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2015 Spring CE Conference for Social Workers
April 15, 16 & 17, 2015 • Charleston, WV Civic Center
Welcome to the 31 annual Spring Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers! We’ve heard you!
You asked for specific content to enhance your effectiveness, and more networking opportunities. Featured
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Plenaries are back, along with 100+ skill-building workshops offering you an exceptional learning experience!
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xpanding opportunities and challenges in Social Work and related professions demand that we constantly
improve our knowledge of and treatment skills in aging, healthcare, mental health, addictions, veterans, children and families, and other practice arenas. Challenging workloads demand we also care for ourselves.
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ervices provided by Social Workers, behavioral health clinicians, and health and human services professionals are essential to the optimal functioning of everyone in society. The training you receive at this conference
will enhance your ability to perform the important work you do, and nourish your commitment to continue.
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he Spring Conference is the largest NASW Chapter annual conference in the nation. Sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers, West Virginia Chapter, it is a favored resource for professional continuing
education and an exceptional value. Registration fees have not been increased from last year. We work hard
to earn your trust and bring you a conference experience of the highest quality. We are humbled by the confidence you place in us by attending the annual Spring Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers!
Keynote Address
Special Events
Kane Novakane Smego
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
9:00-10:30am, Wednesday, April 15th
Award-winning Spoken Word Poet
At-Risk Youth Leadership Worker
Entertainer
Additional details on Page 4
Service Project
Please bring a non-perishable or
canned food item to donate to local
community food banks. Thank you!
Social Work in West Virginia
Open WV Chapter Annual Meeting
4:45-5:45 pm, Wednesday, April 15th
Everyone’s welcome at the annual
meeting of the profession! Learn of
our accomplishments & opportunities!
Open AA/NA Meeting
4:45-5:45 pm, Wednesday, April 15th
Silent Auction
Bid on great stuff and help NASW
support our profession!
Featured Plenaries
Some of your favorite and soon-to-be
favorite speakers with the essentials
on hot topics & critical issues!
Awards Plenary
1:00-1:30pm, Thursday, April 16th
Presentation of awards for Social
Worker of the Year and more! Come
celebrate these remarkable people!
NASWAC Reception
5:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, April 16th
Charleston Marriott Hotel
The most fun you can have helping
NASW influence the political process!
Evening Workshops
7:00-8:30 pm, Thursday, April 16th
Morning Gentle Exercise
7:45am, Thursday & Friday
Exhibit Hall
Networking
We’ve built more time into your
schedule for leisurely networking
with sponsors, exhibitors and
colleagues in our spacious Exhibit
Hall! Many exibitors will award door
prizes through gift drawings.
Early Bird Discount!
Register by March 20th and save! See
Registration Request Form for details.
New Member Discount
Join NASW and its vibrant West
Virginia Chapter as a new ‘regular’
or ‘associate’ member and save! See
Registration Request Form for details.
NASW Foundation
Your tax-deductible donation to the
NASW Foundation Chapter WV Fund
supports our important
educational mission!
Please see details on Registration Request Form.
Acknowledgements
Planning Committee: Amy McQuade, MSW, LICSW, Chair, Debra Beatty, ACSW, LICSW, DCSW, Joyce Broglio, ACSW, LICSW, Wanda Cox, MSW, LSW, Barbara Heasley, ACSW, LICSW, Chair Emeritus, Lindy Hoeft, MSW, Denise Hughes, MSW,
LSW, Betsy Kent, MSW, LICSW, DCSW, Chatman Neely, MSW, ACSW, LICSW, Linda Stein, MSW, LGSW, Chair Emeritus, Michael Williams,
MSW, LCSW, Debra Hunt Young, MSW, EdD, Kim White, MSW, LCSW, President-Elect, Ex Officio. Volunteers: NASW members & Social
Work students volunteer their time to assure that this conference succeeds. Most speakers kindly donate their time & talent. Thanks!
It wouldn’t happen without you! Staff: Sam Hickman, ACSW, LCSW, Executive Director, Elena Bailey, MSW, Program Associate, Linda
Ratliff, Officer Manager, Susan Sobkoviak, BSW, Consultant. Layout: Sam Hickman. Printing: Morgantown Printing & Binding.
Registration Information
Registration Information & Policies
To Register
TO REGISTER: Use the Registration Request form (inside back
cover) or available at NASWWV.org. Please use one form per person
and follow the instructions on the form. Full payment must accompany registration. Registration fees include admission, information
packet, refreshments, and exhibit hall admission. Optional services
at additional fees are also available on the form.
WORKSHOP SELECTIONS: Read the Workshop Descriptions
in this brochure and enter three (3) choices in the spaces provided
for each day and time period you will attend. If your initial choice
is filled we will assign you to your 2nd (or 3rd) choice, as available.
If all your choices are filled you can select alternates when you
arrive at the conference. Registration is accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please register early for the best chance of getting the workshops of your choice.
Pre-Registration Deadline: Pre-register by Wednesday, April
1st. We must return registrations received after this date to prepare
for your arrival. (You may also register at-the-door.)
Confirmation: Register by April 1st to receive a confirmation
e-mail by April 8th. Call 304.345.6279 April 9-10 if you do not receive
confirmation and wish to confirm by phone.
BY MAIL: Complete the Registration Request (inside back cover),
enclose full payment and mail so as to be received by April 1st to:
NASW Conference, 1608 Virginia St. East, Charleston, WV 25311
BY FAX: (VISA/MC & PO only) Fax registration accepted only
when paying by VISA/Master Card or authorized agency purchase
order (attach PO form). Fax by April 1st to 304.720.3766.
AT-THE-DOOR: April 14th (4-6pm), April 15 - 17 (7:30am), Civic
Center Lobby. Great session selections will still be available!
PayPal: Visit www.NASWWV.org to pay online, then fax or mail
your Registraiton Request form (Non-refundable fees & charges apply).
NOTE ON ADA ACCOMMODATION: If you require ADA accommodation to facilitate conference participation, please provide a
written request at the time you submit your completed conference registration and payment. Please register by March 20th to specify
accommodation requests. Requests received after this date may not allow adequate processing time to arrange accommodation.
Payment, Cancellation & Refund Policies: Make checks payable to: NASW-WV. VISA/Master Card & authorized agency purchase orders
accepted. Full payment must accompany registration. Registrations must be returned without processing if incomplete or without full payment (underpayment, insufficient funds, credit card denial, etc.). To re-register, pay with cash or money order and add any bank charges incurred by NASW.
Online registration payment is subject to processing fees and verification of NASW membership when applicable.
Cancellation/refund requests must be in writing (fax accepted). Processing fees: $10 is deducted from refund for requests received by March 20th;
$25 if received March 20th-April 8th. No refunds available after April 8th. Allow 4-6 weeks for processing. Credit card processing fees and/or online registration service charges are non-refundable. Refunds for online registration payments may be by check or credit card account refund at our discretion.
Fine Print: Schedule subject to change without notice. Registration/participation implies agreement with all terms & conditions printed here & elsewhere in this brochure,
that you agree to hold NASW harmless from loss or liability experienced, and release NASW, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents and insurers from liability
for injuries or claims. Registration/participation constitutes a significant business relationship with NASW under FCC regulations regarding electronic communications.
2015 Spring Conference Schedule At-a-Glance
Time
Wednesday, April 15
7:30am
Registration
Exhibits
Refreshments
7:30 - 9:00am
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
Keynote Address
Kane Smego
Thursday, April 16
Friday, April 17
Registration/Exhibits/Refreshments
7:30 - 8:30am
Registration/Exhibits/Refreshments
7:30 - 8:30am
Gentle Exercise 7:45am
Gentle Exercise 7:45am
One-Hour Plenary Sessions
‘C’ Concurrent Plenary Sessions
8:30 - 9:30am
South Hall, Civic Center • 9:00-10:30am
Exhibit Hall Networking 9:30 - 10:00am
Exhibit Hall Networking 10:30 - 11:00am
One & One-Half Hour Workshops
‘D’ Workshop Sessions
10:00 - 11:30am
One-Hour Plenary Sessions
‘A’ Concurrent Plenary Sessions
11:00am - 12:00pm
Lunch: by individual arrangement
11:30am - 1:00pm
One-Hour Sessions
‘J’ Plenary & Networking Sessions
1:00 - 2:00pm
Lunch: by individual arrangement
12:00 - 1:30pm
Awards Plenary Session
1:00 - 1:30pm
2:00pm
Three-Hour Workshops
‘B’ Workshop
Sessions
1:30 - 4:30pm
One-Hour Plenary Sessions
‘E’ Concurrent Plenary Sessions
1:45 - 2:45pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
Exhibit Hall Networking 2:45 - 3:15pm
Refreshment
break at mid-point
One & One-Half Hour Workshops
‘F’ Workshop Sessions
3:15 - 4:45pm
Social Work in West Virginia
Annual Meeting • All Welcome!
NASWAC Reception 5:00 - 7:00pm
Open AA/NA Meeting 6:00-7:00pm
Evening One & One-Half Hour
‘G’ Workshop Sessions 7:00 - 8:30pm
Rm 105, Civic Center • 4:45 - 5:45pm
Refreshment
break at mid-point
Lunch: by individual arrangement
11:30am - 1:00pm
1:00pm
3:00pm
Three-Hour Workshops
‘H’ Workshop
Sessions
8:30 - 11:30am
Charleston Marriott Hotel
One & One-Half Hour Workshops
‘K’ Workshop Sessions
2:15 - 3:45pm
Conference Concludes at 3:45pm
Thank you for attending!
Mark your calendar NOW to attend the
2016 Spring Conference!
April 27, 28 & 29, 2016
Charleston Civic Center
2015 Spring Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers
Continuing Education Information
Who Should Attend
WV licensed Social Workers may earn up to 18.75 contact hours by attending the Keynote, plenaries and workshops in each time period, the Awards Plenary and Annual
Meeting. Hours for related professions and out-of-state Social Workers will vary due to state-specific CE regulations/
restrictions. Attendance is required to earn CE hours.
NASW, WV is recognized as a CE provider by the WV
and OH Social Work Boards, the WV Cert. Board for Addiction Professionals, the WVU Nonprofit Management and
Gerontology Practitioner Certificate Programs, and the WV
Board of Registered Nurses. Applications pending for WV
LPCs and Nursing Home Administrators.
NASW WV CE hours are generally accepted for Social
Workers in DC, MD, KY, PA & VA.
CE Updates available at: www.NASWWV.org
Social Workers and related health and human
services professionals practicing in clinical, health, mental
health, social agency and public welfare settings, administrators, managers and supervisors, WVU Nonprofit Management Certificate candidates, direct service providers,
mental health therapists, case managers, advocates for
at-risk and vulnerable populations, and staff and leadership in non-profit community, religious and social service
agencies and organizations.
Location and Accessibility
The Charleston Civic Center, conveniently located
within walking distance of local shops, restaurants and
hotels, is fully accessible to persons of differing abilities.
Exhibit Hall
Get connected, network with referral resources, resource providers and colleagues, shop, and generally enjoy
life in our spacious Exhibit Hall! Access is restricted to conference registrants, presenters and exhibitors.
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Optional Attendance Certificate
To order an attractive certificate add the $10 fee at
registration, then return a copy of the completed CE Record
Accounting Form in your packet. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.
Ethics Hours for WV Provisional Social Workers
The following sessions apply to Social Work Ethics:
B10, D 1, D18, F14, F17, H 7. To assure access for others take
a few hours this year and more next year.
Psychopathology Hours for WV LICSW Candidates
Sessons applying to aspects of psychopathology: B 7, C 1,
C 7, D 6, D14, E 1, E 7, F 8, H 1, H14, J 3, K 2, K 3, K 5, K14. (Code: “PATH”).
LPC Ethics and LPC CE Hours (Approval Pending)
LPC Ethics: H 8. LPC CE Hours: Keynote, A 1, A 4, B 2, B 3, B 5, B 6, B 7, B12,
B13, B18, C 1, C 3, C 6, C 7, D 2, D 3, D 6, D10, D11, D14, D16, E 1, E 4, E 5,
E 6, E 7, F 1, F 2, F 7, F 8, F10, F11, F15, F16, F18, G 4, H 1, H 3, H 4, H 5, H
6, H 9, H10, H11, H14, H17, J 3, J 6, K 2, K 3, K 5, K 8, K 11, K12, K13, K14.
Social Work License Exam Preparation Course
with Dr. Sophia Dziegielewski
April 18 & 19, 2015 (BSW: Sat; MSW: Sat/Sun) Visit: www.NASWWV.org
Hotel Rates, Reservations, Parking, Area Map
Lodging: Rooms have been reserved at special conference rates at nearby hotels. Make your
304-343-9300 or 800-HAMPTON • Group Code: NSW
D. Holiday Inn Express - Civic Center
100 Civic Center Dr • Remodeled • Closest Civic Ctr
Deadline: March 23 • Rate: $105 single/double
Comp. breakfast • free local shuttle • free parking
Call 855-729-5133
Group Code: NAS (National Assoc. of Social Workers)
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own reservation and payment arrangements at the hotel of your choice. Mention the ‘Group
Code’ to receive special rates. Rates listed do not include local or state taxes. For a list of all area
hotels contact the Convention & Visitor’s Bureau at 304.344.5075. Rates subject to change after
deadlines or if room block is exceeded. First night credit card deposit required; penalty for late
cancellation may apply. Additional charges for parking or other amenities may apply. Parking:
Civic Center Garage/Lot: $3 per day. Contact the Civic Center office for a reentry pass if desired.
Town Center Mall Garage: $1.75 each entry. Hotel parking is for registered guests.
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Sponsors Thank you to:
GOLD SPONSOR EXHIBITOR
Central Counties
Area Health Education Center
SILVER SPONSOR EXHIBITORS
Integrated Mental & Behavioral
Health Training Program of the
WVU School of Social Work
Journeys of Life Books & Gifts
WVU School of Social Work
BRONZE SPONSOR/EXHIBITORS
NASW Assurance Services
Barry Robinson Center &
Farley Center at Williamsburg Place
Boll Medical
The Burgess Center for WV
Families & Communities of the
WVU School of Social Work
First Choice Health Systems, Inc.
River Park Hospital
Social Work Today Magazine
Exhibitors Thank you to:
AbbVie Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
Patient Advocate Program
AbbVie Psoriatic Patient Advocate
Program
Abbyshire Place Nursing and
Rehabilitation
Abraxas Youth and Family Services
ACLU of West Virginia
Arbors at Marietta/Rocksprings Rehab
Center/Arbors at Gallipolis
Association of Social Work Boards
Beckley ARH Hospital
Bellefaire JCB and
Monarch Center for Autism
The Bradley Center
Central East ATTC/The Danya Institute
Charleston MRC/Army MRC
Chestnut Ridge Center
ChildHelp
Children First of West Virginia
Citizens Climate Lobby: WV
Comfort Keepers
Custom Script Infusion Pharmacy
Davis-Stuart, Inc.
Devereux Foundation
Edgewood Summit and
The Ridgemont
Family Options Providers, Inc
Fina Estampa Peru
Conference Enjoyment Tips
Fair Trade Organization
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Highland Hospital
Highland-Clarksburg Hospital
KidsPeace
KVC Behavioral HealthCare
Narcotics Anonymous
NASW Press
New Hope Treatment Centers
Presbyterian Children’s Home
of the Highlands
Process Strategies
PSIMED Corrections, LLC
River Park Hospital
Temple University
School of Social Work
Thomas Health System
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
West Virginia Family Health
WV Geriatric Education Center
WV Offices of the
Insurance Commissioner
West Virginia Rural Health Association
West Virginia System of Care
WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities-Traumatic Brain Injury Program
WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities-Specialized Family Care Program
The Woodbourne Center
Reading the Workshop Descriptions
Weather: Spring in Charleston is beautiful but can also bring rain,
mild daytime temperatures and cool evenings. Pack accordingly.
Attire: Most participants dress in casual business attire. We recommend that you wear comfortable shoes. Courtesy: Please: Turn off/silence electronic devices when in sessions. Avoid wearing perfumes/colognes as they can cause respiratory
distress. Refrain from conversation in sessions out of respect for others.
Check at the Registration Desk if you with to change sessions. Seating
limits are often based on speaker preferences for optimal learning.
Follow Up: Please complete an evaluation form for each session and
the overall conference. We really DO read and incorporate suggestions!
Pages 5 through 13 offer brief descriptions of each session.
Seating Limits: Speakers may limit audience size to enhance learning.
Fire safety codes limit room capacity. Room assignments are based on
patterns set prior to the conference. Please observe limits. Thank you!
Content: Read descriptions carefully to assure you are in an appropriate session. Some clinically-oriented sessions are designed specifically for
clinical professionals. In others content may benefit those in other settings.
Codes: These few codes communicate important information: ETH: Session applies to SW Ethics requirement for Provisional licensees. IMBHTP:
Session made possible in part through support by the Integrated Mental
& Behavioral Health Training Program of the WVU School of Social Work/
HRSA funded. PATH: Session applies to Psychopathology.
Keynote Address
spoken word poetry, so we invited him to deliver this year’s keynote.
Kane “Novakane” Smego is an award winning spoken word poet who
helps at-risk youth and others “find their voices.” He is the primary author of the Sacrificial Poets/YouThink curriculum, and founder of Poetic
Justice, an afterschool program that teaches Spoken Word and Hip Hop
education to at-risk and underserved youth in Durham, NC.
Kane is a National Poetry Slam Finalist and has been featured at Nuyorican Poets Café in NYC, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and the
birth place of Slam Poetry: Chicago’s Green Mill. After the 2010 popular
revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt Kane was inspired by the young people
driving these powerful movements, leading to the oral history documentary and Public Radio report series Poetic Portraits of a Revolution.
Kane grew up in the Durham-Chapel Hill area and graduated with
highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
where he was awarded the Sterling A. Stoudemire Award for Excellence.
He continues to travel and engage new audiences.
Thank you for making this a conference everyone can enjoy!
Explore the power of stories and voice as tools for healing, self-transformation, community engagement, and non-violent resistance! West
Virginians attending last year’s national NASW conference in Washington, DC were awestruck by the power and insights of Kane Smego’s
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Plenary Presentations and Workshop Session Descriptions
Wednesday Morning Concurrent One-Hour ‘A’ Plenary Presentations
April 15, 2015, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
A 1 The View from SAMHSA: Substance Use Treatment &
Reimbursement Trends in West Virginia and the United States
Is your expertise in treating clients with substance use disorders a challenge?
Focuses on available and evolving resources informing and supporting substance
use treatment and reimbursement needs, as well as collaborative strategies
and new partnerships designed to positively influence practice in WV. Innovative approaches influenced by regional and federal initiatives directly apply to
substance use treatment, reimbursement and practice. Examples of advocacy
for treatment and reimbursement improvements in WV will be linked to positive
outcomes and future opportunities. Jean Bennett, PhD , Regional Administrator,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Philadelphia, PA.
A 2 Creating Hope and Optimism in Challenging Times
Leaders often find themselves in challenging situations. Jim shares not just some
different ways of doing things, but new ways of seeing as a leader of people and
organizations in challenging times. Topics include positive psychology, strategic
planning, and personal development. You will leave this session with real-world
information for challenging times. Jim Harris, EdS, MSW, LICSW, Associate Director, WV Autism Training Center at Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
A 3 Public Speaking Strategies:
Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
Effective public speaking is an essential life skill for most of us. Learn techniques
to ensure that your message is delivered as intended. Discover the personal
speaking style that best suits you. Includes discussion of specific skills such as
structuring your message so that listeners can readily follow, understanding
how to use an emotional appeal, establishing your credibility while speaking to
ensure you build rapport with listeners, and identifying formats for special occasion speaking. Jody Janati, EdD, Author and Communication Studies Lecturer,
University of Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN. (Welcome back Jody!)
Registration Info @ www.NASWWV.org
A 4 That Spice Isn't in the Kitchen:
Understanding Newer Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs, particularly synthetic cannabinoids (Spice or K2) and cathinones
(“bath salts”), have emerged as significant substances of abuse. Helping professionals and their clients may have misconceptions about them. Offers information about the development, abuse, effects and legal status of these drugs to
help you in situations in which abuse of these substances is the focus, and to effectively guide clients who are vulnerable to their use. Tracy Coffman, MD, Chief
Resident, WVU Dept. of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Morgantown, WV.
A 5 Update on Juvenile Justice Issues
WV is making significant changes to its juvenile justice system - embarking toward justice reform. We have the opportunity to provide an avenue for teens to
turn their lives around and to arm the system with the best possible tools. Strategies like truancy prevention, more community support services, and alternatives
to incarceration such as day-report and restorative justice, are on the way! An
active discussion on building a system that promotes independent, successful,
productive, crime-free youth. Cindy Largent-Hill, MA, Juvenile Justice Monitor,
Administrative Offices of the WV Supreme Court of Appeals, Martinsburg, WV.
A 6 Using the Arts to Build Leadership Skills Among At-Risk Youth
Our distinguished keynote speaker uses performance and lecture to demonstrate
the role of identity, experience and stories in developing leadership skills, building collaborative relationships, and other creative ways to engage at-risk youth in
our communities. Kane Smego, Spoken Word Poet and Youth Educator. IMBHTP.
A 7 Understanding Your Clients Who Have Breathing Difficulties
West Virginia has one of the highest incidences of pulmonary disease in the US.
Your clients or patients with breathing difficulties experience unique stressors
and treatments that require your complete awareness, and which may alter your
approach to assure successful intervention, and/or their ability to comply. Types
of breathing disorders and techniques for optimizing respiratory function will also
be covered. Chaffee Tommarello, BSRT, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, Breathing Center Director, Cabin Creek Health Systems, Dawes, WV.
Wednesday Afternoon, April 15, 2015, Three-Hour ‘B’ Workshops, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
B 1 Strategies for Women's Empowerment
The helping professions are replete with women serving in prominent roles. This
interactive presentation focuses on the historical roles of women as healers,
leaders and peacemakers in various cultures, as well as myths and symbols of
feminine power. Practice techniques for creating experiences of feminine power
and energy. Strategies to recreate strength, energy and sacred space using different modalities for self and others will be shared. Aila Accad, MSN RN , Trainer,
Author, Life Coach, Business Owner, LifeQuest International, LLC, Charleston, WV.
B 2 Integrated Behavioral Health in the Primary Care Setting
An exciting new field for Social Workers is assisting primary care providers with
the mental health aspects of care of their patients. Integration is mandated by
the Affordable Care Act and practiced in a number of primary care settings in WV.
The history of this field, types of preparation needed, and methods of intervention are included. Mary Aldred-Crouch, MSW, MPH, Director of Planning, Development and Substance Abuse, Starlight Behavioral Health Services, Milton, WV.
B 3 Expanding SBIRT to Include Rural Public Schools
Self-report rates of adolescent substance abuse are on the rise as are prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths. Evidence-based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Programs are making a difference in
reducing risky alcohol and drug use behaviors in health care settings across the
United States. Learn how SBIRT Programming is being implemented in a rural
public school setting to reduce risk and increase positive health behaviors among
students’ ages 12-18 years. Wendy Baracka, MSW LGSW, SBIRT Facilitator, Morgan County Partnership, Berkeley Springs, WV and Gary McDaniel, LICSW, Clinical
Social Worker, Morgan Co. Schools, Berkeley Springs, WV. IBMHTP.
B 4 Recover from Compassion Fatigue: The Road Back Home
Dr. Charles Figley, founder of the Academy of Traumatology, coined the term
‘Compassion Fatigue’ (CF). Focuses on recognizing contributing factors, warning
signs and the difference between burnout and CF. Understand and use various
tools to treat and strategies to prevent CF, and to increase personal and professional resiliency. The Road Back Home is a metaphor for the session because CF
seems to rob the professional of his/her sense of well-being, comfort, purpose,
identity, and empowerment; all qualities that one associates with being at home.
The experiences of being at home in our bodies, our work, families, thoughts,
and spirit seem to diminish as the symptoms of CF increase. Sheli Bernstein-Goff,
MSW, LICSW, CTS, CFS, Certified Traumatologist, Certified Compassion Fatigue
Specialist, Professor of Social Work, West Liberty University, Wheeling, WV.
B 5 Cognitive Interventions in Treating Anorexia and Bulimia
Traditional cognitive therapy focuses on altering cognitive distortions – yet some
distortions stay with us and demand that we accept them. This session focuses
on the roles of the eating disorder mindset in the maintenance of anorexia and
bulimia, and on clinical techniques that can be used to address those cognitive
distortions beyond the idea of altering them. Experiential techniques to use in
therapy sessions will be highlighted. Teena Bryson, MA, LPC, Therapist in Private
Practice and Jeff Bryson, PhD, LPC/ALPS, CCSOTS, Therapist, Lakin Correctional
Center for Women, both of Barboursville, WV. Limited enrollment.
B 6 Providing Effective Behavioral Health Services to Military Personnel
Behavioral health providers often struggle to effectively serve military personnel
due to a lack of awareness/adequate training on the unique treatment issues
involved. This distinguished panel answers important questions including: What
do clinical providers need to know to be effective with this important population?
Is the military context so unique that special training is required to practice competently? Rhonda Cooper, MA, LSW, Military Behavioral Health Case Manager,
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A-Team Solutions, Charleston, WV, Scott Edwards, PhD, CPT, Indiana National
Guard, (recipient of a US Army Award of Excellence for building the National
Guard’s behavioral system of care), and Jo Anna Scheidler, PhD, Behavioral Health
Coordinator, WV National Guard, Charleston. Limited enrollment. We gratefully
acknowledge the support of The Barry Robinson Center/Farley Center in making
this presentation possible. IBMHTP.
B 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Abuse
WV’s rampant substance abuse problems are compounded by many biopsychosocial variables. Brain injuries often mask or complicate the clinical picture in
substance abuse, making it difficult for providers to implement effective interventions. Learn to differentiate between mild, moderate, and traumatic brain injury,
identify common symptoms, as well as attain five compensatory strategies for
working with this population. Information about helping those with traumatic
brain injury succeed with Alcoholics Anonymous will also be offered. Terry Cunningham, MA, Program Specialist, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities &
Melodee Hursey, MSW, CBIST, both Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment. PATH.
B 8 Through a Child's Eyes: Understanding the Effects of Trauma on Children
When working with children and families, social workers are likely encountering
trauma and its’ effects. Gain a better understanding of how the experience of
trauma can have a profound effect on the physiology and psychology of children.
Learn about the different types of trauma, how they impact the developmental
trajectory of children, and how understanding trauma’s potential effects can help
us provide more responsible and effective interventions. Jim Harris, EdS, MSW,
LICSW, Associate Director, WV Autism Training Center at Marshall University,
Huntington, WV. IBMHTP.
B 9 Making a Case for Safety
Social Workers face potentially hostile behavior when making home visits to
investigate allegations of abuse and neglect, update safety plans, monitor foster
care, etc. Many of these visits are made by a lone social worker without an
adequate means of communication. Learn ways to safely handle a home visit,
identify potentially harmful conditions, and defuse volatile situations. Jim Holler,
Consultant, Holler Training, Fairfield, PA.
B10 Ethics and Social Media
Maintaining ethical boundaries with clients can be difficult in any practice setting.
However, with the ease and availability of social media, boundaries and dual
relationships become more complex. Learn ethical implications involved in using
social media with clients, the impact of dual relationships, and identify ways to
create healthy, ethical boundaries with clients in person and on the Internet.
Debra Hunt Young, Ed.D, MSW, Teaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator
Charleston & Beckley MSW Programs, WVU School of Social Work. ETH.
B11 Cultivate Solution-Focused Communication in Meetings
Most groups understand decisions need to be made and problems need to be
solved. Learn to improve group communications with messages that support a
cohesive, respectful environment, while addressing key issues and finding solutions. Experience fair problem-solving methods. Actively plant “solution seeds”
to help foster a culture that focuses on mutual interests that resolve to solve.
Learn how to set healthy boundaries, deliver bad news, say no, foster accountability and manage another’s anger. Jody Janati, EdD, Author and Communication
Studies Lecturer, University of Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN.
B12 Integrating Creative Pathways to Healing
Integrative Therapies weave the expressive arts, music therapy, and mindfulness
practices in ways that support the therapeutic process. Learn how mind-body
therapies are integrated into clinical work with individuals and groups. Experiential activities demonstrate how imagery, meditation, poetry/journaling, body
awareness and other approaches are creative adjuncts in your work with diverse
populations with a range of clinical issues and in a variety of settings. The theoretical framework is drawn from established teachers and The Bonny Method of
Guided Imagery and Music. Erin Johnson, MEd, LPC, LMFT, Counselor and Cara
Marinucci, MS, LPC, Counselor, Integrative Music Institute, Charlottesville, VA.
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B13 Helping Clients with ACT and DBT:
Commonalities and Differences in Treatment
This session is designed for clinical professionals. Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are mindfulness-based
therapies that have grown in use over the past 20 years. We will use a clinical
case to introduce case conceptualization and treatment formulation from both
ACT and DBT perspectives, highlighting the similarities and differences. Patrick L
Kerr, PhD Psychologist, Associate Professor, WVU School of Medicine, Charleston,
WV and David Schaffer, MSW, LICSW, Private Practitioner, Psychotherapy and
Addictions Counseling, Parkersburg, WV.
B14 There's No Place Like Home: The VA Medical Foster Home Program
Describes the VA trend toward Medical Foster Homes (MFH). Current demographic trends make financing long-term care through Medicaid/Medicare
unsustainable. Older adults want to live in their homes and communities as long
as possible. The Veterans Health Admin. addresses these issues through the MFH
Program by placing a Veteran into the home of a caregiver as an alternative to
a nursing home. MFH offers tangible cost savings and provides the Veteran with
choice, dignity and quality of life befitting their sacrifice and service. L. Suzanne
Luck, BSW, MSW, LICSW, MFH Program Coordinator, VAMC, Huntington, WV, Tina
Strobel, LCSW, KY MFH Program Coordinator, Louisville, KY, Lori Paris, LCSW, IN
MFH Program Coordinator, Scottsburg, IN, Myra Weir, LCSW, KY MFH Program
Coordinator, Lexington, KY, and Trina Touchton, LCSW, WVMFH Program Coordinator, Huntington, WV.
B15 Effective Crisis and Emergency Communication Management
A practical and informative presentation about the importance of effective crisis
and emergency communication management and technology in today’s chaotic
and dangerous workplace and leisure environments. Covers such communication
areas as crisis and emergency recognition, getting the right information to the
right people at the right time, rumor management, working with first responders, helping others during and after the crisis. Also discusses the elements of an
effective emergency communication plan, emphasizing the individual and the
organization’s roles and responsibilities. Joe Richards, BA, MA , Corporate and
Organizational Communication Consultant, Charleston, WV.
B16 Finding Solutions: A Statewide Visioning Process for Elder Services
WV senior citizens face declining revenues and services dedicated to aging issues
in the rural environment. The Partnership for Elder Living, along with AARP WV,
is calling for a new system to meet these challenges. You’ll learn that working collaboratively with multiple agencies can be accomplished in spite of rivalries and
misgivings! Also understand how the Appreciative Inquiry approach can facilitate
change in the state’s elder system, and maybe offer some ideas of your own! Phil
Schenk, BA, MS, Executive Director and Nancy Tyler, JD, MSW, Consultant, both of
WV Partnership for Elder Living, Elkview, WV.
B17 Conversations on Race and Racism: Cracking the Code (Repeated as G 2)
This powerful documentary explores race relations and racism in an engaging way, facilitating respectful dialogue and understanding. WV’s low minority
population makes it more important that helping professionals work to recognize
and address societal, institutional and structural racism at the core. Based on the
successful model used at the 2015 Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia. Lida
Shepherd, Director of Youth Programs, Appalachian Center for Equality, American
Friends Service Committee, Barbara Edmonds, LSW, Retired, Julie Pratt, MSW, Independent Facilitator, Writer & Teacher, Charleston, WV and Betty Rivard, MSW,
LCSW, (Retired) Volunteer, WV Center on Budget and Policy, Charleston, WV.
B18 Play Therapy for Aggressive Children
Designed for clinical professionals working with children from approx. kindergarten to middle school age; however many of the concepts can be used for
teens and adults. You’ll understand the different types of play therapy, explore
how children express feelings and emotions, possible causes of aggression in
children, therapy techniques for aggressive children, and coping skills that can be
explored via play. Assists social workers in broadening their skill level to provide
therapy for aggressive children. Kimberly Waibogha, MSW, Assistant Professor
and Clinical Therapist, WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry,
Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015: Special Eight-hour Course!
C 0 Mental Health First Aid (Eight-hour Course) Note: This session continues throughout the C, D, E, F and G time periods.
A public education program designed for non-clinical professionals and the general public which teaches you to recognize risk factors, and when
people are in crisis, including depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis, substance abuse, and self-injury. You will learn a 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources, and knowledge necessary to manage mental health crises, to select and implement appropriate interventions, and
to help the individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional care and community supports. Those completing the full training and passing
a brief quiz will be certified as a Mental Health First Aider by the National Council for 3 years. Participants will attend only this course throughout
the day and into the evening on Thursday. David Sanders, Certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer, Senior Health and Human Resources Specialist,
WV DHHR Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities, Charleston, WV. Limited enrollment. We gratefully acknowledge support from the
WV Bureau for Behavioral Health & Health Facilities in making this presentation possible.
Thursday Morning, April 16, 2015 One-Hour Concurrent ‘C’ Plenaries, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
C 1 Concussion: Does the Science Support the Headlines? (Repeated as F 1)
Addresses the acute and chronic effects of concussion as supported by the
most recent scientific evidence. Includes the assessment techniques commonly
employed in the clinical setting, recovery techniques, and evidence behind persistent changes to brain function. Gain better understanding of the injury so you
may better counsel patients and families with this injury. Steven P Broglio, PhD,
ATC, Assoc. Prof. of Kinesiology, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. IBMHTP. PATH.
C 2 What’s Happening in Clinical Practice?
Provides an overview of trends in clinical practice from a national perspective.
Join this workshop to learn how national trends may impact your work as a mental health professional. Ms. Coleman is NASW’s national expert on clinical issues.
Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT. Senior Practice Associate for Clinical Social Work,
National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC. IBMHTP.
C 3 Suicide Prevention: Clinical Strategies
The suicide rate in WV is routinely higher than the national average, partially
owing to WV’s inordinately high depression rate. Clinicians must prepare to assess and treat those with suicidal thoughts/plans. Thorough suicide assessment
requires interpersonal skills on the clinician’s part, and a plan for questions to be
asked. Treatment options must be reviewed and applied appropriately for those
deemed to be suicidal. Scott Fields, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of Behavioral Science, Dept. of Family Medicine, WVU School of Medicine, Charleston, WV.
C 4 So, You Want to Help People? The Dynamics of Caring
Move beyond the desire to help by exploring our professional obligation to
strategically grow our skills to serve clients to the best of our ability. This special
session focuses on personal care and professional growth as a means to increase
our overall understanding and effectiveness. Jim Harris, EdS, MSW, LICSW, Associate Director, WV Autism Training Center at Marshall Univ., Huntington. IBMHTP.
C 5 Defusing a Hostile Situation
Despite efforts to control, circumstances can very quickly escalate into potentially
dangerous situations. This presentation will stress the importance of not only
recognizing a potentially dangerous situation, but also how to defuse it as quickly
as possible. Offers some life-saving tips for service providers on how to protect
themselves if violence erupts. Communication techniques that can very quickly
defuse a hostile situation will be demonstrated. Jim Holler, Consultant, Holler
Training, Fairfield, PA. IBMHTP.
C 6 Do You Hear What I Hear? How to Listen to Your Clients / Patients
Learn to recognize and internalize key components of cultural competence
in caring for your elderly clients, especially in regards to Appalachian culture.
Increases knowledge and awareness of the impact that health literacy, cultural
competence, and communication can have on understanding, compliance and
outcomes. Shirley M Neitch, MD, Professor, Marshall University Edwards School
of Medicine, Huntington, WV & Medical Director, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV. IBMHTP.
C 7 Jack Sprat and His Wife: Disordered Eating and the
Continuum from Anorexia through Obesity (Also repeated as session E 7)
With obesity and eating disorders both on the rise, the number of young people
who have a healthy relationship with food, body image and body size continues
to decline. This is due to a culture that promotes obesity, yet at the same time
stigmatizes it. Many treatment programs focusing on one or the other give messages problematic to those on the opposite end of the continuum, yet the same
societal forces are at work. Describes how anorexia nervosa and obesity are
different manifestations of the same disease, and how a Health at Every Size approach can be used to treat underweight and overweight persons alike, without a
rigid adherence to “goal weights” or BMI. Stephen Sondike, MD, Medical Director,
WVU Disordered Eating Center of Charleston and Professor of Pediatrics, WVU
School of Medicine, Charleston, WV. PATH.
Thursday Morning, April 16, 2015, One & One-Half Hour ‘D’ Workshops. 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
D 1 Professional Ethics: Boundaries and Managing
Unavoidable Multiple Relationships
Focuses on professional boundaries and utilizes the NASW Code of Ethics and
other standards of professional conduct. While boundaries frequently are
absolute, sometimes crossing a boundary may be professionally appropriate.
Boundaries that exist between practitioners and clients, and between practitioners and other persons with whom the client has a significant relationship, will
be addressed. Attention is given to the risks associated with multiple relationships with clients or important others, as well as how competent practitioners
manage multiple relationships when they cannot be avoided. Glenn J Abraham,
PhD, MSW, LISW-S (OH), Assistant Professor of Social Work and Ida Mills, MSW,
LICSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Glenville State College. ETH.
D 2 Infant/Toddler Mental Health: What It Is and Why It Matters
An interactive session focusing on the importance of promoting positive social
and emotional development for all young children through responsive and
nurturing relationships. Learn the various components of infant/toddler mental
health and what the research shows about adverse childhood experiences. Provides info on the WV Infant/Toddler Mental Health Assoc., and Core Competency
and Endorsement System. Michele Baranaskas, MSW, LCSW, Coordinator, Partners in Community Outreach, TEAM for WV Children, Inc, South Charleston, WV
Michelle Rollyson, MA, Administrative Coordinator, WV Infant/Toddler Mental
Health Association, Huntington, WV. Limited enrollment.
D 3 Open Eyes, Open Arms: Move from Enabling Addiction to
Actively Supporting Recovery
Addiction is no longer a problem that only other people face. It’s personal –we
are challenged daily by the effects of addiction on our communities, our practice
settings, and often, our families and ourselves. “Helping” is often an ineffective
combination of denial, enabling, and vilifying the addict. This workshop will focus
on bringing addiction out of the closet, ceasing our helping/hurting responses,
and developing the attitudes and skills needed to support addicts – and their
loved ones - on the long paths of recovery. Debra Beatty, MSW, LICSW, Clinical
Social Worker, Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Charleston, WV.
D 4 What Happened at the West Virginia Legislature This Year?
Family, Social and Economic Policy Issues Updates
The 2015 Session of the West Virginia Legislative was historic in many ways! Find
out how “people issues” fared this year, from the budget for children, family
and low-income support programs, to the policies that determine who is eligible
and under what circumstances, and what to do about it next year. Check out the
WV Center on Budget & Policy’s insightful analyses at: www.WVPolicy.org Ted
Boettner, MA, Executive Director, WV Center on Budget & Policy, Charleston, WV.
D 5 HIPAA and Dementia: Balancing Privacy and Beneficence
Dementias are general terminology for the loss of memory and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Families and care givers
may need to know about treatment, medication, and capacity evaluations. The
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) protects important
privacy rights. This workshop addresses health privacy and disclosure of cognitive
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disorder diagnosis. What does HIPPA require and forbid? What is the clinician’s
responsibility, and when do families have the right to information? These questions and others will be covered. Nancy Daugherty, BA, Associate Director and
Hanna Thurman, MSW, MPA, Training Coordinator, both of WV Geriatric Education Center, Charleston, WV.
D 6 Adult ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment
Designed for clinical professionals. ADHD is a common childhood disorder affecting 3-7% of youth in the US. About half of children with ADHD continue to meet
the criteria into adulthood. Assessment of ADHD requires a thorough history,
examination of current behaviors, and administering brief screenings, e.g. Adult
ADHD Checklist. Treatment ideally consists of cognitive behavioral strategies,
family involvement, medication or a combination. Issues of drug abuse and drug
diversion can complicate treatment Scott Fields, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of Behavioral Science, Dept. of Family Medicine and Madison B. Hassig, MS,
Psych Intern, WVU Dept. of Behavioral Med. & Psychiatry, both WVU School of
Medicine, Charleston, WV. PATH.
D 7 Senior Villages 101: Seniors Helping Seniors Age Gracefully in Community
When you reach 60+ you still have a lot to offer, but may find you need a little
extra help. ‘Senior Villages’ are neighborhood organizations that form to help
elders help each other, with those who can offering help to those in need. Need
a ride to an appointment? The occasional meal? A roof leak fixed or a fun social
event to attend? Learn about this blossoming movement in America and WV,
and how social workers can support this exciting concept. Panelists: Members of
Kanawha Valley Village People, including Barbara Frierson, Bill Hairston, Christine
Daugherty and Susan Mollohan, Malden, WV.
D 8 Behavior Consultation in Schools: How Social Workers Can Help
Challenging student behavior is one of the most serious issues schools face today.
Borrows from Jim’s extensive experience as a behavioral consultant in the educational setting and discusses how to support schools and students with our knowledge of mental health issues and behavioral intervention strategies. Addresses
navigating educational bureaucracy, collaboration, supporting teachers, parent
collaboration and writing behavioral plans. Jim Harris, EdS, MSW, LICSW, Assoc.
Director, WV Autism Training Center at Marshall Univ. Huntington. IMBHTP.
D 9 Surviving an Active Shooter Event
The odds of being involved in an “active shooter” situation are similar to being struck by lightning. But lightning does strike, and active shooter situations
happen, and when they do the results are catastrophic. History shows that the
immediate action of people on the scene is the most effective way to minimize or
stop the violence. The key to survival is being proactive; know what to do to become a survivor. This training will help your agency prepare as well as give each
participant the knowledge of what to do to save lives during an active shooter
event. Jim Holler, Consultant, Holler Training, Fairfield, PA.
D10 Grief: A Life-Long Journey
Helping others through the grieving process is a difficult task that many social
workers face. Our own struggles with grief may complicate our abilities to best
serve the clients we work with. Explores transference and counter-transference
issues in grief work, provides direction for how to help others grieving, and being
more comfortable in the presence of those experiencing grief. Information about
recent approaches to grief work will also be shared. Ravi Isaiah, MDiv, DMin, LPC,
Director of Pastoral Counseling, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
Limited enrollment.
D11 "Non-verbally" Speaking
How we “think” we are communicating may be very different from what we are
“actually” communicating. One’s social competence is contingent upon being
able to send and receive nonverbal signals. Communication is just as much of a
nonverbal process as it is a verbal one. Most people will believe your nonverbal messages, such as tone of voice, before they subscribe to your words. This
session will explore the significance of nonverbal communication as it pertains
to the use of space, face and eye behavior, touch, smell, body movement, vocal
variety, dress and use of time Learn to better assess one’s intended message.
Jody Janati, EdD, Author and Communication Studies Lecturer, University of Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN.
D12 Medley-Hartley Project: Providing Effective Advocacy
An overview of the Medley-Hartley Project at The WV Advocates, including
history, roles and responsibilities. Explores how Medley Advocate interface with
DHHR management, social workers, service coordinators and case managers who
also serve Medley-Hartley clients. Explores problems/solutions to systemic issues
and how the Medley Advocate addresses them. Includes a set of problem-solving
exercises and time for Q&A. Rose Lowther-Berman, MEd, EdD, Program Director,
Charleston, Brittany Given, BS, Admin. Advocate, Charleston & Megan Pigott, BS,
Admin. Advocate, Clarksburg, all WV Advocates Medley-Hartley Advocacy Prog.
D13 Build an Organization of Trust
The profession of social work mandates that all providers approach their practice
with integrity in order to preserve the fragile nature of trust in their professional
and clinical relationships. Based on the work of Stephen M.R. Covey, the presenter will help the attendee understand the origins of trust, how it develops, and the
benefits of creating an organization of trust between co-workers. Topics included
will be trusting ones self, developing trust with others, and building/maintaining
trust with external stakeholders. Mark McMillion, BSCE, MSIE, Principal, McMillion Leadership, Clarksburg, WV.
D14 Alzheimer's Basics with Focus on Behavioral and
Psychological Symptoms in Persons with Dementia
Learn the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Gain understanding of how to initiate a proper evaluation of adverse behaviors, as well as how
to design a treatment approach to address those behaviors. Advising patient’s
families and health care staff about the behaviors will also be discussed. Shirley
Neitch, MD, Maier Clinical Research Professor and Chief of Geriatrics, Marshall
University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV & Medical Director, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV. PATH.
D15 Reaching Further: Integrative Social Work Practice in the Rural Setting
Rural communities present unique challenges regarding residents’ ability to
access mental and behavioral health resources. The Integrated Mental and
Behavioral Health Training Program (IMBTP) in the WVU MSW program lets
students develop skills, values, and cultural competencies needed to effectively
serve two at risk populations: 1) children and; 2) military personnel, veterans,
and their families. Emphasizes the meaning of “reaching further” through integrated social work practice. Trainees share their ideas for innovation in integrated
service delivery while illustrating the widespread impact these services create
in rural communities. Carrie W Rishel, PhD, MSW, LSW (PA), Associate Professor,
Helen P. Hartnett, MA, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor and Interim Director, WVU
School of Social Work, Morgantown, WV, and IMBTP MSW Candidates: Stacey
Drew, Martinsburg Campus, Misty Guthrie, Keyser Campus, Brianna Hardman,
Morgantown Campus, Sarah Hunter, Martinsburg Campus, and Jasmine Lewis,
Suzanne Nodes, Rebecca Norman and Annie Petsonk, all of the Morgantown
Campus. IMBHTP.
D16 Honoring Patients' Wishes Outside the Hospital
Advance directives have the potential to enable health professionals to honor
patient autonomy by respecting previously expressed treatment wishes. Unfortunately, advance directives are less effective for directing medical treatment in
uncontrolled out-of-hospital emergency medical settings. The Physician Orders
for Scope of Treatment (POST) and the out-of-hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
form were developed to allow emergency medical providers in the field to honor
patients’ previously expressed end of life treatment preferences. This presentation will focus on out-of-hospital medical orders and their potential to reshape
end-of-life care. Valerie Satkoske, PhD, MSW, Director of Ethics, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV.
D17 Recovery in the VA: Hope, Meaning, Purpose and Peer Support
Focuses on the Recovery Model and its use in the VA. Discusses the history of
the Recovery Model, recovery as a process and outcome, and contrasts recovery
with the medical model. Core issues to explore: valued life goals, strengths-based
focus, shared decision making and decreasing stigma of mental health problems. Explores the critical ingredients of hope, meaning and purpose, and the
role of language, stigma and self-stigma. Relevance of these issues for improved
outcomes will be addressed. Charles Weinberg, MSW, LICSW, Local Recovery
Coordinator, Huntington VAMC MHC, Barboursville, WV.
D18 Ethical Issues in Field Instruction
Many practicing social workers serve as Field Instructors for students in both
undergraduate and graduate programs. Preparing future social workers is vital
for our profession! The relationship between student and Field Instructor is paramount to successful field instruction. Helps current and future Field Instructors
recognize and address ethical issues and dilemmas specific to the role of Field Instructor. Case examples will illustrate ethical dilemmas. Sarah M Whittaker, PhD,
MSW, LCSW and Roger Shawn Allen, MSW, Assistant Professor, both of Concord
University Social Work Program, Athens, WV. ETH.
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Thursday Afternoon, April 16, 2015, One-Hour ‘E’ Plenary Presentations, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
E 1 Medication Assisted Treatment in Opioid Use Disorder
Learn about medication-assisted treatment and recovery in a way that challenges
perceptions and can be used to assess the best possible treatment options for clients. Substance abuse treatment has entered a new phase in which medications
play a vital role in recovery. Learn how advancements in pharmacotherapy support and augment traditional evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence.
Current myths, opinions and biases, and the environment of addiction treatment, are explored. Outlines the psychopharmacology of opioid dependence
and compares the three FDA-approved medications for opioid dependence. Carl
R Sullivan, MD, Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Addictions Programs, WVU
Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Morgantown, WV. PATH.
E 2 LICSWs as Enrolled WV Medicaid Providers: An Update
WV Medicaid Program will soon begin enrolling LICSW-licensed Social Workers
as individual providers of services for mental health therapies. This session will
describe the credentialing and enrollment process, documentation and claiming
information, and describe the services LICSWs may provide for WV Medicaid.
Cindy Beane, MSW, Acting Commissioner and Cynthia Parsons, Behavioral Health
Program Manager, WV Bureau for Medical Services, Charleston, WV.
E 3 Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice in WV
Social work professionals need to incorporate 21st Century skills for effective community organizing in rural areas. The panel presents a case study of
a community organizing effort in response to the Elk River Chemical spill of
January 2014. The impact and power of social media can catalyze and augment
environmental justice organizing efforts in rural communities. Debra Hunt Young,
EdD, EdS, MSW, Teaching Assistant Professor & Charleston-Beckley Program Coordinator, Helen P. Hartnett, PhD, MSW, MA, Acting Director and MSW Program
Director, and Samantha Teixeira, PhD, MSW, all of WVU School of Social Work,
Morgantown, and Members of Citizens Actively Protecting the Environment,
including Jeni Burns, Owner, Ms. Groovy’s Café, Charleston, WV.
E 4 The Affordable Care Act & WV Medicaid Expansion 101
Discusses how social work values and ethics are in line with provisions of the
Affordable Care act, and how preventive care accessed through newly-purchased,
low-cost insurance and expanded Medicaid has impacted clients’ lives. More
social workers are needed in health facilities due to the increase in patients
who have not had adequate care in the past, and now have more complicated
bio-psycho-social situations. Also learn how WV is doing with insurance enrollment, Social Work roles in enrollment and what we have done right, and what
the future may hold for the ACA. Sara Koontz, BSW, CAC, Enrollment Coordinator,
Shenandoah Valley Medical System Inc., Martinsburg, WV.
E 5 Dementia-Friendly Communities
More than 5 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is
increasing. In 2010 the U.S. Congress mandated development of a national plan
to address Alzheimer’s disease - a comprehensive roadmap with the bold goal to
prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by 2025.
Reviews symptoms and prevalence of dementias and promotes resources for
individuals, their families and caregivers. Also discusses a dementia-capable community that is an informed, safe and respectful, and provides supportive options
that foster quality of life. Helen M Matheny, MS, Director, Alzheimer’s Disease
Outreach Program, West Virginia Alzheimer’s Outreach and Registry Program,
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV.
E 6 Behind Closed Doors: The ACE Study's Implications for Professionals
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study provides sobering, objective findings
about mental and physical effects of childhood events in later life. This knowledge prepares us for the trauma encountered in the field, as well as the impact
of divorce, drugs, abuse/neglect, etc. Educates clients about implications of
child maltreatment, and how to counteract it. Helps professionals better address
the unique needs of trauma-affected people. The evidence calls us to advocate
for universal screening, and more attention to the prevalence of trauma and
resilience in counseling. Carol M Smith, MACE, PhD LPC, Associate Professor of
Counseling, Marshall Univ., South Charleston, WV. Limited enrollment.
E 7 Jack Sprat and His Wife: Disordered Eating and the
Continuum from Anorexia through Obesity (A repeat of session C 7)
Please see the description under session C 7. Stephen Sondike, MD, Medical
Director, WVU Disordered Eating Center of Charleston and Professor of Pediatrics,
WVU School of Medicine, Charleston, WV. PATH.
Thursday Afternoon, April 16, 2015, One & One-Half Hour ‘F’ Workshops, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM
F 1 Concussion: Does the Science Support the Headlines? (A repeat of C 1)
A repeat of session C 1 but allowing more time for questions and discussion.
Please see the description under session C 1. Steven P Broglio, PhD, ATC, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. PATH.
F 2 Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: Love, Noun or Verb?
I’m in love and I’ve fallen in love are common phrases in our culture. Go beyond
defining love as a feeling and examine it in the context of the ways we think and
act toward our loved ones. Abuse is defined as the opposite of love. Demonstrates group discussion that can be used in intimate partner violence programs.
Also focuses on the skill of describing attitudes and behaviors of intimate
violence perpetrators rather than judging. Jeff Bryson, PhD, MAR, Therapist,
PsyMed, Inc., Barboursville. Limited enrollment.
F 3 Baby Boomers: Breaking Boundaries, Changing Aging
This country wasn’t prepared for Baby boomers when they arrived and we
are not prepared now. With a group in denial who are mobile, connected, and
opinionated, what impact will there be on the economy, health care system and
society overall? Social Workers have to have a broad range of talents, including
effective communication to advocate and connect with these folks since this is a
group that will need services for years to come. Discuss the culture in which they
were raised, what influenced them, differences within the group, how they view
aging and what will they need and want as they grow older. Nancy Cipoletti, BA,
Director Alzheimer's Programs, WV Bureau of Senior Services, Charleston, WV.
F 4 Beyond the ACA: Connecting Vulnerable Communities to Healthcare
Thousands of West Virginians don’t qualify for government assistance and cannot
afford private insurance. Many newly insured Medicaid recipients find it difficult
to locate doctors who accept new Medicaid patients, and many seniors find it
difficult to afford their prescriptions when in the Medicare Part D “donut hole”.
Participants will understand the role of free clinics within the current healthcare
landscape, and learn about programs targeting disadvantaged communities. Information about income and eligibility guidelines will also be reviewed. Jeff Crist,
BS, Development Director, WV Health Right, Charleston, WV.
F 5 Correct Coding for Medicare, Medicaid and other Third-Party Payers
A must for providers who bill for their services or desire to learn how to do it!
Prepare for the implementation of the new ICD-10-CM codes on Oct. 1, 2015
and learn how to use CPT coding effectively to avoid overpayment. Ms. Coleman
is NASW’s national expert on coding issues. Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT, Senior
Practice Associate for Clinical Social Work, National Association of Social Workers,
Washington, DC. IBMHTP.
F 6 Self-Help Recovery: How AA/NA Meetings Operate
Sponsored by a local AA group, this session demonstrates an open, mixed, AA/NA
discussion meeting and is open to all conference attendees. Follows the routine
format used at meetings around the world. An excellent opportunity to experience how a self-help meeting functions. Also presents the variety of self-help
groups available to the public, and a history of the Self-Help Recovery Movement.
Panelists include AA, NA, Al-Anon and other local recovery groups. Facilitator: Joe
Deegan, MSW LICSW, AADC-S, WV Outreach Coordinator, Diamond Healthcare
Corporation, Cross Lanes, WV, with Dick D. and George D.
F 7 Finding the Strength: Plans for People with Dementia
Rural Appalachians are aging and the increase in cognitive disorders is a growing
concern for social workers and care providers. Approaches to care focused on
existing memory and life history will be used to guide treatment wishes, care
planning, and program development to facilitate service delivery. A strengthbased approach involves working with individuals, families, and care givers and is
grounded in the principles that individuals have existing competencies, histories
that can be incorporated into treatment care plans, and that new skills may be
capable of developing using procedural memory. Amy Ernst, BS, Training and
Education Director, WV Chapter Alzheimer's Association, Morgantown, WV.
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F 8 Gifted Individuals with Social/Emotional Issues:
Diagnosis and Treatment Implications
Designed for clinical professionals. Working with gifted adults and children can
present unique challenges. Characteristic strengths and related problems of
gifted children and adults will be addressed in order to distinguish these from
clinical pathology and mental disorder diagnoses. Gifted individuals may develop
negative coping styles when their abilities and needs are misunderstood or lack
support. Learn to recognize typical problem issues and behaviors to facilitate
strengths-based treatment plans and strategies. Anne Fishkin, PhD, School
Psychologist & Educator, Retired from Marshall University, South Charleston, WV.
Limited enrollment. PATH.
F 9 They Do What?! Myths about Hospice and Palliative Care
Hospice and palliative care offer support to patients and families suffering from
a life-limiting illness. These valuable services are underutilized in part because of
misconceptions about end of life care. Learn myths, but also benefits of hospice
and palliative care. Recognize the difference between the two, what hinders
people from receiving this care, roadblocks in the grieving process when myths
are perpetuated, and benefits of end-of-life care provided by hospice and palliative care organizations. Richie A Hills, MSW, LGSW, Director of Social Services and
Vickie Powell, MSN, FNP-BC, CHPCA, MSN, FNP-BC, CHPCA, Director of Palliative
Care Program, both Kanawha Hospice Care, Charleston, WV. Limited enrollment.
F10 Behavioral Healthcare in the WV National Guard
Highlights pioneering efforts of the WV National Guard behavioral health
team. Not an easy journey, but one pockmarked with setbacks, failed ventures,
interpersonal misunderstandings and, at times, resistance to the presence of
behavioral health within the NG infrastructure. Highlights what has and has not
worked, particularly with regard to clinical care, interface with unit leadership,
stigma, policy development, suicide and sustainable programs. Emphasizes
recent rewards allowing behavioral health a new facelift. Mark J Hovee, PhD, MA,
Clinical Psychologist and Rhonda Cooper, MA, LSW, Behavioral Health Case Manger/Operations, both of A-Team Solutions, WV National Guard, Charleston, WV.
F11 Addiction: A Family Affair
Alcoholism and drug abuse have become a nation-wide epidemic affecting the
whole family. A panel of a family member, recovering addict, and addiction counselor share their stories, and information about addiction as seen through their
unique perspectives. Gain a better understanding of the disease progression,
recovery process and impact on families. Offers tools and strategies to help those
affected by addiction, and information about resources available. Una Karner,
MA, LPC, Therapist, Highland Hospital, Charleston, WV, a Person in Recovery, and
Frances Simone, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Marshall University.
F12 Successful Supervision Starts Now!
Promotion within the social work profession often comes with additional challenges and responsibilities. Supervision of staff members involves clear communication of workplace standards, expectations, and providing performance
feedback. Information about the three required levels of accountability (self,
higher, direct reports) will be shared. Mark McMillion, BSCE, MSIE, Principal,
McMillion Leadership, Clarksburg, WV.
F13 Understanding West Virginia's Healthcare: Disparities at the
Community Level through Visualization and Mapping
Demonstrates the WV Health Data Portal, which offers detailed information on a
variety of healthcare needs important to health delivery, planning and research.
Data includes healthcare workforce, demographics, socioeconomic details,
healthcare facilities, training institutions, etc. to aide community, county, state
and national leaders, educators, grant writers and policy makers with research,
education and policy decisions. Ann K Peton, MPH, Director, National Center for
the Analysis of Health Care Data, Blacksburg, VA and Debrin Jenkins, MS, LSW,
Executive Director, WV Rural Health Assoc., Charleston, WV. Limited enrollment.
F14 How Values Light the Way for Social Workers
Value = A way of being or believing that we hold most important. Clarity of values is the one thing every helping professional must take into their daily arena.
Clarification of values is not a one-time thing, but an ongoing practice requiring
mindful review and recommitment. Introduces skills for practice, and demonstrates that when challenges arise in Social Work or life, our individual values are
there to light the say. Cynthia Reed, MSW, LCSW (KY), Psychotherapist, Berea
College, KY, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator Candidate. IMBHTP. ETH.
F15 West Virginia's System to Identify and Respect Patients' Wishes
Most West Virginians do not want to die in the hospital, yet approximately 40%
do. Social workers should have knowledge of the resources available to patients
to ensure their treatment wishes are honored, especially when they are too ill
to express those wishes for themselves. Reviews available resources in WV, discusses the ethics that support those resources (ex. The WV e-Directive Registry),
and includes research about important end-of-life issues. Case discussions and
practice conversations with clients are included. Valerie Satkoske, PhD, MSW,
Director of Ethics, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV.
F16 Goals that Work: Using Values and Compassion in Behavioral Change
Designed for clinical professionals. Setting goals in order to elicit behavioral
change is a well-known concept amongst social work providers. Historically, the
approach to meeting goals has used elements emphasizing willpower, problemsolving, and planning with final outcomes. Current research also encouraged the
importance of emotion, values, and self-compassion as components of behavioral change. Participants will draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
in order to strengthen clinical skills during social work practice. David Schaffer,
MSW, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker in Private Practice, Parkersburg, WV.
F17 Religion and Social Work
Navigating faith-based values in social work requires finesse. Social workers may
encounter conflicts while working with clients in the field. Enables social workers
to identify and discuss the religious roots of their own personal values, clarify
which values are in conflict with their client’s, and determine when and how
religious values must give way to professional social work standards and ethics.
Discussion includes how to begin to solve value conflicts between client and
social worker resulting from religious beliefs. Arnold B Simonse, PhD, MDiv, JCD,
MSW, Associate Professor, University of Charleston, Beckley, WV. ETH.
F18 A Brief History of Addiction Treatment in the United States
A fascinating discussion of where we are in addiction medicine which looks at its
progression from 1776 to the present. Describes evolving societal views of addiction, trends in treatment, and laws/policies that have supported and thwarted
treatment efforts. Carl R Sullivan, MD, Professor, Vice Chair & Director of Addictions Programs, WVU Dept. of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Morgantown.
Thursday EVENING Sessions
April 16, 2015
One & One-Half Hour ‘G’ Sessions
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
G 1 The First 1,000 Days: Investing in West Virginia Children When it Counts
See how young families and their children can shape a new future for WV! This
recent WV Public Broadcasting documentary shows the importance of early
childhood development. Focuses on several successful programs helping children
develop normally, providing families with the best child developmental services.
Learn WV experts working with and advocating for children and families. Meet
families struggling to raise children when a full-time job is hard to find, and work
leaves little time for parenting. Also meet two adults survivors of growing up in
extreme poverty who are devoting their lives to low-income children. Facilitator:
Jim McKay, State Coordinator, Prevent Child Abuse WV, Huntington, WV.
G 2 Conversations on Race and Racism: Cracking the Code (Similar to B17)
A shorter version of session B17. Please see the Wed. afternoon description. Lida
Shepherd, Director of Youth Programs, Appalachian Center for Equality, American
Friends Service Committee, Barbara Edmonds, LSW, Retired, Julie Pratt, MSW, Independent Facilitator, Writer & Teacher, Charleston, WV and Betty Rivard, MSW,
LCSW, (Retired) Volunteer, WV Center on Budget and Policy, Charleston, WV.
G 3 Seeing Alzheimer's Through a Son's Eyes
Randall Forzano is a social worker serving as the director of human resources at
Good Shepherd Nursing Home. He is also the child of a parent with Alzheimer’s.
Encourages care givers and providers to look beyond the symptoms of this disease by focusing on the individual afflicted themselves, and who they are outside
of Alzheimer’s. Family perspectives will also be a focus of this session and the
importance of care givers to recognize their loved ones for the people they are
separate from the disease. Randall L Forzano, BS, LSW, LNHA, Director of Human
Resources, Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling, WV. Limited enrollment.
G 4 Anonymous People: A Documentary about Americans
Living in Recovery from Addiction
Over 23 million Americans are living in long-term recovery. Entrenched stigma
kept recovering addicts silent and hidden for decades. Mass media depictions
focus on dysfunctional aspects of a preventable, treatable condition. This story
is told through the faces and voices of people from all walks of life who lay it all
on the line! The recovery movement aims to transform public opinion, engage
communities and elected officials, and shift policy toward lasting solutions. Facili-
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tator: Cathy Rasnake, MA, LPC, Psychotherapist, Family Psychiatric Services, PLLC
and Patty Deutsch, LPC, First Choice Health System, both of Charleston. We gratefully acknowledge First Choice Health System in making this session possible.
G 5 Elk River Blues: A Film Inspired by the Water Crisis of January 2014
This documentary by Charleston filmmaker Mike Youngren features interviews
with residents affected by last year’s chemical spill that affected the drinking
water of 300,000 West Virginians for several weeks. It probes the viewer to think
about what has changed, or may need to change to feel secure again that water
supplies will be available and safe for us now and for future generations. Facilitator: Angie Rosser, Executive Director, WV Rivers Coalition, Charleston, WV.
G 6 Rural Families in Transition: A Documentary
Viewing rural families and communities from a strengths-based perspective, this
film produced by the Univ. of North Carolina - Charlotte School of Social Work
as part of a federal grant progresses from focusing on the rural values of place,
community and family, to an exploration of how rural counties struggle and may
succeed in addressing service delivery gaps caused by the disparity of resources
as compared to more urban counties. Appalachian, Native American and lowland
North Carolina rural communities are featured, with many parallels to rural West
Virginia. Facilitator: To be announced.
Friday Morning
April 16, 2015
Three Hour ‘H’ Workshops
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
H 1 DSM 5 in Action
Covers basic changes and practical implications of the DSM-5 regarding mental
health assessment, treatment planning and evidence-based practice strategy.
Emphasis is placed on understanding the rationale for the changes, and the
implications these changes can have on developing best practices. An overview of
selected diagnostic categories will be reviewed stressing assessment as it is linked
to behavior-based practice strategy. Sophia Dziegielewski, PhD, MSW, LCSW(FL),
Professor, Univ. of Central Florida School of Social Work, Orlando. IBMHTP. PATH.
H 2 Overview of Military Culture, Current Missions, and
Veterans Needs Post-Combat
The U.S. military has recently garnered much media attention with respect to
mental health issues among the veteran population. Many veterans face unique
barriers when participating in mental health services. Providers unfamiliar with
military culture may inadvertently contribute to those barriers. To increase
awareness and competence in working with veterans, military personnel and
families, participants will become familiar the Dept. of Defense and rank structure, military terminology, military pay and benefits, differences between the Afghanistan and Iraq theaters, and modern military equipment. Q&A encouraged!
George Brawn, Transition Patient Advocate, Huntington VAMC, Huntington, WV.
H 3 Vulnerability and Shame Resillence
Explore vulnerability, shame and courage through the lens of The Daring Way™
curriculum, based on the research of Brené Brown. Social Work invites us to regularly consider the concepts of courage, shame and vulnerability. Increase skills
and knowledge surrounding the human experiences of vulnerability and shame.
Explores what influences us in our efforts to show up, be seen, and live bravely
in our professional arena, and how this self-awareness can impact our lives, our
clients, and even our colleagues. Cynthia Reed, MSW, LCSW (KY), Psychotherapist,
Berea College, KY, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator Candidate. IMBHTP.
H 4 Helping People Exposed to Trauma: Safety, Stories, Skills
The wide range of traumatic events to which we are all exposed will be discussed,
along with the need for professionals to engage in self-care when working with
trauma survivors. A three-stage model for assisting persons with exposure to
trauma will be presented, including helping persons attain a sense of safety, helping persons tell their trauma stories, and the teaching of skills to help survivors
reclaim their lives. Focus will be on treatment that allows for review of the
trauma narrative. Opportunity will be provided for collaborative problem solving
and discussion of case studies. Joseph R Scotti, PhD, Private Practice Psychologist
and Claudia S. Neely, Mdiv, MA, both of WHOLE Families/WHOLE Veterans, PLLC,
Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment. IMBHTP.
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H 5 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
MI is among the most powerful tools available to promote behavior change.
Maladaptive choices/behaviors that negatively impact health, mental health
and addictions outcomes are rampant. MI is an evidence-based health behavior
approach to help people change the outcomes of their illnesses and the course
of their lives. Focuses on the application of MI methods and skills in practice
with addictions, or any desirable medical or behavior health change. Elizabeth A
Sysak, PhD, MSEd, Re:solve Crisis Network, Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. We gratefully acknowledge the
support from the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center/The Danya
Institute, SAMHSA funded, for this presentation.
H 6 Inter-Professional Team Building Skills
An experiential, participatory session presenting tools to break down barriers
inhibiting collaboration and teamwork among professionals in multidisciplinary
settings. Models for better professional communication and collaboration, resulting in more creative and improved program and client outcomes, are emphasized. Break free of common beliefs that promote competition over cooperation!
Tools for identifying the unique and authentic contributions of each person will
be learned, and participants will leave with new insights and appreciation for
their own professional contributions and possibilities as well as models to use
in building successful professional collegial relationships! Aila Accad, MSN RN ,
Trainer/Owner, LifeQuest International, LLC, Charleston, WV.
H 7 Ethics and Risk Management in the New Era of Social Work
For Social Workers in all practice settings/positions. Developed and sponsored
by NASW Assurance Services, Inc. Describes significant malpractice risks in our
profession. Offers methods of mitigating/reducing the risk of being sued. Covers
key concepts in risk management including confidentiality, duty to warn, and
informed consent. Explores reasons social workers are sued and what constitutes
a malpractice case. Emphasizes record keeping and includes a toolkit, guidelines
for supervision, tips for clinical/private practice, and a briefing on ASI malpractice
insurance, its special features and implications for your practice. Becky Corbett,
MSW, ACSW, Malpractice Risk Trainer, NASW Assurances Services, Inc., Frederick,
MD. Limited enrollment. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NASW ASI,
Inc. in making this presentation possible. ETH.
H 8 Changes in the ACA: LPC Ethics
Addresses two ethical issues important to LPCs in West Virginia. First, issues
related to how unintended behaviors or innocent actions may lead to a disaster.
Second, we will explore cultural biases, and expand the capacity to work with clients who are culturally different from the therapist. Guidelines utilized are taken
directly from the WV Board of Examiners in Counseling. Darlene Daneker, PhD,
MS, LPC, Associate Professor, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
H 9 Techniques for Improving Sleep Quality and Treating Sleep Disorders
The CDC identifies insufficient sleep as a public health epidemic. Focuses on
disturbed and disordered sleep and includes approaches to improving sleep. Gain
an understanding of treatments of sleep disorders, with a particular focus on cognitive behavioral approaches. Sleep hygiene recommendations will be discussed.
Medical approaches to disordered sleep will be briefly covered. Elise Drake, PhD,
Senior Educator/Psychologist, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
H10 Effects of Childhood Trauma on Parenting Behavior
Look at the effects of childhood trauma and the resulting circumstances that
often prevent adults from caring properly for their children. Explore how to
help those adults and how to maintain a heart of compassion for adult aggressors who are also hurting. An interactive session focuses on a “case story” and
review of current resources. Discuss types of trauma in childhood and adulthood,
generational and current substance abuse, trauma induced behavioral or physical
problems and where to go for help. Rhonda Hayes, MSW, Coordinator of Wheeling MSW Program, WVU School of Social Work, Wheeling, WV.
H11 Human Trafficking: Identification, Assessment and
Community Responses in West Virginia
Human Trafficking is the term to describe modern day slavery - both labor and
sex trafficking. Victims and survivors have unique psychological, medical, psychosocial and case management needs. Identification of victims facilitates their
connection to appropriate services. Learn strategies for identifying, assessing and
providing services to victims, as well as the unique considerations and aspects of
trafficking in WV. Patrick Kerr, PhD Psychologist, Associate Professor, WVU School
of Medicine Charleston, WV, Nnenna Minimah, BS, Project Coordinator, WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Elkview, WV. Limited enrollment.
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H12 Getting Out of the Box: Innovation in Public Child Welfare Services
Social workers often face hindrances with managed care, policy requirements
and regulations, in addition to large work volumes. Learn how to coordinate multiple resources to address the myriad needs clients often have. We’ll discuss the
basic tenants of social work while reminding ourselves of the importance of the
multiple variables individuals present with. These must be addressed for effective, best-practice outcomes. Interactive discussion and didactic presentation will
be components of this offering. Hilary A Laskey, MSW, LCSW-C (MD), Social Work
Supervisor, St. Mary's County Department of Social Services, Leonardtown, MD.
H13 Management in Non-Profit Agencies and Organizations
To successfully manage, supervisors must complete an array of operational tasks,
including governance and fiscal management. We will explore the many different
‘hats’ worn by managers and the ways you and your agency can be more successful. Learn leadership styles, interviewing and evaluation skills. We’ll discuss
how to handle aggressive or non-productive employees; avoiding terminations
whenever possible. Robert Musick, MSW, LICSW, New Business Development /
Legislative Liaison, PSIMED, Inc., Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment.
H14 Differential Diagnosis & Treatment: ADHD, Bipolar DO and Personality DO
Designed for clinical professionals. Two psychiatrists offer their expertise on
correctly diagnosing these illnesses, including when they overlap and when they
are complicated by substance abuse. Clarifying each diagnosis is the primary
goal. Also offers an overview of medications generally used for each, and medical
treatment strategies that have proved successful. Hani Nazha, MD, Assistant
Professor, Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, and Veena Bhanot, MD, Outpatient
Director, both of WVU Dept. of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Charleston,
WV. PATH.
H15 Preventing Burn-out: Stress is Inevitable but Suffering can be Optional
Being a helper can be stressful from time to time. Being a human service provider WILL be stressful! Will work with numerous activities designed to reduce
stress and successfully combat burnout by cultivating slowness, nurturing, vision,
solitude/silence, exercise and simplicity. Chatman Neely, MSW LICSW, Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Wellsburg, WV. Limited enrollment.
H16 Internet Safety for Parents: Keeping Your Kids Safe
In today’s technological world, it is important that parents have the skills to effectively monitor and supervise their children’s use of social media and the Internet.
Learn how to keep children safe from cyberbullies, sex offenders, pornography,
graphic violence, gambling and other inappropriate material. Relevant to anyone
working with youth or parents of youth. Selina Vickers, BA, MA, Adolescent
Health Initiative Coordinator, RESA 1 and Timothy Vickers, BA, Forensic Interviewer, Just for Kids Child Advocacy Center, both of Beckley, WV.
H17 What Works in Expanded School Based Mental Health Programming
Expanded school-based mental health is an evidenced-based service delivery
model that encourages school & community partnerships to address the academic and behavioral needs of elementary, middle & high school students. Learn
more about successful approaches to early intervention that are working well
in two West Virginia schools. Kim White, MSW, LCSW, Mental Health Specialist, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; Gary McDaniel, LICSW, Clinical Social
Worker, Morgan County Schools, Berkeley Springs, WV and Jessica Laslo, MEd,
LPC, NCC, Counseling and Guidance Services, Ohio County Schools, Wheeling, WV.
H18 A Behavioral Analysis of the US Gun Culture
Social workers will likely be confronted with episodes of gun violence in the
field, or the threat of it. As such you are well positioned to impact legislation and
policy. Provides knowledge of the scope of the problem and the socio-economic
factors that maintain it. Not an argument against the 2nd amendment, but
acknowledgement that America deals with 30,000 gun deaths each year. Includes
discussion of cases of mass shootings such as Newtown, CT and the results of
efforts to tighten or loosen gun restrictions. W. Joseph Wyatt, PhD, Professor,
Marshall University Department of Psychology, Huntington, WV.
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Friday Afternoon April 17, 2015
One-Hour Plenary Sessions
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
J 1 Networking for Psychotherapists
All clinically prepared therapists from any profession are invited to attend. Our
purpose is to meet one another and to learn about each other’s specialties and
availability, so that we can become more aware of colleagues to whom we can
refer and perhaps might consult regarding issues outside of our primary expertise. There is so much need out there! Rachel Dash, MSW, LICS, Assistant Professor, WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Charleston, WV.
J 2 Networking Re: Certification for Addictions & Prevention Professionals
Specialized training and certification are important to effectively serve addicted
citizens to the best of our ability. Credentialing brings standardization to the rapidly-growing and ever-evolving professions of prevention, addiction treatment,
and recovery. Learn the current levels, standards and pathways for certification
through the WV Certification Board (WVCBAPP). Prevention and recovery from
substance abuse are crucial issues in WV! Representatives of the WV Certification
Board for Addictions & Prevention Professionals.
J 3 Medical vs Mental Health: Living with Chronic Pain
Discusses problems that can occur with misuse of prescription medications being
taken for chronic pain. Professionals that do not prescribe medications must
still be aware of the therapeutic effects and possible legal implications that can
come from misuse. Learn how people are living longer, and how chronic pain
management and prescription drug abuse can easily be confused with a mental
disorder. Also highlights how these issues are addressed in the DSM-5 Substance
Use disorders. Sophia Dziegielewski, PhD, MSW, LCSW (FL), Professor, University
of Central Florida School of Social Work, Orlando, FL. IMBHTP. PATH.
J 4 Safe at Home: Foster Care Waiver
At-risk WV children are 3 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home environments than in other states. Safe at Home WV will allow providers to offer
targeted, flexible, in-home, trauma-informed wrap-around services to children
and families, initially to youth 12-17 in congregate care. Targeted, comprehensive
community services can keep youth in their communities when safely possible.
Key partners in developing youth into successful, productive citizens include child
welfare, courts, schools, probation, behavioral health, service providers, Etc. Sue
Hage, MSW, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Programs and Nancy Exline, Commissioner, both of WV Bureau for Children and Families, Charleston, WV.
J 5 A Review of Medicaid as a Funding Source for Long-Term Care
Focuses on informing and educating those working with Seniors who need Medicaid assistance with Long Term Care services. Covers qualifications and benefits
for nursing home care, HCBS Waiver Program, the Take Me Home WV program.
The HCBS and Take ME Home WV both focus on providing services in the community. John D Kerr, MBA, DBA, Certified Medicaid Planner and Scott Wyatt,
Medicaid Advisor, both of WV Medicaid Advisors, Charleston, WV.
J 6 Part One: Getting a Life: Parent and Professional Collaborations for
Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum
There is an important need for effective parent-professional collaboration to
treat the needs of children on the autism spectrum in WV. Ms. Neely discusses
ways a coaching and child development model can empower parents to improve
outcomes for their children. In addition to looking at research on parent-professional training models at both WV Birth to Three and The Autism Training Center,
we will include effective strategies and skills for families impacted by autism. You
are encouraged to come with questions about autism and providing services to
families with children on the spectrum. Ample opportunity will be provided for
collaborative problem solving. Joseph Scotti, PhD, Private Practice Psychologist,
Claudia Neely, MDiv, MA, LPC, and Barbara Becker Cottrill, BCBA-D, all of WHOLE
Families/ Whole Veterans, PLLC, Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment. IMBHTP.
J 7 There's An App for That! WV 211 Information & Referral Resources
WV211, a guide to resources across the lifespan for WV residents, has migrated
to web-based software to manage the resource data base. Highlights the Apps
(Apple & Android) and showcases a new online resource database. Learn the history and present activity, how to access it on the web and mobile devices. Finding resources is of critical importance to all social workers! Robin AR Smith, BSE,
MGM LSW, Executive Director, WV Mountain AIRS/WV 211, Mannington, WV.
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J 8 Advocating for Chronic Disease Management and Prevention:
Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Asthma
WV Bureau for Public Health Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease
has reorganized to more efficiently and effectively address chronic disease
management and prevention in WV. This presentation will provide an overview
of resources and technical assistance for community members and health care
providers who are working together to manage and prevent West Virginia’s most
prevalent chronic diseases. Jessica G Wright, BSN, MPH, RN, CHES, Division Director, WV Bureau for Public Health, Charleston, WV
Friday PM Closing Sessions
April 17, 2015
One & One-Half Hour Workshops
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
K 1 West Virginia Board of Social Work Licensing & Supervision Update
The Board has relocated! The new phone number is 304-400-4980. Email:
[email protected]. Updates included on supervision guidelines and
provisional licensing requirements, as well as clarification of continuing education expectations. Ideas from participants on new Board directions are welcome.
Q & A included. Vickie James, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, Executive Director and Rita
Brown, MA, MSW, LSW, Board Chair, both of West Virginia Board of Social Work,
Charleston, WV.
K 2 Identifying and Diagnosing Disorders of Sleep
Insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic. Persons presenting for mental
health services often have complaints of disordered sleep. The impact of problematic sleep will be addressed. Also gain an understanding of DSM 5 diagnostic
criteria. Assessment tools will be described. Elise D Drake, PhD, Senior Educator/
Psychologist, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV. PATH.
K 3 Recognizing Substance Addictions: Considerations and Implications
When it is Not Your Primary Clinical Expertise
Designed for experienced mental health professionals who do not now work
directly in substance addictions. Provides an overview of the substances most
likely to result in addiction and dependence, and complicate treatment strategy.
Regardless of your practice setting or mix, you’ll need to know how these
substances can influence the therapeutic/counseling relationship. Sophia Dziegielewski, PhD, MSW LCSW (FL), Professor, University of Central Florida School of
Social Work, Orlando, FL. IMBHTP. PATH.
K 4 Jumpstart to Nutrition: Inside and Out
Interactive, simple practices teach why food is crucial to health and wellness.
Learn the importance of balance for a healthy life, including healthy relationships, career, spiritual path, exercise, finances and play. An imbalance causes the
immune system to suffer and illness can strike. Giveaways enhance the educational topics. Guided meditation, breathing, humor, recipes and doable practices
promote positive well-being. Connie S Grosjean, BS/CHS, IIN Certified Health
Coach, Founder, Pantry for Wellness, Kearneysville, WV. Limited enrollment.
K 5 Biomedical Conditions Impacting Mental Health
Medicine suggests a direct linkage between biomedical conditions and mental
health issues, ranging from developmental problems, autism spectrum disorders,
mood disorders, ADHD, bipolar, to schizophrenia. Explains how various gut and
biochemical issues in the body affect mental health, behavior and the immune
system, and gives practical suggestions for non-medical personnel to identify and
then refer for follow up diagnostic testing. Hanno Kirk, PhD, MSSW, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker in Private Practice, Lewisburg, WV. PATH.
K 6 Try This: A One-Step Roadmap to Community Healthy Lifestyle Planning
Try This WV (www.trythiswv.com), the new Benedum-funded Web site, is a quick,
effective roadmap to organizing community healthy lifestyle efforts that can
bring down your diabetes/heart disease rate. You can use this colorful tool to
plan everything from biking and running groups to school-based health centers
and diabetes prevention groups. Participants will hear about a wide range of
successful West Virginia programs, learn how to use the site for planning, and
discuss successful ways to get local people involved. Kate Long, MA , Try This WV
Site Producer, and Stephen Smith, MSc, Try This Co-Director and Director, West
Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, both of Charleston, WV.
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K 7 Understanding Medicare
Introduces the State Health Insurance Assistance Program in WV (WV SHIP),
funded by the Administration for Community Living, which provides free, objective, and confidential help to social workers, Medicare beneficiaries and their
families through counseling and assistance via telephone or face to face meetings. SHIP Counselors are trained and certified to assist Medicare beneficiaries
with their Medicare needs. Marcia D Meeks, Director, WV State Health Insurance
Program, WV Bureau of Senior Services, Charleston, WV.
K 8 Using Technology to Maximize Your Behavioral Health Practice
Our world is increasingly influenced by technology, challenging us to consider
how it can assist clients in their journey toward wellness. At a national level there
is interest in electronic health records, mobile technologies, Apps for tablets/
smart phones and distance counseling. Learn how to use and leverage technology to enhance client care and build your practice. Technology is now a part of
the culture and lives of most clients. Many are “digital natives” who have never
known a world without a cell phone and the internet. Best Practices and ethical
considerations will be explored. Susie Mullens, MS, LPC, Technology Assisted Care
Director, First Choice Health System, Charleston, WV. Limited enrollment.
K 9 Are You Addicted to Work?
American culture often expects employees to exhibit great energy, drive, and
determination to get ahead, but ambition and work addiction are quite different.
Moves from a general understanding of the nature of workaholisim to confrontation about the personal relationship with work. Explore how work attitudes
affect mental and physical health and identify beneficial changes. Being able to
recognize indicators of work addiction can be the first step to creating a more
healthy balance. Carol R Newlon, MA, LPC, LSW, CCBT, CBIS, Behavior Consultant
(Retired), WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Milton, WV.
K10 Get That Grant!
When money is tight we often think Let’s get a grant! A successful grant writer
explains the fine points of grant seeking and other aspects of securing outside
funding from foundations, corporations and government sources. Learn to
research/assess grant opportunities from different types of funders and how a
funder fits with your mission; develop a framework and evaluation plan for your
project; and write a compelling “ask.” M L Quinn, MSW, Consultant, GrantStars,
Clarksburg, WV. Limited enrollment.
K11 Part Two: Getting a Life: Parent and Professional Collaborations for
Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum
Continuation of session J 6 - Please be sure to register to attend both J 6 & K11.
Joseph Scotti, PhD, Private Practice Psychologist, Claudia Neely, MDiv, MA, LPC,
and Barbara Becker Cottrill, BCBA-D, all of WHOLE Families/ Whole Veterans,
PLLC, Morgantown, WV. Limited enrollment. IMBHTP.
K12 Creating Alternatives: Tailoring Assessments, Interventions, and
Treatment to Criminal Offenders
The 2013 WV Justice Reinvestment Act has reduced jail overcrowding, improved
access to substance abuse treatment and reduced recidivism. Nationally about
1 in 35 adults are under correctional supervision. Many have undiagnosed/untreated substance abuse, mental health and/or trauma issues that underlie their
offenses. Criminal defendants require a different kind of clinical assessment to
determine treatment interventions, and need open communication to address
community safety issues. Provides info on clinical assessments, interventions and
treatment planning. Reviews NASW Code of Ethics and how it affects work with
criminal defendants. Stephanie C Thornton, MDiv, MSW, LICSW, MAC, Sentencing
Advocate Director, Office of the Kanawha Co. Public Defender, Charleston, WV.
K13 The Gift of Therapy: Therapeutic Reflections of Irvin D. Yalom
Examines the clear, succinct philosophical/therapeutic underpinnings of master
therapist Irvin D. Yalom. Looks at the nature of the therapist-patient relationship,
the use of the here and now, process vs. content in the therapeutic encounter,
“ultimate concerns” from the existential perspective, issues that arise in day-today practice and the hazards associated with being a therapist. Aaron M Vedock,
MSW, Instructor/Clinical Social Worker, WVU School of Medicine, Weston, WV.
K14 Juvenile Fire Setters Typology and Interventions
Many children, especially boys, play with fire. Some develop serious firesetting
problems. Juvenile-set fires are sometimes lethal. More often they result in property damage and create disruption in the community. Focuses on different types
of fire setters, their characteristics and etiological factors that impact treatment.
Reviews some of the positive outcomes of appropriate for this interesting clinical
group. Jennifer Barnhart, MS LPC-PA, Clinical Director, Brian Dean, MS, Program
Manager, both of Abraxas Youth Center, South Mountain, PA. PATH.
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2015 Schedule, Plenary Presentations & Session Titles At-A-Glance
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
9:00 - 10:30 AM: Keynote Address
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
11:00 AM: One-Hour ‘A’ Plenary Presentations
The View from SAMHSA: Substance Use Treatment & Reimbursement Trends
Creating Hope and Optimism in Challenging Times
Public Speaking Strategies: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
That Spice Isn't in the Kitchen: Understanding Newer Synthetic Drugs
Update on Juvenile Justice Issues
Using the Arts to Build Leadership Skills Among At-Risk Youth
Understanding Your Clients Who Have Breathing Difficulties
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11
B12
B13
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
1:30 PM: Three-Hour ‘B’ Workshops
Strategies for Women's Empowerment
Integrated Behavioral Health in the Primary Care Setting
Expanding SBIRT to Include Rural Public Schools
Recover from Compassion Fatigue: The Road Back Home
Cognitive Interventions in Treating Anorexia and Bulimia
Providing Effective Behavioral Health Services to Military Personnel
Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Abuse
Through a Child's Eyes: Understanding the Effects of Trauma on Children
Making a Case for Safety
Ethics and Social Media
Cultivate Solution-Focused Communication in Meetings
Integrating Creative Pathways to Healing
Helping Clients with ACT & DBT: Commonalities & Differences in Treatment
There's No Place Like Home: The VA Medical Foster Home Program
Effective Crisis and Emergency Communication Management
Finding Solutions: A Statewide Visioning Process for Elder Services
Conversations on Race and Racism: Cracking the Code (Repeated as G 2)
Play Therapy for Aggressive Children
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
F13
F14
F15
F16
F17
F18
5:00 - 7:00 PM – NASWAC Reception (Marriott Hotel)
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
Thursday, April 16, 2015
7:45 AM – Morning Gentle Exercise
8:30 AM: Special Eight-Hour Course
C 0 Mental Health First Aid Special Eight-hour Course!
8:30 AM: One-Hour ‘C’ Plenary Presentations
C 1 Concussion: Does the Science Support the Headlines? (Repeated as F 1)
C 2 What’s Happening in Clinical Practice?
C 3 Suicide Prevention: Clinical Strategies
C 4 So, You Want to Help People? The Dynamics of Caring
C 5 Defusing a Hostile Situation
C 6 Do You Hear What I Hear? How to Listen to Your Clients / Patients
C 7 Disordered Eating: Continuum from Anorexia to Obesity (Repeats as E 7)
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
D9
D10
D11
D12
D13
D14
D15
D16
D17
D18
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
10:00 AM: One and One-Half Hour ‘D’ Workshops
Ethics: Boundaries and Managing Unavoidable Multiple Relationships
Infant/Toddler Mental Health: What It Is and Why It Matters
Open Eyes - Arms: Move from Enabling to Supporting Addiction Recovery
What Happened at the West Virginia Legislature? Family, Social Policy...
HIPAA and Dementia: Balancing Privacy and Beneficence
Adult ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment
Senior Villages 101: Seniors Helping Seniors Age Gracefully in Community
Behavior Consultation in Schools: How Social Workers Can Help
Surviving an Active Shooter Event
Grief: A Life-Long Journey
"Non-verbally" Speaking
Medley-Hartley Project: Providing Effective Advocacy
Build an Organization of Trust
Alzheimer's Basics w/ Focus on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms...
Reaching Further: Integrative Social Work Practice in the Rural Setting
Honoring Patients' Wishes Outside the Hospital
Recovery in the VA: Hope, Meaning, Purpose and Peer Support
Ethical Issues in Field Instruction
1:00 - 1:30pm – Awards Plenary Session
1:45 PM: One-Hour ‘E’ Plenary Presentations
Medication Assisted Treatment in Opioid Use Disorder
LICSWs as Enrolled WV Medicaid Providers: An Update
Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice in WV
The Affordable Care Act & WV Medicaid Expansion 101
Dementia-Friendly Communities
Behind Closed Doors: ACE Study's Implications for Professionals
Disordered Eating: Continuum from Anorexia to Obesity (Repeat of C 7)
7:00 PM: One and One-Half Hour ‘G’ Evening Workshops
The First 1,000 Days: Investing in West Virginia Children When it Counts
Conversations on Race and Racism: Cracking the Code (Similar to B17)
Seeing Alzheimer's Through a Son's Eyes
Anonymous People (Film): Americans Living in Recovery from Addiction
Elk River Blues: A Film Inspired by the Water Crisis of January 2014
Rural Families in Transition: A Documentary
Friday, April 17, 2015
7:45 AM – Morning Gentle Exercise
4:45 – 5:45 PM Social Work in West Virginia Annual Meeting
6:00 - 7:00 PM – Open AA/NA Meeting
3:15 PM: One and One-Half Hour ‘F’ Workshops
Concussion: Does the Science Support the Headlines? (Repeat of C 1)
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: Love, Noun or Verb?
Baby Boomers: Breaking Boundaries, Changing Aging
Beyond the ACA: Connecting Vulnerable Communities to Healthcare
Correct Coding for Medicare, Medicaid and other Third-Party Payers
Self-Help Recovery: How AA/NA Meetings Operate
Finding the Strength: Plans for People with Dementia
Gifted Individuals w/ Social-Emotional Issues: Diagnosis & Tx Implications
They Do What?! Myths about Hospice and Palliative Care
Behavioral Healthcare in the WV National Guard
Addiction: A Family Affair
Successful Supervision Starts Now!
Understanding WV's Healthcare Disparities at the Community Level...
How Values Light the Way for Social Workers
West Virginia's System to Identify and Respect Patients' Wishes
Goals that Work: Using Values and Compassion in Behavioral Change
Religion and Social Work
A Brief History of Addiction Treatment in the United States
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
H7
H8
H9
H10
H11
H12
H13
H14
H15
H16
H17
H18
8:30 AM: Three-Hour ‘H’ Workshops
DSM 5 in Action
Overview of Military Culture, Current Missions & Veterans Needs...
Vulnerability and Shame Resilience
Helping People Exposed to Trauma: Safety, Stories, Skills
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
Inter-Professional Team Building Skills
Ethics and Risk Management in the New Era of Social Work
Changes in the ACA: LPC Ethics
Techniques for Improving Sleep Quality and Treating Sleep Disorders
Effects of Childhood Trauma on Parenting Behavior
Human Trafficking: ID, Assessment and Community Responses in WV
Getting Out of the Box: Innovation in Public Child Welfare Services
Management in Non-Profit Agencies and Organizations
Differential Diagnosis & Treatment: ADHD, Bipolar DO and Personality DO
Preventing Burn-out: Stress is Inevitable but Suffering can be Optional
Internet Safety for Parents: Keeping Your Kids Safe
What Works in Expanded School Based Mental Health Programming
A Behavioral Analysis of the US Gun Culture
J1
J2
J3
J4
J5
J6
J7
J8
1:00 PM: One-Hour ‘J’ Plenary Presentations
Networking for Psychotherapists
Networking Re: Certification for Addictions & Prevention Professionals
Medical vs Mental Health: Living with Chronic Pain
Safe at Home: Foster Care Waiver
A Review of Medicaid as a Funding Source for Long-Term Care
Part 1: Parent & Professional Collaborations for Families on Autism Spectrum
There's An App for That! WV 211 Information & Referral Resources
Advocating for Chronic Disease Management & Prevention...
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
2:15 PM: One and One-Half Hour ‘K’ Workshops
West Virginia Board of Social Work Licensing & Supervision Update
Identifying and Diagnosing Disorders of Sleep
Recognizing Substance Addictions When Not Your Primary Clinical Expertise
Jumpstart to Nutrition: Inside and Out
Biomedical Conditions Impacting Mental Health
Try This: A One-Step Roadmap to Community Healthy Lifestyle Planning
Understanding Medicare
Using Technology to Maximize Your Behavioral Health Practice
Are You Addicted to Work?
Get That Grant!
Part 2: Parent/Professional Collaborations for Families on Autism Spectrum
Creating Alternatives: Tailoring Assessm’t/Treatment to Criminal Offenders
The Gift of Therapy: Therapeutic Reflections of Irvin D. Yalom
Juvenile Fire Setters Typology and Interventions
3:45 PM: Conference Closes - See you next year: April 27, 28, 29, 2016!
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