Moral Injury & Moral Distress occur when individuals violate or witness violations of deeply held values and beliefs. While these phenomena have been long studied in military and health care workers, examining Moral Injury in the context of other roles, like social work, is a new and emerging inquiry. In this interactive, 90-minute workshop, Cassie Gillespie, LICSW will define, unpack, and explore Moral Injury & Moral Distress, and their unique presentation and impact across social work settings.

Well-intentioned help misses the mark when it assumes that a person can receive it and act upon it in a certain way. That's why epidemiologist Linda K. Riddell created Gettin' By, an accredited continuing education training for teachers, doctors, case managers, and other professionals to work more effectively with students, patients and clients who are experiencing poverty. Many poverty simulation trainings focus on the hassle of coping with poverty and they generally overlook how poverty affects thinking and decision-making. Gettin’ By uses real-world scenarios and brain science to simulate how poverty changes a person's ability to process information and make logical decisions, impairing certain functions while enhancing others.