Ready to start Day Two? Wake up with NASW Virginia and Metro DC Executive Director, Debra Riggs and network with other conference attendees! 

Debra Riggs, Welcome by Debra and Morning Coffee Break

Ken Nwadike, Jr. (the Free Hugs Project) and Sheriff Chris Swanson (Flint / Genesee County, MI) bring their authentic, fun and at times intense conversations on unity and social justice from the Black and Blue Podcast to live audiences. Ken and Chris have literally risked their lives to create UNITY and peace. The program will begin with Ken sharing his personal story of overcoming homelessness, and his work on the front lines of social justice.  Sheriff Swanson will follow with his own experiences as a police officer for 29 years, and of bringing protesters and officers in Flint, Michigan together during a time of volatile protest across the Nation in response to the killing of George Floyd.  Following their personal stories, they will dive into the creation of US United the real dialogue that emphasizes importance of unity.  Q&A and audience participation will be encouraged. The session will end with Sheriff Swanson breaking down the truth about Human Trafficking.  He will address the difference between Prostitution and Human Trafficking and explain how victims are hooked through grooming.  Sheriff Swanson delves inside the mind of the predator and help us understand if we are personally safe. Finally, he explains how participants can be helpful in crushing this human trafficking pandemic.

Credit Hours: 3

Public Health Priorities Hours: 3

Level:All levels of experience

Ken Nwadike Jr., US United

Chris Swanson, US United

Coaching is one of the fastest ways to improve client-centered care. Are you interested in coaching but want to do it ethically? Are you ready to expand your skills and keep up with current trends to meet client needs? A foundation for good coaching skills is the ability to embody a coaching mindset. This workshop will teach you how to cultivate a coaching mindset through instruction about what coaching is, how it differs from therapy, and how to bridge coaching and social work.

Credit Hours: 2

Level: All levels of experience

Liz Lasky, PhD, LCSW, Embodying a Coaching Mindset for Social Workers

While the healing power of pets is frequently extolled in professional literature and feel-good media coverage, animals located in the human social landscape also bring with them a certain degree of risk. This session will explore the need for social workers to assess animal presence and the potential for risk in all levels of practice. Session topics include common zoonotic concerns, risk within all dimensions of wellbeing, and an exploration of how pet ownership can obstruct access to service.

Objectives: 

By the end of the session participants will-
- Recognize the risk animals may pose to individuals, families and communities
- Understand how to engage clients and organizations in risk assessment related to animal presence, behavior, and care needs
- Identify, and understand how to leverage, resources related to risk mitigation

Credit Hours:1.5

Level: All levels of experience

Maureen MacNamara, MSW, PhD, Who Let the Dogs Out: Animal-related risk to individuals, families and communities & Will That Dog Bite Me? Maintaining safety around client animals

Jeannine Moga, MA, MSW, LCSW, Who Let the Dogs Out: Animal-related risk to individuals, families and communities & Will That Dog Bite Me? Maintaining safety around client animals

The COVID-19 Pandemic contributed to drastic increases in drinking leading unprecedented numbers of people seeking treatment with the traditional abstinence model not always being the right kind of help This presentation will give an overview of harm reduction, explore why it is a controversial topic, and review its core concepts. Participants will walk away with tangible tools and experience a paradigm shift in how we treat people with drug and alcohol problems.

• Describe harm reduction's core concepts and why it is a controversial topic
• Identify who is a candidate for alcohol moderation using the Alcohol Moderation Assessment
• Utilize harm reduction and alcohol moderation techniques

Credit Hours: 1.5 

Level: Expert

Craig James, LCSW, LSATP, MAC, Harm Reduction for Skeptics: Practical Applications for Alcohol use Disorders

Cyndi Turner, LCSW, LSATP, MAC, Harm Reduction for Skeptics: Practical Applications for Alcohol use Disorders

Workforce retention is among several casualties of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social work leaders, practitioners, and patients are amid shared experiences of loss, fear, and trauma from COVID-19’s wrath. Engage in this unique session to shift interprofessional and organizational culture from a “process and roll” mindset, to proactive practice that prioritizes the workforce. But the cycle of collective occupational trauma to engage in trauma-informed leadership.

• Understand the cycle of collective occupational trauma
• Identify the impact of collective occupational trauma on social work performance and retention
• Identify organizational strategies to engage in trauma-informed leadership
• Apply content to the NASW codes of ethics, standards of practice, and regulations

Credit Hours: 3

Ethics Hours: 3

Level: All levels of experience

Ellen Fink-Samnick, LCSW, ACSW, CCM, CCTP, CMHIMP, CRP, DBH-C, Trauma-informed Leadership: Shift that Culture! and The Social Determinants of Mental Health: Advancing Wholistic Health Equity

This workshop will explore the benefits of treating eating disorders and trauma through a transdiagnostic treatment approach. A transdiagnostic approach cuts across DSM-5 disorders and targets core mechanisms. The Unified Treatment Model has been adapted from The Unified Protocol in order to relationally treat complex clients with eating disorders and trauma. Participants will develop an in-depth understanding of emotional disorders, experiential avoidance and treatment. The workshop will utilize the knowledge that the participants gained as they apply key concepts and tools to a complex case-study. Participants will explore Cognitive Processing Themes of safety, trust, power and control, esteem, and intimacy. 

• Participants will be able to identify three benefits of using a transdiagnostic approach to treat co-occurring eating disorders and trauma
• Participants will be able to describe at least two factors that contribute to the maintenance of eating disorders and PTSD symptoms
• Participants will be able to utilize two transdiagnostic emotion awareness skills to treat individuals with trauma and eating disorders

Credit Hours: 1.5

Public Health Priorities Hours: 1.5

Level: All levels of experience

Rebecca Berman, LCSW, MLSP, MSS, CEDS-S, The Whole Picture: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Eating Disorders and Trauma

 When working in private practice, it’s easy to get caught up in the scheduling, billing and clinical aspects of our work. In order for this work to be truly sustainable, however, we need to make sure we are looking at the social worker's needs for clinical consultation, business support, risk management and clinical skills. We will look at the importance of and best practices for getting clinical consultation, resources to manage and grow your private practice, leveraging CEs to level up your clinical skill set, as well as managing and documenting high risk cases. This interactive training will allow attendees time to assess four key areas of private practice, interact with other attendees for brain-storming and collaboration, and create an action plan for each of these areas. 

• Participants will learn how to assess four keys are as of private practice work and actively engage with colleagues to create an action plan
• Participants will strengthen their knowledge about the importance of clinical consultation and best practices forgetting it
• Participants will strengthen their knowledge of how to assess and document high risk cases

Credit Hours: 3

Level: Moderate

Jeanene Wolfe, LCSW, Don't Go It Alone: Four Keys to Finding Balance in Private Practice

So you have decided that the next step in your professional career is to become a leader. Not just a clinical supervisor but being more involved in the business operations of the organization. This could mean becoming a Manager, Director, Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer or a Chief Executive Officer. While your clinical training has prepared you to understand others it has not necessarily prepared you to: manage employees, develop and maintain a workforce, understand insurance or workers compensation, 403B or 401Ks, referral development, working with a Board of Directors, or developing a budget. Being a good listener and communicator are critical but understanding the business and the “KPI” Key Performance Issues will be essential if you are to be successful. This workshop will focus on the non-clinical skills and tools that can help you make the successful transition to a new leadership role. 

• Will be able to identify how clinical training can make you help make a good leader, but that training is not enough
• Identify at least three Operational KPIs Key Performance Issues that are effective measures of operational success
• Will be able to identify how strong operational performance is essential to ensuring quality service delivery

Credit Hours: 1.5

Level: Moderate

Rob McCartney, MSW, So You Want To Be The Boss?

This workshop identifies ways that providers and supervisors can create as a safe environment for transgender and gender non-binary clients, the principals of gender-affirming therapy (Gender Affirming Model of Care), builds deeper understanding of common risks and barriers, and looks at our own implicit bias that might come up in client and supervisor relationships. We will develop familiarity with affirming and non-binary terms, a wide range of human development, see some videos to understand common client experiences, and improve our ability to serve clients who have multiple barriers to accessing support. This is not a basic or “safe space” training, will provide useful resources (children, families, adult clients), and is open to all practice levels. We will dive into more challenging clinical topics, case studies, social work ethics, and current standards of practice.

The presenters request all live attendees create an account on Kahoot at www.kahoot.com to participate in interactive polls!

Credit Hours: 3

Ethics Hours: 1

LGBTQ Hours: 3

Level: All levels of experience

Catherine Casey, MD, Affirmative Social Work and Supervision for Transgender and Non-binary Clients

David Lewis, LCSW, Affirmative Social Work and Supervision for Transgender and Non-binary Clients

This session will cover clinical needs of sexual exploitation survivors as well as interventions to address these needs. Populations will include children, adolescents, and adults who were victims of child sexual abuse materials (often distributed online) and other exploitation crimes. Therapeutic approaches and are as to address with the survivor and family will be covered. This session will be 90 minutes and will include lecture, modeling of techniques, and examples of materials to use. 

• Participants will learn key considerations for how to approach the treatment of child sexual exploitation survivors
• Participants will also learn therapeutic techniques and models to be able to address these identified clinical needs
• Participants will learn how and when to include family or other support people in the treatment process as well as how to educate those support people to best support the survivor outside of therapy

Credit Hours: 1.5

Public Health Priorities Hours: 1.5

Level: Moderate

Lydia Nicole, MA, LMHCA, Addressing Clinical Needs for Survivors of Sexual Exploitation

In 2019 an additional mandate was made for the Virginia Department of Social Services to complete a human trafficking assessment when there is a complaint or report(s) of child human trafficking. This statewide mandate highlighted the need for agencies to identify and assess survivors of human trafficking. The presentation will focus towards establishing agency specific (public or private) human trafficking protocols that align with mandated reporting and review the Havening Techniques, a modality utilized with trafficking survivors. A Human Trafficking Protocol identifies trauma informed approaches for identification, assessment and intervention with a complex population. When protocols are established, not only can it contribute to effective service delivery but assist with addressing vicarious trauma with professionals. The use of Havening for survivors has shown a profound impact to address trauma and negative beliefs

Credit Hours: 3

Public Health Priorities Hours: 3

Level: All levels of experience

Erika Neil, LCSW, JD, A Trauma Informed Approach to Assessing and Treating Human Trafficking Survivors

Deepa Patel, LCSW, A Trauma Informed Approach to Assessing and Treating Human Trafficking Survivors

Social Workers providing in-home services encounter many challenges related to their own physical safety. The presence of client pets can complicate worker efforts to both interact with clients and maintain their own wellbeing. This session provides social workers with practical knowledge and skills for keeping safe in client settings with pets. Participants will have an opportunity to practice these skills with animal volunteers.

Credit Hours: 1.5 

Level: All levels of experience

Maureen MacNamara, MSW, PhD, Who Let the Dogs Out: Animal-related risk to individuals, families and communities & Will That Dog Bite Me? Maintaining safety around client animals

Jeannine Moga, MA, MSW, LCSW, Who Let the Dogs Out: Animal-related risk to individuals, families and communities & Will That Dog Bite Me? Maintaining safety around client animals

This workshop will discuss the clinical and ethical issues in working with parents when treating child (ages 8-12), adolescent (ages 13-19) and even some young adult clients. Using a family consultation model, the presenter will address-with each age group – the sequencing of parent, family and individual sessions, balancing the objectives of parental problem-solving, family dialogue and client privacy.  

• Identify strategies for engaging parents in a therapeutic process.
• Help parents provide appropriate levels of support and structure for their children.
• Balance the conflicting objectives of respecting client privacy and autonomy while promoting familial dialogue and effective parenting.

Credit Hours: 1.5 

Ethics Hours: 0.5 

Level: Moderate

Joel Kanter, MSW, LCSW-C, Working with Parents: Clinical and Ethical Perspectives

 This workshop will focus on working with active duty and retired military members and their families during this challenging period. Many active duty and veterans have served in the Middle East and some have chronic mental and physical health issues stemming from their service. Additionally, the military has placed significant restrictions of movement due to COVID-19, affecting the ability to utilize family support. Following a brief review of the foundational characteristics differentiating the military from the civilian sector, this workshop will inform the participant in trauma focused treatment and resource allocation. Additionally, the social worker will identify his or her reactions to working with this population.  

• The social worker will be able to identify the fundamental differences in working with the civilian population and the military population.
• The social worker will be able to identify key concepts and terminology specific to working with military members and their families.
• The social worker will be able to identify the impact of COVID-19 on the military members, including restrictions of movement, mandates of vaccinations, and ongoing deployment requirements.
• The social worker will be able to identify the impact of the withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan on members who have served in the region and their family members.
• The social worker will be able to identify appropriate resources for the military member and his/her family.
• The social worker will recognize vicarious secondary traumatization that may result from working with a military member who has been in combat.

Credit Hours: 1.5

Ethics Hours: 1

Level: Moderate

Suzanne Baldwin, PhD, LCSW, RN, Social Work and the Military: COVID 19 and War Trauma

This workshop explores nature connection as a social determinant of health well-suited for both daily self-care practices and community-care initiatives supporting the health and well-being of front-line workers. Both supervisors and directors will be invited to explore how nature connection can promote wellness for team members. Individual practitioners will be invited to explore the research and practical applications of nature connection for daily self-care routines.

• Identify three practical strategies for incorporating nature connection into a self-care practice
• Learn the research supporting nature connection as an effective means of releasing stress and recovering from mental fatigue
• Participants will actively engage in self-care activities and explore their benefits

Credit Hours: 1.5 

Level:  Beginner

Carolyn Schuyler, Nature-Centered Self Care

Relationship Abuse: How to Change the Narrative

This is the mission that launched The Last Drop, an upcoming sci-fi film about relationship abuse inspired by the memories of real survivors. Director, Adam Joel, shares sneak-peek clips of his film and personal stories about abuse with a discussion panel of experts in social work, education, and therapy. Together, the panel will break down misconceptions about abuse, mandated reporting, and the lessons young people need to create healthy relationships.

Credit Hours: 0.75

Public Health Priorities Hours: 0.75

Level: All levels of experience

Adam Joel, The Last Drop

Gina Manlove, ACSW, LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C, Movie Discussion Panel - The Last Drop

Katie Moffit, MSW, Movie Discussion Panel - The Last Drop

Brooks Zitzman, PhD, LCSW, Movie Discussion Panel - The Last Drop

Maggie Arthur, MSW, Movie Discussion Panel - "The Last Drop"