Professional Development Opportunities
March / April 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021 (1 – 2 pm ET)
Presenters: Alexandrya Blackmon, MSW, LBSW and Terricka Hardy, LCSW, ACSW, BCD, CCFP
CE Category: 1 Ethics contact hours
This presentation is to provide you with an ethical
understanding regarding the importance of self-care during this pandemic and to
provide you with strategies both in a professional setting and non professional
setting to assist in early recognition and prevention of burnout.
During the presentation there will be tips on recognition
for self-care strategies to promote one’s own self-care during the pandemic.
Acknowledgement that burnout truly impacts both work and overall health is the
first step.
Cost: SPS Members: Free
We’re all in this together, really: How to ethically hold space for clients and
ourselves simultaneously
Thursday, April 29, 2021 (1 – 2 pm ET)
Presenter: Dottie Saxon Greene, PhD, LCSW, LCA
CE Category: 1 Social
Work contact hour
This one-hour webinar explores how to ethically share and
hold space with and for our clients while experiencing the same stressor –
COVID-19. When the people we serve experience challenges that are too close to
home, social workers usually have an option to refer to another
practitioner.
Because we are truly in
this together, that may not be an option during a pandemic. So, how do we
simultaneously hold space for clients and engage in self-care under COVID-19
conditions?
Ageism Intersection with Gender and Race and Access to
Healthcare Disparities
Thursday, May 13, 2021 (1 – 2 pm ET)
Presenter: Cynthia E. Baker, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW,
CSW-Gerontology
CE Category: 1 Social
Work contact hour
Healthcare disparities and inequities are prevalent globally
and in the United states is a causal factor for reduced health outcomes and
increased mortality among minority elder adults. Ageism intersection with race
and gender is growing problem as our nation’s baby boomers get older.
Currently, not a lot of attention on ageism and intersecting populations and
needs to be addressed through research, practitioner level and public policy.
Current research supports that minority elder adults experience healthcare
disparities causing increased chronic medical decline and increased mortality
than non-minority elder adults.
This webinar will provide research-based
information on the prevalence, types of disparities, and chronic medical
conditions most common for different race and ethnic elder groups as well as
provide recommendations at the client, community, and societal levels for
addressing this important issue that is relevant to all social workers working
with aging adults.
Cost: SPS Members: Free
Ethical Responsibilities in a Private Practice Setting:
New Considerations and Challenges
April 21, 2021
Presenter: Dawn Hobdy, LICSW - NASW Vice President of Ethics,
Diversity, and Inclusion
Legal Perspectives When Working With Minors
May 19, 2021
Presenter: Elizabeth Felton, JD, LICSW - NASW Associate General Counsel