Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Continuing Education Program
School of Social Work
The University of Alabama
Vikki L. Vandiver, DrPH
Dean and Professor
School of Social Work
Peggy Swails, MSW, LMSW
Continuing Education Coordinator and Instructor
Continuing Education Program
The School of Social Work Continuing Education (CE) Program at The University of Alabama provides a rigorous array of timely and relevant interdisciplinary continuing education courses in social work that bear the UA stamp of excellence. We are dedicated to meeting the continuing education needs of social work professionals in Alabama and beyond.
Our program provides flexible and innovative educational opportunities, state-of-the-art technical assistance and applied research that touches lives and creates opportunities in ways that make a difference and improve our world.
If you have program curriculum suggestions for the council or would like to recommend someone to serve as an advisory council member, please contact Continuing Education Coordinator Peggy Swails at pswails@ua.edu or (205) 348-7764.
We look forward to your participation.
Vikki L. Vandiver, Dean and Professor
2018-2019 Advisory Council
For the Continuing Education Program
The Continuing Education Advisory Council is made up of the best and brightest professionals from local and state agencies and organizations. Many members are also School of Social Work alumni.
Advisory Council members are appointed and serve as advisors to the School of Social Work Continuing Education Program. The charge of the Council is to make suggestions on curriculum and to ensure the continued success of the program. The council, which held its first meeting in September 2017, continues to focus on helping us reach our goal as the state’s leading program for social work continuing education.
We thank each member for their contributions to the program and commitment to ensuring the program’s success.
Nancy Buckner (Mandy Andrews, Proxy)
Commissioner
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Laurie Hereford
Independent Consultant College InSight
Kathy House
Executive Assistant, Associate Commissioner for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Alabama Department of Mental Health
Steven Lafreniere (Marcia Calender, Proxy)
Executive Director
Alabama Department of Youth Services
Robert McKinney, Jr.
Assistant Professor
College of Community Health Sciences, UA
Joanne Terrell
Private Practice
Steve Watson
Associate Commissioner of Plans and Programs
Alabama Department of Corrections
Amanda Bergeron
Program Manager, Professional Development and Conference Services College of Continuing Studies, UA
Daphne Cain
Associate Dean for Administrative Services and Professor
School of Social Work, UA
Peggy Swails
Continuing Education Coordinator and Instructor School of Social Work, UA
Kathleen Welker
Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Instructor School of Social Work, UA
Javonda Williams
Associate Dean for Educational Programs and Student Services and Associate Professor School of Social Work, UA
Policy and Advocacy
The UA School of Social Work’s educational experience is unmatched. Our programs provide a strong foundation in evidence-based social work practice to help you become accomplished practitioners, researchers, advocates and educators in the global community.
We offer the following programs:
n BSW, BSW Honors, BSW Online coming in Fall 2019
n MSW, MSW Primarily Online, MSW/MPH, MSW/JD
n PhD, MPH/PhD
n New DSW Online program coming in Fall 2019
n Washington, D.C. Internship Program
n International field placements in Ghana, Mexico, South Korea
n Nationally recognized faculty researchers
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Social Justice
Community Engagement
Schedule
At-a-glance
Fall 2018 Workshops and Conferences
SEPTEMBER 20
OCTOBER 5-6
OCTOBER 18-19
OCTOBER 25-26
Strengths-Based Leadership: Transforming Individuals, Agencies, and Communities (p. 4)
David W. Springer, PhD, LCSW
Social Work Licensure Examination Preparation Workshop (p. 6)
Deborah Cantor, PhD, LICSW
17th Annual Social Work Fall Conference (p. 8)
Keynote: Arvind Singhal, PhD
47th Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference (p. 10)
Keynotes: Jennifer Stollman, PhD
Honorable Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb
Ronnie Jackson, EdD, MBA
Winter 2019 Workshops and Conferences
JANUARY 25
FEBRUARY 15
Incorporating Technology into Ethical Social Work Practice and Supervision* (p. 12)
Allison Curington, MSW, LCSW
Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LICSW, PIP
Forensic Practice: Assessment and Intervention Strategies: A Three-Workshop Series (p. 14)
Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP
* Ethics CEUs: This training is approved to meet ethics requirements for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists.
Additional 2019 Events*
JANUARY 3
FEBRUARY**
MARCH 29
MAY 17-18
AUGUST 2
Field Instructor Workshop
Hosted by the UA School of Social Work
*Open to Field Instructors only.
Dr. Ethel H. Hall African American Heritage Month Colloquium
Hosted by the UA School of Social Work
Alabama Recognizing the Effects of and Approaches to Childood Trauma Summit (REACTS)
Hosted by the UA School of Social Work’s Youth Services Institute (YSI) and the Juvenile Justice Workgroup
Social Work Licensure Examination Preparation Workshop
Hosted by the UA School of Social Work
Incorporating Technology into Ethical Social Work Practice & Supervision
Hosted by the UA School of Social Work
Additional continuing education events may be added. Sign up for our mailing list at https://socialwork.ua.edu/continuing-education/ mailing-list/ or scan the QR code below to receive email alerts and future program materials.
* CEUs available for all programs.
** Date to be determined. Details will be available at socialworkceu.ua.edu
Strengths-Based Leadership
Transforming Individuals, Agencies, and Communities
Course Number 07-059-18
September 20, 2018
Workshop Schedule & Fees
Thursday, September 20, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant Conference Center
6.0 total clinical contact hours
$129 / $159 after September 7, 2018
Lunch is provided with paid registration fee.
David Springer, PhD, LCSW
Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Springer is the director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service (the ‘RGK’ refers to Mrs. Ronya and Dr. George Kozmetsky, founders of the RGK Foundation), a University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and a fellow to the Sid Richardson Chair of Public Affairs in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his professional career as a clinical social worker in community and school-based settings with adolescents and their families. Today, his research and teaching coalesce around effective leadership, nonprofits and systems to strengthen communities, especially at the intersection of juvenile and criminal justice.
» Read more about David Springer at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Workshop Description
Today’s nonprofits are being called upon to make sustainable impact on complex social issues that span systems, sectors, and nations. Through innovation and engagement with diverse communities, Dr. Springer prepares nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to answer that call. This workshop will focus on leadership styles, strategies and approaches to effective organizational structures, and how to successfully integrate these skills in human service systems, nonprofits, and communities.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Understand and apply key concepts from selected theories of leadership
• Design a personal philosophy of leadership
• Integrate knowledge and skills of effective leadership with social work core values
• Analyze critical value, ethical, and cultural issues related to leadership
• Enhance capacity to work collaboratively with others on substantive issues to catalyze change
Social Work Licensure Examination Preparation
Workshop
Course Number 07-832-19
October 5-6, 2018
Workshop Schedule & Fees*
Location: Bryant Conference Center
BSW CANDIDATES
Friday, October 5, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$199
Individuals who participate in this workshop and do not pass their licensure exam are able to participate in the May 2019 workshop at a reduced rate. Please contact Amanda Bergeron at abergeron@ccs.ua.edu for additional information.
Social Work Examination Services
MSW/CLINICAL CANDIDATES
Friday, October 5, 2018
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 6, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
11.0 contact hours
$350 / $395 after September 21, 2018 Lunch will be provided Saturday with paid registration fee.
Since 1984, Social Work Examination Services (SWES) has helped social workers prepare for social work licensure exams. As the trusted partner in university settings around the country, SWES materials have been incorporated into social work school curriculums, and into continuing education programs as the cornerstone material to help prepare social workers for the Association of Social Work Boards licensure exam. Students participating in a SWES workshop have a 92% pass rate, with an average score of 84.
Deborah Cantor, PhD, LICSW Faculty, SWES
Dr. Cantor is a clinical social worker who has taught for SWES since 2002. She has worked with adolescents, adults and couples since receiving her Master of Social Work at Smith College School for Social Work in 1972.
» Read more about Deborah Cantor at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Workshop Description
This SWES licensing exam preparation course is for BSW exam candidates, recent MSW graduates, and experienced practitioners preparing to take the licensing examination for the Association of Social Work Boards. Participants will gain an understanding of content in the national licensing exam, learn how to “decode” multiple choice questions on the licensing exam and review major direct service issues that appear in a majority of questions on the exam. Participants also will review major social work content, such as human behavior and psychopathology; work with special populations; the elderly; children and families; addictions; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5); and clinical practice with individuals and groups, including ethics and laws affecting social workers.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of the content of the national licensing exam
• Learn how to “decode” multiple-choice questions of the type that appear on the licensing exam
• Undergo a review of the major direct service issues that represent the majority of questions on the examination
*Each registrant will receive the three-volume SWES Comprehensive Study Guide. The guide contains a complete content review and over 1,600 sample multiple-choice questions, including five 170-question practice exams and a bibliography.
17th Annual Social Work Fall Conference
Course Number 07-833-19
October 18-19, 2018
Conference Schedule & Fees
Thursday, October 18, 2018
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 19, 2018
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Bryant Conference Center
Two-Day Registration: $100 / $125 after October 3, 2018
One-Day Registration: $75 / $125 after October 3, 2018 Meals and refreshments are included with paid registration fee.
Keynote Speaker: Arvind Singhal, PhD
The University of Texas at El Paso, Social Justice Initiative
Dr. Singhal is the Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Endowed Professor of Communication and director of the Social Justice Initiative at The University of Texas at El Paso. His workshop will focus on Positive Deviance, a non-normative approach to health and risk messaging. Dr. Singhal’s research and expertise is highly used in the fields of public health, education, human rights, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, civic participation, democracy and governance, and corporate citizenship.
» Read more about Arvind Singhal at socialworkceu.ua.edu
About the Conference
The annual Fall Social Work Conference affords an opportunity to bring national speakers, along with the latest research, to child welfare practitioners in Alabama. Through the Title IV-E partnership between the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the Alabama Higher Education Consortium on Child Welfare, and The University of Alabama School of Social Work, we are able to host the conference with a focus on a different aspect of public child welfare every year.
Who Should Attend?
This conference is designed with the public child welfare workforce in mind but would be beneficial to anyone working with at-risk children and their families, especially the following:
• School social workers
• Therapists
• Foster parents
• Child placing agencies CEUS WILL BE AVAILABLE. UPDATED INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE REGISTRATION SITE.
47th Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work
Education Conference
Doing What’s Right: Educating Champions of Integrity, Justice, and Well-Being
October 25-26, 2018
Conference Schedule & Fees
Thursday, October 25, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, October 26, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Bryant Conference Center
11.0 total contact hours of education
Faculty/Professionals: $125
Students: $35
Meals and refreshments are included with paid registration fee.
History of the Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference
There is a rich history of unique collaboration between Alabama and Mississippi in regards to this conference, which has rotated between the two states for 46 years. From 1969 to 1971, social work faculty from the southern states met four times annually as part of a faculty development project of the Southern Regional Education Board. When the project ended, faculty from Alabama and Mississippi social work schools decided to form a conference so they could further the bonds they had developed.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Promote the transfer of information among schools providing social welfare education courses in the states of Alabama and Mississippi
• Provide a forum for issues and problems of regional importance for the two states
• Enable individual schools and faculty members to be sensitive and responsive to the changing demands of social work education
Keynote Speakers
Jennifer A. Stollman, PhD
J.A. Stollman Consulting
Dr. Stollman earned her combined doctorate in history and cultural anthropology at Michigan State and the University of Michigan. Her fields include the Transatlantic Slave Trade and African-American History, Native-American history, Critical Race and Feminist Theory, and more. Utilizing her academic and activist experience, Dr. Stollman has developed unique motivational and non-threatening techniques designed to reduce the stress, fracturing, and silence caused by discriminatory thoughts, behaviors, policies, and systems and encourage the valuing of diverse individuals and perspectives.
Honorable Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb Retired, Alabama Supreme Court
Sue Bell Cobb is a former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, the first woman to hold that office in Alabama’s history. She was a critical champion and contributor to the passage of the state’s Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2008. Following passage of the bill, juvenile crime decreased and number of imprisoned children was reduced by more than 60%. Cobb received her undergraduate degree in history from The University of Alabama, and she is a 1981 graduate of The University of Alabama School of Law.
Ronnie Jackson, EdD, MBA
Jackson Enterprise Solutions
Dr. Jackson has extensive experience working with adults and youth in educational settings, including formerly founding a K-12 academy for boys. Dr. Jackson has been an advocate for first-year and first-generation foster care college students for the last ten years. He has used his twenty plus years of knowledge of college enrollment practices to help increase the number of foster care students admitted to colleges and universities across the State of Alabama. He currently is a consultant for undergraduate recruitment and retention for The University of Alabama School of Social Work.
» Read more about these speakers at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Incorporating Technology into Ethical Social Work
Practice and Supervision
Course Number 07-066-19
January 25, 2019
Workshop Schedule & Fees
Friday, January 25, 2019
Ethics: 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Supervision: 1:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant Conference Center
6.0 total contact hours (including 3.0 ethics)
Both Ethics and Supervision: $129
Either Ethics or Supervision: $79
Allison M. Curington, MSW, LCSW
The University of Alabama
Ms. Curington is the director of the Field Education Program at The University of Alabama School of Social Work. She has a wide range of practice experience, including school social work, hospice social work, mental health counseling, and private adoption work. Most recently, Ms. Curington is co-author of the book titled, Social Media Toolkit for Field Educators
Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LICSW, PIP
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Hitchcock is an associate professor of social work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her research interests include the use of technology in social work education and practice. Dr. Hitchcock has provided continuing education training on the ethical use of technology in social work practice since 2016.
» Read more about these speakers at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Ethics
The ethics portion of this workshop will review the growing use of technology in social work practice. Attention will be given to the 2018 updates to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics and the 2017 NASW Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice. Guided by these frameworks, discussions will focus on the knowledge, skills, and values needed by practitioners to ethically and effectively use technology in social work practice. Ethical dilemmas via case scenarios will also be explored with course participants’ direct involvement.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Understand current trends and ethical standards that apply to the use of technology in social work practice
• Reflect on their own use of technology for personal and professional reasons
• Apply best practices to use of technology in social work practice with case scenarios
Supervision
The supervision portion of this workshop will identify and analyze the professional concepts and functions critical to effective supervision for social workers using technology. Various aspects of how to conduct supervision with technology will be explored. This workshop will present a strengths-based approach to educating supervisees about technology and its effects on clients and communities.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Learn the basic concepts and functions of technology for social work supervision
• Identify the factors that facilitate effective supervision with technology
• Analyze and become familiar with a strengths-based approach to incorporating technology into social work practice
• Gain experience applying these concepts to case scenarios
Forensic Practice: Assessment and Intervention
Strategies
Course Number 07-067-19
February 15, 2019
Workshop Schedule & Fees
Fridays, February 15, 2019; April 26, 2019; and June 21, 2019
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant Conference Center
6.0 total clinical contact hours
Individual Workshop(s): $129 each
Three-Workshop Package: $345
Lunch is provided with paid registration fee(s).
Joanne Terrell, MSW, LICSW, PIP
Private Practice
Ms. Terrell earned her bachelors of psychology degree from the State University of New York and her MSW from The University of Alabama. She has been a faculty member in the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama for 20 years and retired from full-time teaching in June 2015. Her areas of specialization include psychiatric and forensic social work in inpatient and outpatient settings and community organization and advocacy.
» Read more about Joanne Terrell at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Description of Workshops
Ms. Terrell developed a series of three workshops designed for social workers, mental health practitioners, and criminal justice professionals. Each workshop will have a diverse panel of members to share their first-hand knowledge and experiences with the criminal justice system. These workshops may be attended individually or combined for a reduced registration fee.
February 15, 2019
The first workshop will discuss an overview of forensic practice and the criminal justice system. Communication correction programs and specialty courts will also be described.
Participants will be able to:
• Gain insight on the perspectives of the criminal justice system
• Understand the integration of trauma in forensic practice
• Identify community correction programs and specialty courts
April 26, 2019
The second workshop will provide a detailed discussion of death penalty mitigation, including the analysis of general mitigation initiatives and the development of a capital mitigation defense.
June 21, 2019
The third workshop will describe therapeutic divorce mediation, including issues such as parental alienation, emotional abuse, and more. In addition, juvenile sex offender risk assessment models and therapeutic interventions will be described.
» Read more about the Forensic Practice workshop series at socialworkceu.ua.edu.
Getting Started
How to register
Payment Methods
Fees can be paid by check, money order, purchase orders, cash, or credit cards. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. Checks and money orders should be made payable to The University of Alabama. Please include purchase orders with registration form.
Student Discount
For information regarding student discounts, contact Registration Services at (205) 348-3000.
Registration Confirmation
Available 24/7 socialworkceu.ua.edu Telephone
8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Monday - Friday (205) 348-3000
By Mail
The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Box 870398
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0398
A confirmation letter including parking information will be sent to you by email during the week of the workshop. To ensure timely confirmation, please be sure your confirmation email is clearly legible.
Requests for Special Accommodations
If you require adaptive accommodations, please contact Registration Services 14 days in advance of the event you will be attending for assistance.
Office Phone: (205) 348-3000
Email: abergeron@ccs.ua.edu
Registration Form
Please print legibly. This form may be duplicated for additional registrations.
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Web: socialwork.ua.edu/continuingeducation
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Workshop Selection
Please select the workshops and conferences you would like to register for.
#07-059-18
#07-832-19
#07-832-19
#07-833-19
#07-833-19
Strengths-Based Leadership: Transforming Individuals, Agencies, and Communities
BSW Licensure Examination Preparation
MSW/CSW Licensure Examination Preparation
17th Social Work Fall Conference (Two-Day)
17th Social Work Fall Conference (One-Day)
$129 / $159 after Sept. 7, 2018
$199
$350 / $395 after Sept. 21, 2018
$100 / $125 after Oct. 3, 2018
$75 / $125 after Oct. 3, 2018
See page 10 for registration information.
#07-066-19
47th Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference
#07-066-19
#07-067-19
Incorporating Technology into Ethical Social Work Practice and Supervision (Both Supervision AND Ethics Workshops)
Incorporating Technology into Ethical Social Work Practice and Supervision ___ Supervision Only ___ Ethics Only
Forensic Practice: Assessment and Intervention Strategies: A Three-Workshop Series (Package)
$125 / $35 Faculty / Student $129
$79
$345
#07-067-19
Forensic Practice: Assessment and Intervention Strategies: A Three-Workshop Series (Individual) ___ February 15 ___ April 26 ___ June 21
$129
Total: _________
Bryant Conference Center
The Bryant Conference Center is located at 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive on the corner of Paul W. Bryant Drive and Second Avenue, just across the street from Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
Main Number: (205) 348-8600
Address:
240 Paul W. Bryant Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Parking
Scan this QR code for directions to the Bryant Conference Center.
1. To avoid parking permit must driver’s lower parked vehicle’s
2. This permit Southeast Commuter Coleman Coliseum Soccer Lot Faculty/Staff parking spaces
3. Crimson ride available. Southeast and Coleman Crimson Route take Blue Route map for pick
4. Shuttles run Friday. After 348-RIDE.
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The University of Alabama School of Social Work's Innovation Scholarship supports social work students committed to finding innovative ways to impact the field of social work. The scholarship is funded by proceeds from donations to the book “Big Al, Big Al, What Do You See,” co-authored by second and third-graders from The Capitol School, and “Little Al, the Alabama Cheering Glove" with an elephant sound clip. The glove is a joint project with UA's College of Human Environmental Sciences.
Donate $14 95 or more to receive a copy of The Capitol School's book.
Donate $24 95 or more to receive a pair of "Little Al" gloves.
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