NEW TRAININGS:

Relationships, Boundaries and Ethics in Supervision - TRAINING IS FULL

August 15, 2008: 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm; 3 CPE: FULFILLS Board ETHICS and/or SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS, not both: The third training of the 3 part Supervision Series focuses on relational and ethical issues in supervision...  It is suggested that participants have completed part 1 and 2 before registering for this training, but not mandatory. 

Effective Group Counseling Techniques for Working with Resistant Clients - August 22, 2008: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm; 6 CPE: This training will focus on building therapeutic skills for effective group counseling with court-ordered clients...

Consciousness Based Exercises to Improve Patient Outcomes - August 29, 2008: 8:30 am-3:30 pm; 6 CPE: Stress is the number one killer in the world today This workshop will focus on totally defining and giving participants a clear understanding and definition of consciousness and introduce simple exercises ...

RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO JUVENILES WHO SEXUALLY OFFEND - September 18, 2008: 8:30 am- 3:30 pm; 6 CPE: Juveniles with sexual behavior problems are one of the most challenging populations in residential facilities, group homes and correctional facilities to manage and for clinicians to treat. 

Ethical Issues and Supervision Practices in the Treatment of Court-Ordered Offenders

October 3, 2008: 9:00 am - 12:15 pm; 3 CPE: This workshop presents ethical issues that clinicians may encounter in working with court-ordered clients, such as sex offenders and male batterers...

Imagination, Play and Possibilities: Solution-Oriented Brief Family Therapy with Children: October 24, 2008: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm; 6 CPE:

Historically, children presenting with emotional and behavioral difficulties have been treated in an individual play therapy context in which the therapist served as the main healing agent and the privileged expert. Presented by; Matthew Selekman

Internet Safety: How do Internet Offenders Commit their Crimes? - November 7, 2008: 9:00 - 12:15 pm; 3 CPE: This workshop focuses on the ways in which internet sexual offenders commit their crimes.  The impacts of internet crime will also be explored...

Recognizing and Treating Paraphilias and Other Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors - November 7, 2008: 1:00 - 4:15 pm; 3 CPE: This workshop presents definitions of the most common paraphilias seen in clinical practice or probation supervision and how they may interact with each other or lead to other sexual offending behaviors...

Visit the Training Calendar and additional links to 2008 trainings

We seek to provide learning opportunities, advance a spirit of continued inquiry, and education for the human services profession. - Dr. William Meezan, Dean

Criminal Records check REQUIRED before initial Licensure- see Rule

LISW Supervision Designation for Training Supervision - see Rule Change

Ethics, Definitions, and Scope of Practice
- see Rule Change

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