Department News PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (PEP) We’re so excited to celebrate our 70th Anniversary! Join the revelry and register for a 2014 PeP workshop! social workers in Massachusetts must earn Continuing education Credits to renew their licenses by october 1, 2014, and PeP is pleased to provide you with a variety of workshops and certificate programs, both online and in person, which will assist you in meeting your continuing education and professional development needs. Alumni of the BU school of social Work receive a 10 percent discount for all workshops. Visit our new website at www.bu.edu/ssw/pep, where you can access the current research of two of our faculty members. these hour-long lectures are offered for one continuing education credit each: • Web of Pain: suicidality and self-Harm Behaviors among Asian American Women by Associate Professor Hyeouk Hahm, Ph.D., MsW • Current Perspectives on Child and Adolescent obesity by Assistant Professor Daniel P. Miller, Ph.D. Check out our upcoming spring 2014 series, featuring valuable training courses, including, but not limited to: • Certificate Program in Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions 30 CeCs // $1,100 Daniel Beck, LICsW, LLC Director, CBt and social Work training Initiative, and BUssW lecturer • Basic Coaching Certificate Program 30 CeCs // $1,100 Marilyn edelson, LICsW, BCD online self-paced certificate program in Mental Health and Aging with the BUssW Center for Aging & Disability education & Research (CADeR) • Fundraising in the Contemporary Landscape Webinar series with sarah Lange, MsW, principal and founder of newera4nonProfits • Integrated Behavioral Health Practice: Collaborative Competencies and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Chip Wilder, MsW, LICsW • Project BRIGHT: Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment for Mothers of Young Children with an Attachment-Based Dyadic Intervention Ruth Paris, Ph.D., MsW, associate professor of Clinical Practice, BUssW, and director of the Family therapy Certificate Program; and Amy sommer, MsW, LICsW • the social Work in education Initiative (sWeP), housed in the Boston University school of social Work’s Professional education Program (PeP) and funded by the sharon M. Cerny Foundation, Inc., will offer several programs this spring. this Initiative was launched in the spring of 2013, under the leadership of Pat Beauchemin (ssW ’86) as program director. Save the Date A newly developed Certificate Program by BUssW Clinical Associate Professor Mark Gianino, Ph.D., MsW, scheduled for september, 2015: Certificate Program in Assessment and Treatment of Couples often regarded as challenging, “couples work” can be potentially rewarding when informed by best practices, research and theory. this Certificate Program offers a broad overview of the major theories and techniques of couple therapy with an emphasis on models developed by David treadway, as well as the research-based work of John Gottman, director of the well-known Gottman Institute. the program uses a strengths perspective, and clinical interventions with all types of couples are considered. the program will address hot button issues such as secrecy, physical aggression and infidelity and their impact on
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practice with couples. As part of the program, expert speakers provide training in techniques for promoting couple engagement and accountability in treatment, the neurobiology of love and attachment, sex therapy, emotionally Focused therapy (eFt) and clinical practice with gay, lesbian and transgender couples. Participants are invited to present their own cases for consultation. Didactic and experiential teaching methods are employed to promote participant comfort and skills acquisition for effective treatment with couples. For more information on PeP, please visit www.bu.edu/ssw/pep or call 617-353-3750. If you are having trouble accessing our online registration system, we recommend updating your browser. A great place to get information about this is http://browsehappy.com, which provides a number of browsing options to best fit your needs.
CENTER FOR ADDICTIONS RESEARCH AND SERVICES (CARS) Dr. Lena Lundgren is serving as the chair for a symposium on screening, behavioral intervention and clinical assessment. Dr. Ivy Krull is serving as the chair for a symposium on dissemination, implementation and system transformation. Presentations include: • Identification of client clusters with complex treatment and service needs using clinician and client assessment data for a national sample of swedish individuals assessed for a substance use disorder (Lena Lundgren) • the role of federal funding mechanism and staff perception of barriers to evidence-based practice implementation in communitybased treatment organizations (Ivy Krull) • treatment unit organizational readiness: Characteristics of organizations and staff (Ivy Krull)
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS Cape Cod Campus At the Cape Cod campus, we accept students into the program every other year. Currently, there is one cohort of 15 students at the campus. these students are enrolled in the foundation field internship and are contributing to their communities while also learning from those in the field. our advisors are Art Bence, William Dawber (our tenured advisor with three decades’ experience), and our newest advisor, Marylou Butero, who joined us last year. We continue to add new agencies to our field placement options. our newest agency affiliations are safe Harbor, southeast Alternative school and Plymouth Correctional Facility. our most recent alumni, who graduated last year, are working in local agencies, many of whom were hired by the agency where they did their advanced field placement. Recently, sara Blandford, alum, had twins during her studies here. Her husband, Leo, started the program this year, and her mother, Marte Hansen, the Director of the Hyannis, Massachusetts society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is also a field instructor and member of our Field Advisory Board. Fall River Campus this year, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the seMA Program. the program continues to thrive, with 17 students entering the Fall River campus this fall, and with more than 50 students currently enrolled in the program. our community partners remain strong as we have 33 students currently in field placements in agencies throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Veronica Robdau, one of our faculty