Social Work: Professional Development Programs
Suicide Assessment and Intervention
October 11, 2019 8:30 am - 12 pm
Cost: $60 (fee waived for current BSU SSW supervisors)
The workshop will explore the specific clinical interventions helpful in assessing and treating self-harm, including how to understand a clinician’s responsibility and limits, as well as dilemmas inherent in treatment choices. Implications of culture and religion will also be explored.
CEs in Social Work: 3
Instructor: Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien, PhD, LICSW, Boston Children’s Hospital
Palliative Care: Conversations in Healthcare
November 15, 2019 9:30 am - 1 pm
Cost: $60 (fee waived for current BSU SSW supervisors)
The workshop will explore the scope of palliative care in social work; the benefits of early conversations with patients and families and the impact of culture, religion, trauma, complex grief and personal experiences of both patients and providers.
CEs in Social Work: 3
Instructor: Catherine Arnold, LICSW, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
A Practical Approach to Normal Memory, Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia with Andrew Budson, MD
March 20, 2020 8:30 am - 12 pm
Cost: $60 (fee waived for current BSU SSW supervisors)
The workshop will cover the complex dementia conditions; neurological underpinnings, diagnosis, treatment options, practical interventions and the impact on patients and families.
CEs in Social Work: 3
Instructor: Andrew Budson, MD, Boston University Medical Center, author of Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory, What’s Normal, What’s Not and Why
Attention Deficit Disorders Across the Lifespan
June 12, 2020 9:30 am - 1 pm
Cost: $60 (fee waived for current BSU SSW supervisors)
The workshop will describe and explore the differential diagnosis of attentional disorders and the implications for functioning and inter-personal relationships. Manifestation of and treatment interventions reflecting best practices in childhood and adulthood will be discussed.
CEs in Social Work: 3
Instructor: Edward Hallowell, MD, The Hallowell Centers, author of Driven to Distraction