Social Workers have a long tradition of emphasizing the importance of Reflective Practice as both a professional responsibility and a safeguard for providing equitable services to our clients. An unexamined professional easily falls prey to the common pitfalls of clinical practice—externalizing blame, over-surveilling our clients, becoming reactive, helpless and hopeless, and implementing harmful interventions without due diligence to our own biases.

Hello, My Name Is: Meeting the Whole-Person Needs of Your Clients is a workshop designed to help social workers enhance their capacity for whole-person engagement and assessment. Participants will examine how systemic barriers, personal bias, stigma, and burnout can inhibit relationship-building, and will learn how to create more inclusive, empowering spaces for clients. Through case-based and interactive learning, this workshop promotes culturally responsive, person-centered, and team-supported practices essential for ethical and impactful client care.

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that interferes with behavior, motivation, relationships, learning and executive functioning. It has been primarily treated with medication for over 50 years. Current brain imaging techniques and research into the lifelong course of this disorder have allowed us to better understand and treat the illness.