Navigating the Winds of Change: Transforming Lives in Minnesota

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS | MINNESOTA CHAPTER
26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JUNE 2–3, 2016
University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center
Navigating the Winds of Change:
Transforming Lives in Minnesota
Welcome
Conference Committee
CO-CHAIRS
Annelies Hagemeister Jenn Hamrick Vander Woude Ross Aalgaard
Michael Arieta
Liz Banani
Kia Cashman
Kenny Turck
Kjirsten Yahr
Sarah Jones
MSW Intern
We know that social workers are on the frontlines of all of these issues—
advocating for victims of sexual and domestic violence, developing mental
health programs to respond to the needs of refugees, engaging in social
and economic justice work, and challenging discriminatory policies—among
others. Our call resulted in many excellent workshop proposals. We hope that
you leave this conference with new knowledge and renewed connections,
empowered to continue to support one another and be advocates for
individuals, families and communities. We are delighted that you have come
to join us for these two days and hope you leave energized to continue to
navigate change and transform lives.
NASW–MN Board
of Directors
Graphic Design: Kirsten Wedes
Continuing Education
CEUs have been applied for through:
• Minnesota Board of Social Work
• Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health & Therapy
• Minnesota Board of Marriage & Family Therapy
• Minnesota Board of Psychology
As we were planning this conference, we took note of many events unfolding
both globally and in our state—such as the global refugee crises, Black
Lives Matter, policies that discriminate against the LGBT community, and the
divisive rhetoric of the current political campaigns.
Whitney Gladden
Office & Program Coordinator
Sincerely,
Annelies Hagemeister, PhD, MSW, LISW
Jenn Hamrick Vander Woude, MSW, LGSW
NASW-MN 2016 Annual Conference Co-Chairs
TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 2 Schedule page 3
Keynote Sarah Deer page 4
THANK YOU
to the many
Membership Meeting page 7
Awards
pages 9-10
dedicated
June 3 Schedule page 11
volunteers who
Breakouts D & E pages 12-13
make the work
Immigration Forum page 14
of NASW-MN
Presenter Biographies pages 15-18
Exhibitors
page 21
possible.
Breakouts A-C pages 4-6
Map page 23
Field of Practice Lunch Discussions!
For networking opportunities and continued workshop
discussions, we added a lunch-time discussion option. Each day in
the Dining Room there will be tables designated for discussions by
Field of Practice. See day schedules for a list of topics for each day.
Join your colleagues in conversation.
This year’s theme, Navigating the Winds of Change: Transforming Lives
in Minnesota, is designed to engage social workers and other professionals
in conversations that will be catalysts for change on many levels. Social
workers create and empower change in client systems, navigating through
our ever shifting social landscape. We lead in these changing times, take
action, and advocate for policies that will benefit society.
Deborah Talen Executive Director
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NEW
to the NASW-MN
26th Annual Conference!
NASW-MN Staff
PRESIDENT
Linda Gensheimer
VICE PRESIDENT/
PRESIDENT ELECT
Jessica Toft
TREASURER
Pam Berkwitz
TREASURER ELECT
Robert Edwards
SECRETARY
Laura Burns
Ross Aalgaard
Mike Arieta
Michelle Austin
Faith Fischer Holschbach
Annelies Hagemeister
Nick Johnston
Wendy Lorenz-Walraven
Kate MacDonald
Sky Niesen Smith
Anthony Rauschendorfer
Irwin Thompson
Paula Tracey
#NASWMN
The certificate of attendance is available at the Registration Desk
at completion of both Thursday and Friday’s Conference. You are
responsible for recording training you’ve attended and saving the
certificate for your records.
Parking
If you parked in the Gortner Ramp (and not in the lot in front of
the entrance) come to the Registration Desk for a voucher for the
difference in price between the lot ($7) and the ramp ($11).
JUNE
2ND
JOIN US
NASW Night
On the Town
Mid-Conference
Social Event
Social Work Night
on (Lower) Town!
Enjoy great music, food,
drinks, and companionship!
Thursday, June 2 6:30pm-9pm
Golden’s Deli
275 E. 4th St. St. Paul, MN
• Open mic and social event hosted by fellow social workers.
• Come hang out and listen to and share music, poetry, readings,
musings, comedy, or whatever.
• No admission cost—Food and drink is available for purchase.
Directions: A block from Mears Park in Lowertown, Golden’s Deli, 275 E 4th St
(near Wall St.) St Paul, MN 55101, (651) 224-8888. Some on street parking may be
available. Closest Parking Ramps are Jackson Street Ramp and Lowertown Ramp.
Only 2 blocks from Union Depot Blueline Train.
CONFERENCE
AT A GLANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
7:00 am Registration and
Breakfast
8:30 amWelcome
9:00 am Keynote Speaker
Sarah Deer
10:30 am Breakout A
NOON Lunch: Field of
Practice Discussions
1:00 pm Breakout B
2:45 pm Breakout C
4:30 pm Membership
Meeting, Awards,
and Networking
6:30 pm NASW Night on
(Lower) Town
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
7:30 am Registration and
Breakfast
8:45 am Breakout D
10:30 am Breakout E
NOON Lunch: Field of
Practice Discussions
1:00 pmAnnouncements
and Awards
1:30 pm Immigration Forum
4:30 pmAdjourn
We will have brief breaks
between breakout sessions.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 2
Hand In Evaluations
for CEU Certificates
DAY AT A GLANCE
THURSDAY KEYNOTE
Sovereignty of the Soul:
Confronting Sexual Violence
in Native America
ROOM
7 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome
135
9 am
Sarah Deer, Keynote Speaker
135
10:15 am
BREAK
10:30 am
Breakout Sessions A
Noon
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
4:15 pm
4:30 pm
X
6:30 pm
Mitchell Hamline School of Law,
Professor and Co-Director of Indian Law Program
A1: Screen, Intervene, Refer: Disrupting the Cycle of Domestic Violence
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A2: Bearing Bad Tidings: Delivering a Difficult Message with Compassion
135A
Dr. Deer is Professor and Co-Director of the Indian Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, MN,
A3: Logic Models: Transforming Programs to Enhance Services and Attract Funders
155A
where she has been on the faculty since 2008. A citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, she focuses
A4: Ethically Managing Performance Issues
135B
A5: Enhancing Emotional Resilience to Reduce and Avoid Burnout
156
her legal work on violent crime on Indian reservations and has co-authored two textbooks on tribal law
A6: Racial Equity: What’s My Role?
155B
Lunch and Field of Practice Discussions
LUNCHROOM
• Adult Mental Health & Substance Abuse
• Adolescent Mental Health & Substance Abuse
• Aging & Gerontology Practice
• School Social Work
1 pm
Dr. Sarah Deer, JD
and several academic articles on Native American women. She has served on several federal and tribal
advisory boards, and was the primary author on two key reports on sexual assault among American
Indian Women including Amnesty International’s “Maze of Injustice” and the U.S. Department of
Justice’s “Sexual Assault in Public Law 280 States.” In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious MacArthur
• Child Welfare (CPS & Mental Health)
• Medical & Hospital Social Work
• Sexual & Domestic Violence
• Macro-Practice
Fellowship, and has recently published The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in
Native America (2015, U of Mn Press). Her book signing to follow keynote.
Photo credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Breakout Sessions B
B1: Applying Critical Race Theory to Work with Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Abuse
166
B2: New Directions in Behavioral Health Treatment for Transgender Individuals
156
B3: Supervising in a Trauma-Informed Environment
135A
B4: Reproductive Justice as a Social Work Value
155A
B5: The Myth of Closure: Revisiting Grief and Loss
135B
B6: Collaborating with Language Interpreters: Building Bridges to Clients with LEP
155B
BREAK
Breakout Sessions C
C1: 12 Step Model of Recovery from White Supremacist Conditioning
155A
C2: The Porn Smart Professional
135B
C3: Building a Windmill: Best Practice Standards, Tools and Resources for Providing
Supervision in Minnesota
155B
C4: The Winds of Change in End-of-Life Care: Social Work Ethics and Aid in Dying
135A
C5: Resettlement and Mental Health Care: Privileging the Refugee Experience
156
C6: Combating the Stigma Within: Transforming Professional Attitudes Toward Mental Illness
166
BREAK
Membership Meeting, Awards, and Networking
Awards Presented to: Amy Tudor, Wendy Lorenz-Walraven, Sarah Jones, and George Baboila
BREAKOUTS | Thursday, June 2
BREAKOUT SESSIONS A 10:30 AM
A1: Screen, Intervene, Refer: Disrupting the Cycle of
Domestic Violence (Generalist)
Erika Boyer-Kern, MSW, LISW
Brittany Wojtowicz, MSW, LGSW
A2: Bearing Bad Tidings: Delivering a Difficult Message
with Compassion (Clinical)
Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC, ICCS, FAAETS
Room 166
Whether a workplace incident, a highway accident, or a violent,
traumatic situation, the challenge for many practitioners is to
notify the next of kin or others of the event that has led to life
threatening injury or the death of a loved one. Mental health
workers, pastors, chaplains, and first responders often assume the
role of informer. This workshop explores the key ingredients for
fulfilling this responsibility in an appropriate, psychologically helpful,
and compassionate manner that provides the necessary supportive
components. We will discuss the elements necessary to train oneself
or others to deliver the “bad tidings,” to fulfill the notification
responsibility truthfully, accurately, and supportively. The presenters
will make suggestions on tools to implement effective self-care
following the notification.
Screening for domestic violence by social workers and other
practitioners may prevent harm from future violence. Over 1:3
women and 1:4 men in the US will experience rape, physical
violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetimes.
Women who talked to their health care provider about abuse were
4 times more likely to use an intervention and 2.6 times more likely
to leave an abusive relationship. Many practitioners do not feel
prepared to work with victims of domestic violence. This workshop
will discuss universal, culturally competent, and trauma-informed
screening for domestic violence and sexual assault that involves
eliciting information from clients/patients about violence and abuse
experiences in a supportive manner. Concrete suggestions for
screening will be provided. Room 135A
135
NASW
Night On The Town
Golden’s Deli Lowertown St. Paul
NAVIGATING THE WINDS OF CHANGE: Transforming Lives in Minnesota | 26th Annual NASW Conference
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A3: Logic Models: Transforming Programs to Enhance Services and
Attract Funders (Macro)
Colleen Crockford, MSW, LICSW
A6: Racial Equity: What’s My Role? (Generalist)
Becky Montgomery, LICSW
Room 155A
Room 155B
In the ever-changing climate of nonprofit fundraising, the programs
that stand out are the ones that will flourish. Development of a
program logic model can ensure that your program activities clearly
align with your mission and link your outcomes to long term impact.
Additionally, logic models provide a common language to discuss and
evaluate programs, clarify assumptions of how things work and why,
and provide a platform for continuous quality improvement. The
result is a thoughtful description of programmatic impact that can be
shared with funders, stakeholders and the community. Understand
what a logic model is and the benefits for nonprofit organizations;
learn to develop a logic model; review tools available to help with
logic model development; examine the connection between logic
models and theories of change and evaluation.
Racial disparities exist in all systems and are the result of institutional
or structural racism. In order to reduce them and create better
outcomes, we must transform these systems into ones that utilize
a racial equity lens. Working for social justice is part of the NASW
Code of Ethics, but is something many social workers struggle do.
Working to achieve racial equity is something we all can do, no
matter the field of practice or setting. Using an “Authentic Dialogue”
format, participants will explore racial equity with one another and
learn what each of us can do in our practice and lives to work to
achieve it. This format creates an environment in which participants
dig deep into the issues of racial equity and institutional racism, and
learn from one another.
A4: Ethically Managing Performance Issues (Supervision, Ethics)
Richard Coleman, MSW, LGSW
BREAKOUT SESSIONS B 1 PM
Room 135B
B1: Applying Critical Race Theory to Work with Survivors of
Domestic and Sexual Abuse (Generalist)
Renita Robinson, MEd, MA, LGSW
This highly interactive training will provide participants with skills
and strategies designed to assist in maximizing the performance
of social work staff. The presenter will examine the severity of
performance issues and increase the understanding of the dynamics
of performance. Participants are encouraged to explore and
share actual supervisory and current performance issues. Ethical
obligations of the supervisor will be examined in accordance with
NASW Code of Ethics. Strategies for intervention and understanding
the stages of performance problem solving will be reviewed. The
DESC model for requesting behavior change will be examined as
well as understanding the social styles of those being supervised.
Participants will obtain tools to develop a strategy for ethically
intervening and resolving performance issues and maximizing
outcome for your agency’s clientele.
A5: Enhancing Emotional Resilience to Reduce and Avoid
Burnout (Generalist)
Karen Lloyd, PhD
Quanah Walker, MSW, LICSW
Room 156
Most of us choose to work in mental health services to help people.
Even if your work is fulfilling, it can take an emotional toll. In this
session, you will learn how to identify signs, assess your needs, and
take steps to prevent compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and
burnout through enlightened self-care focused on increasing your
own emotional resilience. Participants will learn causes and stages
of burnout, as well as practical ways to increase emotional resilience
and holistic health. The session will conclude with identifying your
“Big Three” opportunities and action planning in which you will
make a commitment to your self-care to prevent burnout.
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Shannon Friberg, AA
Room 166
Social work practice with domestic and sexual violence survivors
must combine a social justice and advocacy lens to be culturallyresponsive and victim-centered. This requires the development of
interagency communication that is informed by the diversity of our
lived experiences. Providing culturally-responsive, trauma-informed
practice in predominantly white practice environments requires an
understanding of historical oppression, flexibility, a fluid mindset, and
commitment to continually incorporate best practices into day-to-day
interactions. This session provides practical tools needed to create a
culturally responsive workforce that recognizes privilege and works to
provide better access to services. Through dialogue and case study,
participants will be exposed to Critical Race Theory as a framework
for various contexts and laugh together while gaining skills in
cultural-responsive communication for individuals and organizations.
gender dysphoria by embracing their uniqueness and affirming their
choices, by reviewing World Professional Association for Transgender
Health (WPATH) standards of mental and physical health care,
and discussing the unique and complex mental health needs of
individuals identifying as transgender and queer.
B3: Supervising in a Trauma-Informed Environment
(Supervision)
Tracey Wilkins, MSW, LICSW
Room 135A
Mental health and medical organizations, among others, are
increasingly moving towards utilizing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) as
their service delivery model. Supervision in these programs should
support and utilize the principles of TIC and specifically work with
supervisees around the risk and management of secondary trauma.
This presentation will discuss how to structure supervision within this
model.
B4: Reproductive Justice as a Social Work Value (Ethics)
Katherine Bisanz, MSW, LGSW
Kassy Podvin, MSW
Room 155A
The NASW Code of Ethics requires social workers to respect a client’s
right to self-determination in making individual health decisions.
The NASW Policy Statement on Family Planning and Reproductive
Health states that social work supports clients’ rights to choose how,
when, and if to reproduce and raise children through access to family
planning services, including abortion. Despite this, research indicates
social workers may fail to uphold this principle when it comes to
reproductive health. This session will address possible reasons behind
this reticence, provide suggestions for how to overcome it, and
discuss how the reproductive justice model can be complimentary
to social work practice. The presenter will discuss infusing these
skills into practice, providing ideas on how to empower client selfdetermination in matters of reproductive health and by providing
them with unbiased, accurate information and referral.
B5: The Myth of Closure: Revisiting Grief and Loss (Generalist)
Lake Dziengel, PhD, MSW, LICSW
Room 135B
B2: New Directions in Behavioral Health Treatment for
Transgender Individuals (Clinical)
Pattie Lynch, MSW, LICSW
Room 156
Transgender and gender non-conforming individuals have higher
rates of mental health disorders than the general population.
Anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and chemical
dependency, may occur independent of gender dysphoria, which
results from the individual’s questioning their gender identity,
discomfort with their body, stigmatization, feelings of regret, shame,
sadness and self-loathing. These clients also often engage in selfharming behaviors and have an alarmingly high rate of attempted
and completed suicides. This presentation will focus on ways to assist
transgender and gender non-conforming individuals to overcome
People recovering from a grief and/or loss event are often encouraged
to obtain ‘closure’. But is closure really attainable, particularly
for ambiguous losses, or losses in which there is no resolution?
This workshop looks at grief, loss and coping from various grief
frameworks, including ambiguous losses and other common
therapeutic models for grief and bereavement. Discussion will explore
how social thinking created a society in which grief or loss events are
now frequently defined as being in need of closure and whether or
not closure is an ideal to strive for in more complex loss or traumatic
events. Additionally, we will discuss how the myth of closure may
result in well-intentioned people and providers doing more harm
than good by emphasizing the need for closure. Participants will
be provided with case examples for small group discussion, and
opportunity to examine personal responses to loss events.
B6: Collaborating with Language Interpreters: Building
Bridges to Clients with LEP (Generalist)
David McGraw Schuchman, MSW, LICSW
Eva Solomonson, MSW, LICSW
Room 155B
In all social work settings across Minnesota, we encounter an
increasing number of individuals and families who are recent arrivals
from other countries and cultures and who speak limited English.
Social justice and ethical practice demands that we provide high
quality services to everyone. Social workers may feel ill-equipped to
effectively engage and treat these complex clients who require multilevel interventions. Among the social worker’s best ally in providing
competent care for immigrant families is the professional language
interpreter. This workshop will teach social workers how to best
collaborate with language interpreters. Topics will include:
(1) overview of the interpreter profession (their training, roles, ethics)
(2) discussion of difficulties that commonly arise in social work
practice with English language learners and interpreters; (3) review of
best practices for social workers using interpreters (some guidelines
for what to do and what not to do).
BREAKOUT SESSIONS C 2:45 PM
C1: 12 Step Model of Recovery from White Supremacist
Conditioning (Macro)
Cristina Combs, LICSW
Room 155A
Minnesota is known for its lakes, its hot-dishes, and, as various
studies show, some of the worst racial disparities in the nation. As
social workers who care about the inherent dignity and worth of
individuals, the importance of human relationships, and social justice,
these extreme disparities indicate that our core values are in serious
jeopardy.
While we continue to pursue cultural competence and participate
in various diversity trainings, we are rarely forced to look honestly
at the pathology of white supremacy and its impact on our social
conditioning. The session will invite conversation and exploration
regarding ways in which we’ve become ill from white supremacy as
well as ways in which we may recover essential portions of our own
humanity. Various tools, strategies, and research concepts will be
shared for moving through the steps on an ongoing basis.
C2: The Porn Smart Professional (Clinical)
Rick Laska, MSW, LGSW
Laura Rademacher, MA, LMFT, CST
Room 135B
By attending this session participants will gain greater knowledge of
the history and context of pornography, gain professional skills and
interventions to address issues related to pornography, and clarify
their own personal values about pornography to increase awareness
of counter-transference. Presenters will identify alternatives to the
traditional narrative of pornography as a purely exploitative field,
such as the ways in which pornography has been a method for
minority groups to achieve positive visibility.
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Therapeutic interventions will be introduced including how to
assess for problematic porn use, skills to foster client conversations,
methods to help clients clarify their own understandings and
meanings of pornography, and how to address situations where
pornography becomes a clinical issue. These discussions will provide
a foundational skill set for working with pornography issues.
C3: Building a Windmill: Best Practice Standards, Tools and
Resources for Providing Supervision in Minnesota (Supervision)
Paula Tracey, MSW, LICSW
George Baboila, MSW, LICSW
Room 155B
In 2011, supervision licensure requirements in Minnesota significantly
changed. This workshop will provide attendees with an overview
of best practice tools and techniques for quality supervision. It also
will offer practical resources to help guide the process of meeting
licensure requirements for MN. This includes examples of supervision
plans and contracts, worksheets for documenting supervision
and other tools to help the supervisor and supervisee keep of
track necessary information. The presentation will include basic
information on licensure requirements for supervision, however the
intent is to increase awareness of valuable tools and resources to
support the supervisory process at all levels of licensure. Supervision
is an important aspect of our continued growth as a profession.
Having helpful tools and resources can assist with turning wind into
progressive energy!
C4: The Winds of Change in End-of-Life Care: Social Work
Ethics and Aid in Dying (Ethics)
Mary S. Carlsen, MSW, LISW
Rebecca Thoman, MD
Room 135A
Brittany Maynarda’s powerful struggle to control her death has
sparked intense national interest. Social workers are experts in and
advocates for compassionate end-of-life care. The NASW Policy on
End of Life Decision Making and Care instructs social workers to
address barriers in decision-making and end-of-life decisions. We are
to study and educate others about the complexities of physician aid
in dying. This session summarizes the components of the proposed
Minnesota legislation, data from Oregon and Washington, and public
opinion polls. Presenters will address common arguments, ethical
issues, and social work’s potential contributions to education and
advocacy.
C5: Resettlement and Mental Health Care: Privileging the
Refugee Experience (Generalist)
Leah Sawyer Baker, MSW, LGSW
Hannah Michel, MSW, LGSW
Room 156
Many social workers have the opportunity to work with newly arrived
refugees in Minnesota, though the ins and outs of the resettlement
process often remain poorly understood by social service providers.
This lack of knowledge affects our capacity as workers to provide
high quality care to the refugees in our community attuned to their
varied needs based on where they are in the resettlement process.
This session will detail the refugee resettlement process in Minnesota
as well as the difficult journey refugees endure overseas in order to
be chosen for resettlement. The intersection of resettlement and
the mental health of refugees, barriers to accessing mental health
services in the community, and psychotherapy goals attuned to the
refugee experience will be addressed. Specific skills will be taught
to aid workers in supporting refugees who need to access mental
health care.
C6: Combating the Stigma Within: Transforming Professional
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (Generalist)
Melissa A. Hensley, PhD, LISW
Barbara A. Lehmann, PhD, LICSW
Room 166
Social workers comprise the largest percentage of professionals in
the mental health workplace. Despite strong statements in our Code
of Ethics regarding dignity and worth of each person, many social
workers in mental health and other fields still harbor stigmatizing
attitudes toward individuals with mental illnesses. This stigma, often
unrecognized, can lead to negative perceptions of clients, feelings
of hopelessness, and burnout for the worker. This workshop will
examine the ways that mental illness stigma can manifest itself
in professional practice and provide guidance on ways to combat
stigma and adopt a more strength-based, recovery-focused
framework for social work practice. Included in the discussion will
be examples of ways to change language and practices to support a
more positive outlook for clients with mental illnesses.
NEW
JOIN US
NASW-MN Membership Meeting
Thursday, June 2, 4:30 pm
•Awards for Student of the Year and
Hand in your evaluation
at the registration desk
and receive your Continuing
Education Certificates.
Chapter Service
•An update on National NASW
Modernization proposal
•Review goals of the Chapter
•Opportunity for questions and input
•Network with fellow members
We hope you’ll join us!
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2016 Annual NASW–MN Awards | THURSDAY RECIPIENTS
Social Work Student
of the Year (BSW)
Amy Tudor
In recognition of her outstanding
scholarship and service to the
community.
Social Work Student
of the Year (MSW)
Wendy Lorenz-Walraven
scholarship and service to the
community.
Chapter Service Award
Sarah Jones
In recognition of her exceptional
service to the NASW-MN Chapter as
a member and student intern, and
for her leadership in organizing of
2016 Social Work Day at the Capitol.
Chapter Service Award
George Baboila
In recognition of his exceptional
leadership and service
to the NASW-MN Chapter
and ongoing contributions to the
Social Work profession.
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Amy is a star at St. Catherine University’s School of Social Work
because of her academic accomplishments, leadership, collaboration,
and advocacy. Amy returned after two decades of raising children
and earned a 4.0 GPA, demonstrating critical thinking, creativity, and
passion in her work. Amy engaged her community in SW Day at the
Capitol to the degree rarely seen in the BSW program. She identified
low-income housing issues in her community, met with residents and
brought these stories back to her legislator. She worked with her field
agency to continue engaging the community on these issues. Amy also put together a
successful community conversation about “What it is like to be a Muslim in Minnesota” in her
rural, white, conservative community. Amy’s “can do” attitude and commitment to address
discrimination and inequality is evidenced in the classroom, field placement, and her work in
the community at large.
Wendy has distinguished herself with her excellence in her academic
scholarship at St. Catherine’s/St. Thomas MSW program, her volunteer
leadership and her growing professionalism as a social worker. She
sought leadership opportunities with St Catherine/St Thomas Justice
Initiative, partnering with Restore the Vote efforts. She joined the
NASW Board of Directors as a MSW student representative. In her
clinical placement with University St. Thomas Interprofessional Center
Wendy served clients with an awareness of bringing all voices to the
table. Her professors have been impressed with Wendy’s strong self-awareness and clear
commitment to ethical standards, social justice and advocacy, which shines through in all her
endeavors. Wendy demonstrates extraordinary professionalism and depth as a social worker, a
client advocate, and community member.
As a MSW intern from Augsburg College, Sarah’s contributions to
NASW-MN were remarkable. Sarah provided professionalism, creativity,
a positive attitude, and leadership in a time of major transition for the
organization. Sarah jumped in wherever she was needed and brought
her imagination and dedication to every task. Sarah steered the SW Day
at the Capitol (SWDAC) Committee to creating the largest turnout of
students in its 20 years (900 students) in a new venue with an innovative
program. Sarah designed an impressive on-line training for liaisons that
can be utilized in future years and created a level of documentation that will continue to
sustain SWDAC. Sarah also improved the NASW-MN website despite its limitations. NASWMN and the Minnesota Social Work community will continue to benefit significantly from
Sarah’s intelligence, work ethic, and strong professionalism as a MSW.
George is a gift to NASW-MN that keeps on giving. George has been
an energetic and dedicated leader in many capacities over many
years. He served numerous terms on the NASW Board of Directors
and was President from 2010-2012. As President, he led the Board
through an important strategic planning process, resulting in a new
Communications Committee, which George chaired. This committee
expanded Facebook and Twitter presence and improved communications
for the chapter. George has also served faithfully on the MN Coalition
of Licensed Social Workers and provided consistent leadership on supervision revisions for all
levels of licensure. He was the creative force in 2011 in developing the Supervision Webpage
on our website and currently is working on its revision. George also serves on the Licensure
Exam Review Committee and teaches license review classes. NASW has benefited from
George’s ten years as full-time faculty of St. Catherine’s/St Thomas School of Social Work and
his many years supervising student’s at IPC. George’s infectious enthusiasm invigorates every
group in which he works.
2016 Annual NASW–MN Awards | FRIDAY RECIPIENTS
Paul & Sheila Wellstone
Award for Social Justice
Prosperity For All
In recognition of outstanding
leadership and service to the
community, especially for those who
are marginalized in our society.
Prosperity for All advocates for an often
voiceless population—low-income families
and the recipients of MN Family Investment
Program (MFIP). Since its inception three years ago, Prosperity for All has garnered
important gains for low-income families, despite a consistently resistant climate. Prosperity
for All is working to increase the monthly cash allotment by $100 for MFIP recipients—not
increased since 1986! This bill continues to gain momentum, fueled by the tongue-andcheek pictures of staff and legislators from the 1980s: “We’ve changed since the 1980s,
MFIP should, too!” Prosperity for All’s significant efforts have resulted in:
•$110/month allowance for housing
•an increased child support income disregard and the repeal of the family cap
•MFIP/GA registration streamlining
•Unlimited participation in adult education, GED, ESL, and post-secondary training.
•New graduates and all MFIP participants are now allowed 12 weeks of job search (up
from six).
The Paul and Sheila Wellstone Award recognizes the meaningful advances by Prosperity for
All for Minnesota’s families in poverty.
Social Worker
of the Year Award
Linda Gensheimer
In recognition for her exceptional
leadership and service to
NASW-MN, our community, and
the Social Work profession.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Pamela Berkwitz
leadership and service to the
MN Coalition of Licensed Social Workers,
NASW-MN, and our Social Work
community throughout her career.
Linda shared her remarkable leadership skills, integrity, and
commitment to social work and the Minnesota Chapter of NASW
during recent years of significant changes. During Linda’s tenure
(2014-2016) as NASW-MN Board President she orchestrated an
executive director search and hire, oversaw staff and office transitions,
and foremost, led our chapter in addressing National NASW’s
Modernization proposed changes. During this process, Linda has
stood by the democratic principle of participation, namely, that
chapter members should be fully informed participants in the fundamental changes entailed
in Modernization. Toward this end, she was integral in the formation of a national Coalition
of Concerned Members, assisted in the nationwide petition drive to call a special NASW
membership meeting, and kept Minnesota social workers informed about the proposed
changes in community-wide letters. Linda has given untold hours to uphold standards of
integrity in our profession and strengthen our chapter, in addition to her clinical practice,
supervision, consulting, and as community faculty at the U of MN School of Social Work.
We honor Linda’s dedication as she continues her involvement as our NASW-MN Delegate
Assembly representative.
Pam has utilized her wisdom, diplomacy, humor, and knowledge of
both Social Work and the legislative process to benefit Social Work
profession throughout her career. Pam served with distinction for
fourteen years as Chair of the MN Coalition of Licensed Social Workers
and for multiple terms as NASW-MN Treasurer and member of the
NASW Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Blending her two
careers—one as national lobbyist, another as clinical social worker—
Pam provided extensive legislative direction on issues affecting Social
Work practice in Minnesota. Pam has a big-picture perspective with a mastery of details
that benefits every endeavor. Pam’s patient, non-judgmental leadership supports expression
of divergent opinions and creative ideas. Pam has guided opinionated extroverts and
introverted contemplators through contentious discussions to emerge at consensus, and
usually before the meeting ended!
Pam’s leadership was exemplified in her committee work developing an improved due
process procedures used by the MN Board of Social Work. She also chaired weekly
committee meetings in 2011, resulting in improved requirements for LICSWs, which were
adopted as a template for professional standards by DHS. And she’s not done yet! Pam will
continue to serve as Advisor on the Coalition.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3
BREAKOUTS | Friday, June 3
DAY AT A GLANCE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS D 8:45 AM
ROOM
7:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:45 am
Breakout Sessions D
155B
D2: Restorative Justice: Meaningful Responses When Youth Cause Harm
156
D3: Navigating Disparities in Healthcare: Social Work Ethical Obligations
135A
D4: Unmasking Face-to-Face Interaction with the UfaceME Method
166
D5: Helping Impaired Professionals: The Role of the Health Professional
Service Program
155A
D6: Navigating Change and Transition
135B
BREAK
10:30 am
Breakout Session E
NOON
E2: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Among African Americans with
Spiritual Counseling
135A
E3: Ethics when Working in a Host Setting
155A
E4: Transforming LSWs into Professionals: Supervision Ideas and Approaches
166
D2: Restorative Justice: Meaningful Responses When
Youth Cause Harm (Macro)
Michele Braley, MSW, LICSW
Donna Minter, PhD, LP
E5: Manic Depression in America: Separating Truth from Historical Fiction
135B
Room 156
E6: Adolescents with Sexual Offenses: Treatment and Management
155B
Lunch: Field of Practice Discussions
LUNCHROOM
• Organizational Leadership
• Immigration & Refugee Issues
• Racial, Economic & Social Justice Issues
• Program Evaluation
Announcements and Awards
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Immigration Forum: Navigating Contested Spaces:
Supporting Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota
1:30 pm
Moving from Exclusion to Belonging: Immigrant Rights in Minnesota
3 pm
Ethical Issues in Culturally Appropriate Assessment of Mental Health
4:30 pm
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Upon completion of the workshop participants will be able to:
1. Define their personal nurturing and sustaining environments and
determine what constitutes an integrated, bicultural professional
experience in their unique terms
2. Leverage 4 practical tools that can help practitioners of color
address bias in the workplace and galvanize allies in the effort to
change workplace culture
3. Create a community network for professional support
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Awards Presented to: Prosperity for All, Linda Gensheimer, and Pamela Berkwitz
Special
Event
This presentation will provide a space for practitioners of color
to deconstruct the dominant majority cultural narrative of
professionalism. This presentation sheds light on the fundamental
question, how do practitioners of color successfully navigate the
nurturing and sustaining environments to produce a bicultural work
experience that honors and integrates one’s culture of origin? The
presentation is designed to be interactive and discussion based.
E1: Crisis in Central America: Practice & Policy Implications
• Community Engagement
• Supervision
• Policy Practice
• Social Work Education
1 pm
Room 155B
D1: Decentering Whiteness: Navigating Environments for Practitioners of Color
10:15 am
D1: Decentering Whiteness: Navigating Environments for
Practitioners of Color (Clinical)
Felicia Sy, MSW, PhD, LICSW
Alina Aloma
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Traditional justice focuses on what laws were broken and what
punishment is deserved. Restorative Justice focuses on what harm
was caused and what needs to be done to repair the harm. Rather
than punishing the offender, Restorative Justice considers both the
needs of those harmed and those who did the harm, as well as the
involved community. While restorative justice is often thought of as
an alternative to criminal justice, its philosophies can be applied in
any situation where one person has harmed another—at school, on
the playground, at home.
This session will introduce participants to the philosophies, principles,
and practices of Restorative Justice. Attendees will learn sufficient
background, language, and basic tools to incorporate restorative
philosophies into informal and formal interactions with youth.
health care delivery and enhancing the quality of life for marginalized
people. Understanding the disparities facing our clients and
providing resources for them to better prepare, advocate for, and
direct their healthcare can provide opportunities for better physical
health. Knowledge can create opportunities to advocate for personcentered and focused care with healthcare providers. This workshop
will address disparities in healthcare and empower participants to
advocate for quality healthcare.
D4: Unmasking Face-to-Face Interaction with the UfaceME
Method (Clinical)
Jim Ayers, PhD, LP
Room 166
This presentation defines the elements of face-to-face interaction,
illustrates how they are measured by the UfaceME method, and
demonstrates how participants apply measurements to empower
and better understand each other. The UfaceME method is described
as an evidence-based face-to-face relationship learning tool. It
applies behavioral science principles and methodology to engage
people, seeing for themselves how they actually relate and learn
from each other to achieve more effective relationships with others
and personally with themselves. It is technology that captures both
sides of a face-to-face interaction by measuring the subjective,
objective, and interpersonal viewpoints of both participants. This
process generates a paradigm shift, redefining how we understand
relationship power from one-sided to two-sided, from unilateral to
bilateral, from static to dynamic, from overwhelming to empowering.
D5: Helping Impaired Professionals: The Role of the Health
Professional Service Program (Supervision)
Tracy Erfourth, BS
Room 155A
Tracy will be providing a general overview of the Health Professionals
Services Program (HSPS) agency. She will cover the history of HPSP,
its goals, purpose, and its work as an agency. The benefits of
working with HPSP, HPSP’s unique characteristics and who is eligible
will be covered. Tracy will provide a general overview of standard
monitoring requirements, in addition to individualized monitoring
requirements. She will provide data on the number of social workers
we are currently working with in addition to our history of working
with social workers. Some of the reporting obligations will be
covered, in addition to how a licensed health care professional can
be referred to HPSP.
D3: Navigating Disparities in Healthcare: Social Work Ethical
Obligations (Ethics)
Katrina Gregor, BS, MSW Student
D6: Navigating Change and Transition (Generalist)
Ted Bowman, MDIV
Room 135A
Attention to change can be essential but limiting. The psychological,
and some would say, the theological process of coming to grips with
change is transition. Many change only to fall into previous patterns
requiring another change. Transition involves processes to discern,
integrate, and behave differently. In this applied session, participants
will explore through presentation, discussion and case studies, ways
of aiding people in navigating change AND transition.
Health impacts the social and economic status of all. Individuals,
families, caregivers, guardians, clinicians, case managers or other
interdisciplinary supports may not have formal training enabling
them to fully assess and advocate for individuals who have a
disability, mental health issue, or are aging. Awareness regarding
disparities in healthcare facing individuals is critical to improving
Room 135B
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Special
Event
BREAKOUTS | Friday, June 3
FRIDAY IMMIGRATION FORUM
BREAKOUT SESSION E 10:30 AM
E1: Crisis in Central America: Practice & Policy Implications
(Macro)
Susan Schmidt, MSSW, LGSW
Rebecca Scholtz, JD
Room 156
The number of Central Americans leaving their homes and coming
to the U.S. has increased significantly over the past several years,
due to security and economic problems in El Salvador, Guatemala,
and Honduras. What are the implications for Minnesota? What
should social workers know for effective practice, client advocacy,
and humane public policy? Join this interprofessional presentation
by a social worker and an attorney to learn about: Current dynamics
and challenges for Central American migrants; Central Americans in
Minnesota; special issues for children & families; the social workers’
role in relation to immigration issues; relevant legal issues; dealing
with anti-immigrant sentiment, and policy advocacy.
E2: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Among African
Americans with Spiritual Counseling (Clinical)
Rosella Collins-Puoch, EdD, MSW, LICSW
Room 135A
This presentation will explore research findings regarding how
intergenerational trauma operates among African Americans. It will
examine how intergenerational trauma impacts the lived experiences
of African Americans in the areas of mental illness and mental health
care, out-of-home placements of African-American children in foster
care, and unemployment. Also, whether spiritual counseling is a
viable solution to help heal intergenerational trauma among African
Americans. The presenter will share her experience regarding the
effectiveness of the use of spiritual counseling in her work with
African Americans who have trauma history. She will also make
recommendations regarding how mental health care providers of
other races can use spiritual counseling to enhance the effectiveness
of their work with African American clients and improve their clinical
outcomes.
E3: Ethics when Working in a Host Setting (Ethics)
Cashmere Hagbourne
Rob Edwards, MSW, LGSW
Room 155A
Social workers sometimes find their ethical values conflict with
agency policies and regulations. These instances are especially
prevalent for social workers employed in host settings. Host settings
are workplaces where social work is not the primary function or
profession. Ethical dilemmas may arise due to administrators not
being familiar with social work values and ethics. Social workers
have an obligation to ensure that employers are familiar with ethical
standards in social work. This presentation will examine the different
experiences social workers can expect when confronted with the
challenge of practicing as a social worker in a host setting. The
presenters will identify creative ways social workers can begin to
work through challenges while keeping connected to baseline social
work values and ethics of the profession.
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E4: Transforming LSWs into Professionals: Supervision Ideas
and Approaches (Supervision)
Ross A. Aalgaard, DSW, LICSW
Steven Blazing, BSSW, LSW
Melissa Luna, BSSW, LSW
Navigating Contested Spaces:
Supporting Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota
Room 166
PART 1: 1:30–3 pm
PART 2: 3–4:30 pm
This workshop will explain the requirements for supervising
licensed social workers after obtaining their LSW. It will also
explain supervision expectations, content, approaches, ethics, and
ideas. Both one-on-one and group supervision for LSWs will be
discussed. LSWs who have recently received or currently are receiving
supervision will share their personal experiences. An open discussion
with the presenters as a panel to answer questions will be concluded
the workshop.
Moving from Exclusion to Belonging:
Immigrant Rights in Minnesota
Ethical Issues in Culturally Responsive
Mental Health Assessment
Michele Garnett McKenzie, JD
Deputy Director & Director of Advocacy, The Advocates
for Human Rights
Dr. Patricia Shannon, PhD, LP, LICSW
University of Minnesota, School of Social Work
E5: Manic Depression in America: Separating Truth from
Historical Fiction (Generalist)
Andrew Archer, MSW, LCSW
Room 135B
Are mood disorders biological illnesses? Do psychotropic medications
treat chemical imbalances in the brain? These are some of the
questions the presenter pondered since being diagnosed with bipolar
disorder in 2002. This presentation offers a brief timeline of manic
depression and the treatments that have relied on understandings
of the brain. Attendees will gain a cultural understanding of how
Western conceptualization of mood issues is erroneously being
reinforced by pharmaceutical interventions. In addition, bottom-up
approaches (e.g., mindfulness practice) for long-term healing will be
explored.
E6: Adolescents with Sexual Offenses: Treatment and
Management (Clinical)
John Brandt, MSW, LICSW
Room 155B
Teenagers arrested for sexual misconduct acquire a new identity: sex
offender. Teenagers who sexually offend are typically treatable; nine
out of ten will not sexually reoffend. However, systemic impediments
make it nearly impossible for an adolescent to recover. Most are not
allowed to return home and many are unable to finish school. This
may cause future difficulty in obtaining a job, finding housing, and
getting food support. This workshop discusses how sexual behaviors
have become criminalise, the myths and facts around adolescent
sexual offending, and the challenges that youthful offenders and
their families face. Recommendations will be offered for how to help
achieve a more effective balance between ensuring public safety, and
helping adolescent offenders, victims, and their families successfully
recover from sexual abuse.
Ms. McKenzie will discuss the current situation for refugees,
immigrants, and asylees in Minnesota from a legal advocacy
and human rights perspective. Panelists will then respond to her
points from their respective positions.
Michele Garnett McKenzie serves on the senior leadership team at The
Advocates for Human Rights, based in Minneapolis. She also leads the
organization’s research, education, and advocacy team and is responsible
for advocacy on The Advocates’ domestic priority issues including
migration and human trafficking.
Sarah Brenes, JD is Director of Refugee & Immigrant Program
at Advocates for Human Rights and oversees the organization’s
representation of low-income asylum seekers. Ms. Brenes also provides
direct representation to asylum seekers in immigration proceedings
before the Asylum Office and Immigration Court. She and her colleagues
frequently work to connect clients with local social service providers who
have capacity to assist clients regardless of their immigration status.
Patience Togo Malm, PhD, MSW is Associate Professor & Chairperson,
in Social Work at St. Cloud State University. Dr. Malm has served in various
capacities working with diverse communities and underserved populations
in Japan, Canada and the U.S. She has worked with domestic violence and
child welfare programs and with immigrant families. Her research interests
include anti-racist/anti-oppression pedagogy, multicultural education,
community organizing, and immigrant and refugee issues.
Heather Tracey, MSW, LICSW has been with the Center for Victims of
Torture since 2001 where she is now Social Work Lead Clinician, providing
social work and mental health services to torture survivors and clinical
supervision. She has presented trainings to community providers and USbased torture treatment providers and developed curriculum on working
with torture survivors. Ms. Tracey also has experience working in hospital
and emergency department settings, homeless and domestic violence
shelters, and community-based non-profits.
Dr. Shannon will provide a context for ethical and culturally
responsive mental health assessment and practice with refugee
communities in Minnesota. She will draw upon her experience
at the Center for Victims of Torture, and her recent work in
the development of mental health assessment tools which
responds to people’s experiences as trauma survivors who have
immigrated from places of war and civil unrest. The panelists
will highlight their mental health work with the Karen and
Somali populations.
Particia Shannon completed a MSW in Clinical Social Work from the
University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan. She practiced for ten years at the Center for Victims of
Torture and is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work
at the University of Minnesota where she collaborates with the Department of Health on developing mental health screening tools and treatment
resources for Minnesota’s refugees.
Novia Josiah, BSW, LSW is a social worker and mental health case
manager at The Center for Victims of Torture. She works for “Healing
Hearts, Creating Hope” which is a multi-year collaborative project with
HealthEast Roselawn Clinic and Bethesda Clinic that provides on-site
mental health services to Karen refugees from Burma.
Ahmed Hassan, MA, LPCC is a bilingual, bicultural therapist and Program
Director, for the Summit Guidance Center, LLC, a grassroots, organization
founded in 2011 by a small group of bilingual/bicultural mental health
professionals. They provide services such as therapy, CTSS, and ARMHS in
both the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. He also provides training and
consultation to other service agencies.
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PRESENTER Biographies
Ross Aalgaard, DSW, LICSW
Leah Sawyer Baker, MSW, LGSW
Ross Aalgaard is Assistant Professor of Social
Work at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
In addition, he does psychotherapy at Mankato
Marriage & Family Therapy Center. He
previously was a psychotherapist and pastoral
counselor at Westminster Counseling Center
in Minneapolis and a medical social worker
at Hennepin County Medical Center. His
research and practice interests include dyadic
relationships, couples therapy, forgiveness,
hope, hospital social work, professional
development, gender nonconforming youth,
and LGBTQ populations and issues.
Leah Sawyer is the Refugee Resettlement
Supervisor at Lutheran Social Service (LSS). Leah
oversees the Reception and Placement Program
for all refugee arrivals in the LSS Minneapolis
and Saint Cloud offices, resettling an average
of 625 refugees in the state each year. Leah has
been working in refugee resettlement in various
capacities for nearly 10 years. Most of Leah’s
resettlement experience has been working with
refugees from Burma, including five months
living outside of Karenni Camp One along the
Thailand and Burma border.
Katherine Bisanz, MSW, LGSW
Andrew James Archer, MSW, LCSW
Andrew Archer is a mindfulness-based
psychotherapist. Andrew is the author of
the 2013 memoir, Pleading Insanity, which
details a genuine portrait of his own dramatic
devastations through mania and depression as
well as tools to manage symptoms. Andrew has
been an instructor for University of Minnesota,
Minnesota State University-Mankato and
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Andrew
writes as a Topic Expert for GoodTherapy.org
and practices psychotherapy at Midwest Center
for Human Services in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jim Ayers, PhD, LP
Jim Ayers is a Clinical Psychologist with
experience in various settings. In 2013, He
retired as Clinic Director at the Walk-In
Counseling Center in Minneapolis in order
to continue developing an evidence-based
face-to-face relationship learning tool, called
the UfaceME method. This method uses
video playback of conversations and graphic
summaries to enable individuals to identify
their relationship issues, patterns, and styles. By
measuring the face-to-face interaction between
both parties, it provides a paradigm shift in
understanding helping relationships. Currently
the UfaceME method is being applied to clinical
training, CD treatment, youth mentoring, police
training, executive team building, and diversity
training.
George Baboila, MSW, LICSW
George Babolia has been at the School of Social
Work for St. Kate’s/St. Thomas as a full time
faculty member since 2007 and was an adjunct
as well 10 years prior. He teaches supervision,
couples and family counseling, and clinical
social work in health care settings. At the
Interprofessional Center (IPC) for Counseling
and Legal Services, he supervises approximately
20 students per year in field placements; he has
also led a task force on supervision.
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Katherine Bisanz is currently Program Director
at the Sexual Violence Center, a non-profit
organization in north Minneapolis that serves
victims/survivors of sexual violence. She has
long been involved in reproductive health and
justice work as well as sexual and domestic
violence work including DV counseling in the
Latino community of Philadelphia, research
on motherhood and birth with the Guatemala
Health Initiative, work on reproductive health
care policy with the Duvall Reproductive
Freedom Project of the ACLU of Pennsylvania,
and coordinating patient care at the Philadelphia
Women’s Center. She is working to develop
Social Workers for Reproductive Justice, which
seeks to provide education and training to social
workers around issues of reproductive health.
Steven Blazing, BSSW, LSW
Steve Blazing is a graduate of Minnesota State
University and currently serves as Program
Director for Phoenix Recovery Programs in
Mankato and Maplewood, MN.
Lois A. Bosh, MSW, PhD, LSW
Lois A. Bosch is currently Professor and MSW
Director at Augsburg College in Minneapolis,
MN. She teaches Multicultural Macro
Practice concentration and advises students’
summative research projects. In addition to her
administrative and teaching experience, she has
previous direct practice experience as a school
social worker. Her current research interests
include exploring dual relationships in social
work practice and international perspectives in
social work.
Ted Bowman, MDIV
Ted Bowman is an educator who specializes
in change and transition, whether it occurs in
families, an organization, or the community.
He is an adjunct professor teaching grief and
loss courses at the SCU/UST School of Social
Work. Ted has also provided workshop and
consultation leadership to many Ramsey County
departments and programs over several decades.
Ted has authored more than 80 articles,
chapters, booklets, and poems.
Erika Boyer-Kern, MSW, LISW
Erika Boyer-Kern is the Outreach Team Lead at
the Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc.
where she supervises program coordinators/
advocates who staff an 8-county service region.
She provides direct service to victims of domestic
and sexual violence, leads groups, and provides
training on topics related to domestic and sexual
violence.
Michele Braley, MSW, LICSW
Richard Coleman, MSW , LGSW
Lake Dziengel, PhD, MSW, LICSW
Katrina Gregor
Richard Coleman is Assistant Professor and
Social Work Program Coordinator at St.
Scholastica. He was Child Protection Division
Manager for Ramsey County for 9 years and
has an additionally 18 years in child welfare
services as social worker and unit supervisor.
He has presented nationally on topics
such as disproportionality in child welfare,
transformational systems change, kinship care,
poverty and neglect issues, supervisory training
and development, performance management
and anti-racism leadership development,
implementation and training.
Lake Dziengel is an Assistant Professor in the
Social Work Department at the University of
Minnesota-Duluth. Dr. Dziengel’s research
interests include same sex couples, sexual
orientation and gender identity, grief and
ambiguous losses, coping strategies and the
role of resiliency in mental health.
Katrina Gregor is a MSW Candidate at
Minnesota State University, Mankato. Katrina
is completing her practicum focusing on
advocacy, policy, and disabilities. As a part of
her practicum Ms. Gregor is collaborating on
initiatives with the Minnesota State Council on
Disability and Arc of Minnesota Southwest. She
has completed extensive research on disparities
in healthcare impacting communities. Katrina
has worked directly with clients impacted
by mental health and/or intellectual and/or
developmental disabilities for over five years.
Rosella Collins-Puoch, ED.D, MSW, LICSW
Michele Braley is the Program Manager
at Seward Longfellow Restorative Justice
Partnership, and is also an adjunct Professor
for the School of Social Work at St. Catherine
University and University of St. Thomas. Ms.
Braley is a restorative conference facilitator
and is trained in peacemaking circles and as a
facilitator in victim-offender dialogue in crimes
of severe violence. She was a Hennepin County
Social worker for 8 years where she helped to
develop re-entry circles for men returning to
their community from prison.
Dr. Rosella Collins-Puoch holds a Doctorate
degree in Pastoral Community Counseling
and a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work.
She has over 20 years of social work and
clinical experience working with individuals
and families of all races and socioeconomic
backgrounds. She conducted research on
perceptions about intergenerational trauma
in the African American community and an
emerging expert consensus on providing
culturally competent mental health care services
for African Americans who suffer from severe
and persistent mental illness (SPMI).
Jon Brandt, MSW, LICSW
Cristina Combs, LICSW
Jon Brandt has worked as a county CPS social
worker and for nearly a decade for PATH
foster homes, providing support and training
to foster families. Since 1983, Mr. Brandt has
been providing assessments and treatment to
adolescents who have sexually offended and
support to their families. He is a member of the
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers,
and currently serves on the Board for the
Minnesota Chapter. Since 1991, he has been the
Director of Mapletree, a residential program for
adolescent offenders in Maplewood, MN.
Cristina Combs is a LICSW and clinical supervisor
of a school-based, culturally-specific mental
health program in St. Paul. She has over 10 years
of experience providing in-home and outpatient
therapy, in English and in Spanish, to children,
youth, couples and families, and has been
trained in EMDR, TF-CBT, and Child-Centered
Play Therapy. She strives to provide culturallyaffirming services that honor individual, family,
and ancestral strengths, and attend to issues
of social (in)justice as essential components of
practice. In practice, she uses frameworks that
include trauma-informed care, family systems
therapy, harm reduction, and narrative therapy.
Mary S. Carlsen, MSW, LISW
Mary Carlsen has a BSW from St. Olaf College
and an MSW from the University of Washington,
with health and aging specializations. She has
worked in hospital, hospice, nursing home, and
home care social work settings. Mary chairs the
Department of Social Work and Family Studies
and teaches social policy, social work theory,
ethics, and social welfare history. She helped
found an HIV clinic, was a fellow with the
Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and was a
visiting scholar at the University of East London
in England.
Colleen Crockford, MSW, LICSW
Colleen Crockford has over 15 years experience
working with nonprofits, including work in
mental health, community engagement, family
violence, advocacy, early childhood education,
mentoring, and community corrections. Fusing
big picture ideas with the day to day work,
she thrives in building programs that reach
their goals and motivate others. As a licensed
therapist, Colleen understands client and
staff needs to create motivated, collaborative
teams that understand and support the larger
organizational goals.
Rob Edwards, MSW, LICSW
Rob Edwards has 15 years of experience with
a background in program development and
leadership spanning areas of mental health,
child welfare and family services. He received
his Masters of Social Work degree from the
University of Minnesota where he was a
Child Welfare Scholar and Minnesota DHS
Fellow. In 2012, Rob was awarded the Early
Career Excellence Award from NASW-MN.
He is currently on the board of directors for
the National Association of Social Workers
Minnesota Chapter (NASW-MN), and
Minnesota Council of Child Caring Agencies
(MCCCA).
Tracy Erfourth, BS
Tracy Erfourth is a case manager with the State
of Minnesota’s Health Professionals Services
Program (HPSP). She started with HPSP in 2003.
Ms. Erfourth earned her bachelor’s degree in
psychology from the University of WisconsinStevens Point in 1993. Prior to joining HPSP, Ms.
Erfourth worked in civil commitments and dual
diagnosis residential treatment facilities. She
has over 15 years of experience working in the
mental health and chemical dependency fields.
Courtney Faue, MA
Courtney Faue is the Senior Clinician Trainer
for R3 Continuum, where she trains clinicians
and develops ongoing educational materials on
different services within the disability industry.
Her MA thesis was on the collective memory of
traumatic events. She has academic, research,
and volunteer experience in a wide variety of
areas and has published as a co-researcher for
her work related to the collective memory of
war crimes.
Shannon Friberg, AA
Shannon Friberg spent over 30 years working
at the Ramsey County Community Human
Services Department, the last 20 as a Financial
Assistance Supervisor. As a supervisor she
continuously assessed how agency policies
and practices impacted people, and worked
to deflect negative effects while advocating
for changes in order to improve outcomes for
all. Ms. Friberg is a trained Authentic Dialogue
Facilitator and has facilitated and participated
in many discussions on issues related to racism
and racial equity.
Cashmere Hagbourne
Cashmere Hagbourne is a proud foster alumni
from the Chicago area. He has experience in a
multitude of spaces regarding education and
life-skills development for youth. Currently he
is the program manger for College Possible’s
Fostering Graduates program, providing
specialized educational and life skills support
for youth who have experienced foster care.
His past experience has ranged from working
in juvenile corrections, with the Boys and Girls
Club, and as a school social worker.
Annelies Hagemeister is Professor in Social
Work at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Previously, she was project coordinator for
MINCAVA at the U of MN and worked with
children and parents at the Domestic Abuse
Project. She has published in the areas of
domestic violence, poverty, and grief and has
taught social work and family social science
courses since 1992. She has given presentations
at many local, state, and national conferences,
as well as conducting training for social service
agencies. She is training to be a Certified Parent
Coach and does social work supervision.
Melissa A. Hensley, PhD, LISW
Dr Hensley has been an assistant professor of
social work at Augsburg College since August
2010. Her practice experience includes housing
and homelessness services, public policy
advocacy, and community mental health. Dr.
Hensley is active in the Twin Cities community
as a volunteer with National Alliance on Mental
Illness of Minnesota as the Regions Hospital
Partners in Care Advisory Council. Current
research projects include a qualitative study
of supervisory experiences of Certified Peer
Specialists.
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PRESENTER Biographies
Rick Laska, MSW, LGSW
Rick Laska is a psychotherapist in private
practice, offering sex therapy to diverse client
systems. Rick has worked and volunteered in
the field of sexual health for over 16 years,
including leading peer groups, co-hosting a
sexuality and sexual health podcast, working
for a HIV non-profit in social services and
public health, and offering sex therapy. He is
completing the requirements forcertification
through the American Association of Sexuality
Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).
His professional areas of interest include sexual
trauma, mindfulness and sex, chemical health
and sexual health, and out of control sexual
behaviors.
Barbara A. Lehmann, PhD, LICSW
Dr Lehmann is an associate professor of social
work at Augsburg College since 2001 where she
teaches in both the BSW and MSW programs.
She also is a practicing psychotherapist at St.
Joseph’s hospital mental health and substance
abuse clinics. She has 35 years of practice
experiences in a variety of community mental
health organizations. She is currently studying
the relationship between adverse childhood
experiences to significant and persistent mental
illnesses and substance abuse.
Karen Lloyd, PhD
Karen Lloyd has over 20 years of leadership
experience with health plans, developing and
leading behavioral health case management,
disease management and utilization
management. Dr. Lloyd has held leadership
positions in a variety of behavioral health care
delivery settings. At HealthPartners, she provides
leadership for behavioral health strategy and
operations. She also develops and leads the
behavioral health disease management, case
management and utilization management
programs for members with behavioral health
conditions, along with the emotional resilience
programs for health promotion. Dr. Lloyd is a
past president of the board of NAMI-MN.
Melissa Luna, LSW
Melissa Luna graduated from Minnesota State
University and currently serves as Area Director
for REM Heartland in Mankato, MN.
Pattie Lynch, MSW, LICSW
Pattie Lynch is a private practitioner with over
30 years experience working in mental health.
She has provided therapy to individuals across
the lifespan in a variety of settings. Ms. Lynch
has expertise in areas of chemical dependency
and trauma. She was clinician for a 10-year study
focused on understanding differences in child
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and adolescent adaptation to sexual abuse. Her
professional experience treating gay, lesbian
and bisexual individuals led her to counseling
transgender individuals. She is training to be
certified by the World Professional Association
for Transgender Health.
Ms. Montgomery has worked in both the public
and private sectors and served on local, state
and national boards, where she continuously
raised the need to address racial disparities as
part of the work of those boards.
Kassy Podvin, MSW
David McGraw Schuchman, MSW, LICSW
David McGraw Schuchman is a clinical social
worker, consultant, and teacher. He teaches
Clinical Practice with Immigrants and Refugees
at the St. Catherine/St. Thomas school of social
work and provides clinical supervision regarding
refugee and cross-cultural mental health. He
facilitates the African Mental Health Providers
Network and served as mental health supervisor
at Community University Health Care Center
(CUHCC) in Minneapolis for 15 years. He was
Director of Immigrant and Refugee Behavioral
Health at Volunteers of America-Minnesota
Mental Health Clinics for 4 years.
Hannah Michel, MSW, LGSW
Hannah is a part-time mental health consultant
and psychotherapist for Refugee Services
at Lutheran Social Service in the Intensive
Case Management (ICM) program. Hannah
provides trauma-informed individual therapy
to refugee clients and bi-weekly consultation
to resettlement staff. Prior to her work as a
consultant at LSS, Hannah has worked as Elders
Specialist at Catholic Charities of Tennessee
Refugee Resettlement, where she sought to
meet the mental, physical, and emotional needs
of older adult refugees.
Donna Minter, PhD, LP
Donna Minter is the Executive Director, of
Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute,
and completed her psychology internship and
post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at
the University of Minnesota Medical School in
1997. In 2010 she brought Strategies for Trauma
Awareness and Resilience (STAR) to Minnesota,
a training integrating concepts of neurobiology,
restorative justice, trauma healing and resilience,
nonviolent conflict transformation and broadlydefined spirituality. In 2013, she founded the
Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute,
a non-sectarian nonprofit organization that
administers STAR-related community and
continuing education trainings.
Becky Montgomery, LICSW
Becky Montgomery has worked in social work
for over 40 years, and on racial equity issues for
over 10 years, primarily with Ramsey County.
She and three others created the Equity Now
Partnership in order to partner and work with
organizations of all sizes to achieve racial equity.
Kassy Podvin has years of experience providing
advocacy-based counseling to survivors of
domestic violence and sexual assault and their
families. Through that work, she has witnessed
the barriers that survivors face within systems, in
providers offices, and through the broad strokes
of societal stigma and shame placed upon them.
These experiences fuel and inform her passion
for prevention-oriented work and reproductive
justice approaches that promote safe, happy
and healthy lives for individuals, families, and
their communities.
Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC, ICCS,
FAAETS
Dennis Potter has worked in the field of Critical
Incident Stress since 1985. He has consulted
or responded to events in natural disasters,
terrorist attack, robberies, workplace violence
and many other events. He has trained in 23
different states and 4 countries on the topic.
He currently is the Director of Training and
Consultant Relations for Crisis Care Network.
Laura Rademacher, MA, LMFT, CST
Laura Rademacher is a Certified Sex Therapist
(CST) with the American Association of Sex
Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
and has over 12 years experience as a sexual
health educator. She received the 2014 Schiller
Prize from AASECT for the workshop Teaching
Pleasure: Best Practices. Laura is in the process
of writing a book for professionals who work
with pleasure issues which will be published by
Routledge. She currently works with couples
and individuals in private practice and is the
Director of Education at SkyHill.
Renita Robinson, MEd, MA, LGSW
Renita Robinson brings a survivor’s lens and
over 25 years of administrative, advocacy,
group facilitation and curriculum development
experience to current her role as Executive
Director of the Committee Against Domestic
Violence (CADA). She has worked in various
roles at the Domestic Abuse Intervention
Program, Nebraska’s Peoples City Mission, the
Office of Academic Support and Intercultural
Studies Center at the University of NebraskaLincoln and others. Currently she is ABD in a
doctoral program in teaching and learning at
the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Susan Schmid, MSSW, LGSW
Rebecca Thoman, MD
Susan Schmidt is an adjunct social work
instructor and a student in the doctorate in
social work (DSW) program of St. Catherine
University | University of St. Thomas. In addition,
she provides professional consultation on child
welfare, refugee and immigrant families, and
children outside the care of their parents. She
also works with the Young Center for Immigrant
Children’s Rights at the University of Chicago,
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and
is a trainer for the Minnesota Department of
Human Services.
Dr Thoman manages Doctors for Dignity, an
initiative of Compassion & Choices, whose goal
is to recruit, train and mobilize physicians to
advocate for aid-in-dying legislation in their
states. She has worked in health care and public
health policy and government relations for 16
years, and is a registered lobbyist. Dr. Thoman
has served as executive director of Citizens for a
Safer Minnesota, and as a government relations
and advocacy specialist for the Minnesota
Medical Association and the American Cancer
Society Cancer Action Network.
Rebecca Scholtz, JD
Paula Tracey, MSW, LICSW
Rebecca Scholtz is a staff attorney with the
Immigration Law Project at Mid-Minnesota
Legal Aid (MMLA). In addition to representing
children and youth in various immigration
matters, Rebecca conducts trainings on
children’s immigration issues and is part of a
working group dedicated to increasing access
to immigration legal assistance for vulnerable
noncitizen children. Rebecca received her
J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a
member of the Worker and Immigrant Rights
Advocacy Clinic and an editor on the Yale Law
Journal.
Paula Tracey serves as the Lake Superior
Representative on the NASW MN Chapter Board
as well as a Liaison to the Minnesota Coalition
of Licensed Social Workers. She is an Assistant
Professor and Field Director at The College of
St. Scholastica Masters of Social Work Program.
She currently is completing her Ed.D with a
research focus on clinical supervision. Ms. Tracey
has a particular interest in addressing needed
resources for practitioners and NASW members
in Greater Minnesota.
Eva Solomonson, MSW, LICSW
Eva Solomonson is clinical faculty and
field liaison in the school of social work at
St. Catherine/St. Thomas. It is her goal to
contribute to the development of caring,
competent, and healthy social workers. Her
practice and research interests relate to best
practices to serve refugees and immigrants,
providing cross cultural care, and working
with trauma. Further, she is interested in the
intersection of spirituality with social work
– how we can help clients access their own
spiritual resources to improve their functioning
and how the spirituality of the social work
practitioner can be used and impacted by one’s
professional practice.
Quanah Walker, MSW, LICSW
Quanah Walker has worked in managed care
organizations for 6 years and previously worked
as an outpatient therapist and youth worker
with American Indians. Currently, he manages
a variety of programs focused on Behavioral
Health Complex Case Management, Disease
Management, Well-Being, and Integration.
He manages the Behavioral Health Restricted
Recipient Program. Much of his work has
focused on the Medicaid population, and how
Behavioral Health is integrated with other
areas at Health Partners. He has interests in
cultural competence and working with diverse
populations.
Tracy Wilkins, MSW, LICSW
Tracey Wilkins worked with South Metro
Human Services for 17 years as a therapist
and supervisor of case management. She
also started several programs including adult
foster care, ACT and the DBT Clinic which she
directed for 9 years. In 2014, she left to CoFound Willow Tree Healing Center in St. Paul
which focuses on treatment of individuals who
have experienced trauma, as well as providing
education and consulting services. She also
teaches a trauma class through the U of MN
School of Social Work.
Brittany Wojtowicz, MSW, LGSW
Brittany Wojtowicz is the Community Education
and Exchange Specialist with the Committee
Against Domestic Abuse, Inc. She worked in
advocacy and education for over 3.5 years.
Her position includes providing education and
training regarding domestic and sexual violence
in the community, co-facilitating a domestic
violence and offender education program, and
creating and managing the Nicollet County Keep
Me Safe Parenting Time Center.
Felicia Sy, MSW, PhD, LICSW
Dr. Sy currently serves as the Director of Clinical
Services at RECLAIM, a mental health center for
queer and transgender youth ages 13 to 25. Dr.
Sy has 15 years of teaching experience having
taught at the College of St. Benedict, St. Cloud
State University, and University of St. Thomas/
St. Catherine University, and the University of
Denver. She facilitates a mentoring group for
aspiring mental health practitioners of color
who have a heart to heal.
Thank you Presenters
for sharing your expertise!
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Navigating the Winds of Change: Transforming Lives in Minnesota

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