Trauma (Healing) Informed Self Care: Practical Approaches for Direct Service Professionals May 31, 2024 Kyle Northam / 5/31/2024 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 0 1296 This workshop will provide a Trauma (Healing) Informed lens to dealing with the very real struggles of being a direct service professional. Content will include the effects of stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue, on professionals and program participants. Learn practical approaches to self care that are rooted in Healing (Trauma) Informed Care, and are efficient, effective and free. We professionals need to care well for ourselves so that we can care well for others. Read more
2024 5th Annual In-Person Ocean City Conference - Empowering Social Workers: Steadying the Waves Kyle Northam / 5/8/2024 - 5/10/2024 0 2046 Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, May 8-10, 2024 (Friday is 1/2 day) Hilton Garden Inn 2800 Baltimore Avenue Ocean City, MD 21842 Please Note: NASW-MD has reserved 55 ocean front rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn that are discounted at $169/night from Tuesday, May 7 – Thursday, May 9, 2024 (checkout Friday morning). Read more
2024 First Annual In-Person Rocky Gap Conference Kyle Northam / 4/10/2024 - 4/12/2024 0 1056 2024 First Annual In-Person Rocky Gap Conference Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, April 10 – 12*, 2024 Rocky Gap Resort & Casino 16701 Lakeview Road, NE Flintstone, MD 21530 *Friday will be ½ day Full breakfast and lunch included all three days Read more
NASW-MD Chapter's Virtual Annual Social Work Month Conference NASW-MD Chapter’s Virtual Kyle Northam / 3/14/2024 - 3/15/2024 0 1095 Both Thursday and Friday (14 CEUs) – BEST VALUE $250 for NASW Members; $375 for Non-Members; $200 for Retired Members; $150 for Student Members One Day Only ( 6-8 CEUS) $150 for NASW Members; $250 for Non-Members; $100 for Retired Members; $80 for Student Members Read more
White Gatekeepers: Thursday, February 8, 9 am - 12:15 p.m. NASW Maryland Chapter Kyle Northam / 2/8/2024 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM 0 641 Racism and oppression still exist in 21st century America. Not only do these social ills still exist, but they are allowed to flourish at the expense of disadvantaged populations whose only desire is to be given an equal opportunity to thrive. How do these unjust systems continue to prevail despite all the good work that has been done to dismantle them? The answer is simple; White gatekeepers. In this 3-hour soul-searching, empathic, and research-based workshop, participants will be equipped with knowledge and information to answer questions such as: Who oversees access to mental health and medical healthcare? Who controls wealth and prosperity building resources? Who decides who gets hired in the workplace? Who determines what is acceptable and not acceptable appearance or behavior in America? Who governs politics and reinforces laws? Who built the infrastructure that America is sustained on? How is racism and oppression sustained in 21st Century America? Also, participants will learn about system theory and strategies that can be used to dismantle racist and oppressive systems. Read more