New York: Amacon.

  About the Presenter:

  Robert Taibbi, LCSW is the author of 13 books and over 300 articles in the areas of clinical supervision, brief therapy, couple and family therapy, and an online columnist for Psychology Today entitled Fixing Families that has received over 20 million views. He has provided trainings nationally and internationally and is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  https://www.bobtaibbi.com/

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