There are still slots left in the final two workshops of the WVU
Winter/Spring 2007 season.  More info and registration form attached and
online at http://socialwork.wvu.edu/continuing_education 


May 17, 2007, 9am-5pm, Martinsburg - STARTING A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Jennifer Powell, MSW, JD (of "Legal Issues for Social Workers" fame!)
7 Social Work CEUs (THIS SESSION IS APPROVED FOR 4 SW ETHICS HOURS)
$75

This workshop is designed to teach the social work practitioner how to
start
and operate a private practice in social work. This course will review
the
business aspects of starting a private practice, including forming,
registering,
licensing, marketing, staffing and insuring the business. We will also
review
specific malpractice concerns common to private practitioners,
including
service provision, terminating services, and managing client crises
(suicide,
homicide, substance abuse). There is a suggested text for this
session:
Prudent Practice: A Guide for Managing Malpractice Risk, by Mary Kay
Houston-Vega and Elane M. Nuehring.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will
review and understand how to form, register, license, market, staff
and
insure a business; discuss and analyze practice issues that arise for
private
practitioners, including informed consent, boundary violations,
emergency
situations, and terminating services to clients; and review the law
directly
related to social work practice, including certification, licensing,
confidentiality,
malpractice and other forms of professional liability.


May 18, 2007, 9am-5pm, Wheeling - FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK:  ASSESSING THE
INDIVIDUAL FACING JAIL TIME
Eileen Stanzione, PhD, LCSW-C
7 Social Work CEUs
$75

Whatever one’s perspective is regarding the fault or innocence of the
client,
as well as the criminal justice system and its value, it is often the
case that
the social worker uniquely comprehends the mitigating circumstances
that
initially led the client into the criminal justice system. The
identification
and effective description of these circumstances is the perspective
lacking in
every other member of the legal system. This workshop will assist the
social
worker in the assessment process.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the workshop, participants
will
gain an understanding of the criminal justice system; gain an
understanding
of the lawyers and their functions; discriminate between therapeutic
and
evaluator relationships; gain specific knowledge as to whom to
interview
and how to elicit their cooperation; learn specific interviewing
questions
and skills for conducting an effective and informative interview; gain
an
understanding of how to write the assessment and make the
recommendations. In addition, participants will learn the expert
witness’
tools.

Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506

304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website:  http://wvsioa.org
WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu