Spaces still available in the following workshops, register soon!!  More
info and registration form are attached and available for download at
http://socialwork.wvu.edu/continuing_education 

Elderlaw 101
October 21, 2008, 1-5pm, Center for Corporate and Community Education,
WVU-Parkersburg, Parkersburg, WV
Cathy McConnell, Esq., Executive Director, West Virginia Senior Legal
Aid
CEU’s: 4 Social Work hours; 3.75 LPC hours
Registration Fee: $45 

The presenter will describe the basics of the following elderlaw issues
relevant to senior West Virginians:  dying without a will and wills
generally; legal decision-making devices (DPOA, Guardianship,
Conservatorship, MPOA, HCS); long-term care Medicaid basics and recent
changes; dealing with debt and preserving assets (including basics of
reverse mortgages); divorce in later life; Medicare basics; and housing
& homeownership issues.  This workshop will help participants identify
and debunk common legal myths, spot legal issues ripe for referral to
legal services, and link to resources for more in-depth learning.

Ethical Decision Making:  Let’s Make this Ethics Workshop Interesting
and Fun!
October 22, 2008, 9am-12pm, National Resource Center for Coal and
Energy (NRCCE) Building, Room 101B, Morgantown, WV
Judy Kramer, LICSW, ACSW, Life Reflections Counseling, Elkins, WV
CEUs: 3 Social Work hours (approved for 3 SW Ethics hours), 2.75 LPC
hours
Registration Fee: $35 or take afternoon session for a combined fee of
$65 

The social work code of ethics is broad guidelines which are designed
to maintain a standard of professional conduct.  Because there are so
many “gray” areas for decision-making and the guidelines are
generalized, there is much room for personal interpretation.  Therefore
we must work on being in touch with our own values and ethics and its
impact on our professional decision-making.   Join Ms. Kramer for an
ethics workshop that is engaging, quick paced, and fun.

The Supervisor’s Role in Understanding and Managing the Secondary
Trauma of Front-line Helpers
October 22, 2008, 1:30-4:30pm, National Resource Center for Coal and
Energy (NRCCE) Building, Room 101B, Morgantown, WV
Patricia Chase, LCSW, EdD, Clinical Assistant Professor, WVU Division
of Social Work
CEUs: 3 Social Work hours, 2.75 LPC hours
Registration Fee: $35 or take morning session for a combined fee of $65


This workshop will explore the harmful consequences of work assignments
that require social workers to be continuously exposed to human
suffering, violence, and trauma.  Participants will learn to recognize
the symptoms of secondary trauma in persons they supervise, and will be
provided with strategies for assisting employees to build personal
protective factors that can help insolate them from potential harm and
ease symptoms when they experience them.

Hate Crimes: Family and Community Responses 
October 24, 2008, 9am-5:30pm, Dorothy McCormack Center, Suite 2500,
Martinsburg, WV
Kathleen Carrick, MSW, PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh School
of Social Work
CEU’s: 7 Social Work hours; 6.5 LPC hours
Registration Fee: $75 
	
Hate crimes are committed based upon actual or perceived differences in
racial, ethnic, religious, or sexual orientation. Recruitment efforts of
hate groups as well as organizations that monitor and track hate crimes
and hate groups have changed drastically with the internet.  Topics to
be examined throughout the day include an overview of historical and
present day hate crimes; psychological and cultural factors; community
responses; grief and the healing process; and resources for coping in
the aftermath of a hate crime.  We will discuss methods to improve
tolerance and respect for diversity within a community; and changes in
both state and federal legislation for persecution of hate crimes.

What to Know About Your Patients’ Psychotropic Medications
October 31, 2008 8:30am-5pm, Location TBA, Morgantown, WV
Gene Makela, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, Schools of Pharmacy and
Medicine, West Virginia University
CEUs: 7.5 Social Work hours, 7 LPC hours
Registration Fee: $80 

This presentation will focus on medications used to treat psychosis,
mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, their major side effects, and the
need for monitoring. Social workers and counselors can often play a
significant role in identifying problems related to the use of these
medications.

Mothering with Depression: Effects on Children and Implications for
Practice
November 5, 2008, 10am-12pm, Jerry West Lounge, WVU Coliseum,
Morgantown, WV
Carrie Rishel, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, WVU Division of Social
Work
CEU’s: 2 Social Work hours; 2 LPC hours; STARS approved training for
childcare professionals
Registration Fee: $25 (

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Child Care Resource Center and WVU
Division of Social Work.

Children of depressed mothers are at greater risk than other children
for developing mental health problems.  Studies show that mothers with
depression have more difficulty parenting than non-depressed mothers. 
This difficulty with parenting is one factor contributing to the
elevated mental health risk for children of depressed mothers. 
Specifically, mother-child interaction is a key factor in the
development of mental health and behavioral problems for children of
depressed mothers.  This workshop with examine the impact of maternal
depression in the mother-child relationship and discuss implications for
practice and policy.  Specific strategies for improving services for
families impacted by maternal depression will be discussed.    

The Recovery Movement and Implications for Social Work Group Practice
with Individuals Diagnosed with a Major Psychiatric Illness 
November 10, 2008, 1-4pm, Erma Byrd Heath Professions Education Center,
WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division, Library,
Martinsburg, WV
Elizabeth Young, MSW, LICSW, BCD, Assistant Professor, WVU School of
Medicine, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
CEU’s: 3 Social Work hours, 2.75 LPC hours
Registration Fee: $35

This course will examine the history of the Mental Health Recovery
Movement and the Movement’s status today.  We will explore the impact
it has had on how we practice and how our patients/clients ‘receive’
services.  We will look at recent scientific research that actually
empowers us to see the patient/client as a healthy user of services as
opposed to a receiver of services.   Attendees will be given an
opportunity to examine peer support group modules; obtain information on
incorporating components from the National Consensus Statement of Mental
Health Recovery into their group milieu; and explore their own changing
views of mental health and recovery.









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:  www.wvsioa.org 
WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu 

March is National Professional Social Work Month