Concord University in Athens, WV has several continuing education workshops available through March 2007.  All sessions are approved for social work CEs and most are approved for counselors.

See http://faculty.concord.edu/sowk/continuingedu.htm for more information and to register.

All sessions are from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, with an hour break for lunch on your own.

November 17, 2006
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 Using Assessment for Program and Practice Improvement
An overview of assessment and program evaluation best practices as they apply to institutional improvement. Emphasis will be placed on applied social research methods. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in developing assessment tools for their particular programs and institutions. 

Presented by:
Danette Light, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and 
Director of Assessment, Concord University
 
December 01, 2006
Location: 
Mine Safety and Health Academy
 Effective Client-Focused Networking
Networking to address client-focused strengths and barriers is an activity in which most organizations engage; although oftentimes organizations use different terminology and processes to achieve client-focused goals. Learn how to maximize your networking abilities to organize more functional IEPs (Individual Education Plans), MDTs (Multi Disciplinary Teams), IDT’s (Inter Disciplinary Teams), SATs (Student Assistance Teams), and other client-focused meetings and teams for your organization and the community.

Presented by:
Joyce Akers, M.A.
Annette Jennings, M.A., L.P.C.
 
December 08, 2006
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 Gender Issues in the Workplace
The workshop begins with a discussion of gender as socially constructed rather than biologically determined. Historical and cross-cultural examples of gender as a principle for the organization of work are provided. The majority of the workshop focuses on contemporary gender issues in the workplace. These issues include sex-typing of jobs and occupational segregation; gender differences in promotions and workplace authority; legal aspects of sexual harassment; strategies for promoting positive interactions among co-workers of the opposite sex; and balancing work and family responsibilities.

Presented by:
Tracy L. Luff, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Concord University
December 8, 2006
 
January 19, 2007
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 Appalachian Culture
This workshop will provide an overview of culture, diversity
and cultural assimilation. It will include in-depth discussions regarding universal and non-universal cultural traits as well as cultural development and cultural relativity. It will conclude with an analysis of cultural behaviors in the workplace.

Presented by:
Joe Manzo, Ph.D., 
Professor, Concord University 
January 19, 2007
 
February 02, 2007
 Location: Mine Safety and Health Academy
 Developmental Disabilities Related Issues in Clinical Practice
This seminar will explore contemporary issues and approaches in supporting persons who have developmental disabilities. The seminar will focus on: the underlying principles of integration, independence, inclusion, productivity, and self-determination; some lessons learned from the history of the treatment of people; the phenomena and effects of the devaluation of people with developmental disabilities; the effects of achieving valued social roles; some strategies to assist individuals to achieve fulfilling and 
productive lives and the public policy and implications.

Presented by:
Steve Wiseman, Executive Director,
West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council
 
February 9, 2007
Location: Mine Safety and Health Academy
 Advanced Ethical Issues

A brief overview of the use of ethics differentially across fields of practice will be presented. A working paradigm will be explained. It will be a workshop assumption that participants know basic ethics and ethics specific to their profession. Therefore, a significant amount of time will be devoted to discussing and possibly resolving ethical dilemmas brought from the field. Those who sign up will be requested to submit current ethical issues and dilemmas confronting them.

Presented by:
Robbin Durham, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.,
Debra Brown, LSW, LPC
 
February 16, 2006
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 The Changing Nature of Change and how We Change
This workshop will explore how constant change has become an integral part of out professional lives and how we not only live and adapt but harness change. Participants will explore their own patterns of change and responses to change and learn new approaches. The workshop will also cover aspects of organizational change and how we can use the predictable and unpredictable changes to enhance services to clients. 

Presented by:
Ellen Darden, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., L.M.F.T, 
Associate Professor, Concord University 
 
February 23, 2007
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Illness
This workshop will include training in specific techniques to elicit clinical information from clients (clinical interviewing and standardized assessment instruments) to assist in establishing a clinical diagnosis and methods for clinical decision-making to assist with the differential diagnoses.

Presented by:
Sarah Whittaker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Concord University
 
March 9, 2007
 Location: Mine Safety and Health Academy
 Building a Motivating Environment
In the course of effective human resource management, a leader, manager, or supervisor must be able to see the results of motivation from the inside out. Thus, concepts like encouragement, 
affirmation, caring, and concern have to be cultivated within the environment of trust. This workshop will seek to develop each of these and other points in order to provide attendees with helpful tools to take back to their places of work 

Presented by:
Dan Farley, Ph.D., M.S.W. 
 
March 30, 2007
Location: Stateroom @ Concord
 Are you an Effective Leader?
Some of the most pressing personal questions to a leader are:

1) Am I any good?
2) Do I have the courage and willingness to examine      
    myself an style in order to become better?
3) Am I prepared to change in order to do the right things 
    that are required of leaders?

This workshop will seek to answer these questions and address general concerns of participants.

Presented by:
Dan Farley, Ph.D., M.S.W.