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Introduction to Trauma-informed Practice with LGBTQ+ Youth in the Child Welfare System
Presented by Adam McCormick, MSW, PhD
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Course: #1753Level: Introductory1.02 Hours
This webinar is the first in a series of webinars that address working with LGBTQ+ youth in the child welfare system. This webinar focuses on understanding pathways into care and the challenges associated with the safety of LGBTQ+ youth in the child welfare system. In addition, an introduction to implementing trauma-informed child-welfare practices.

Using Research to Inform Social Work Practice
Presented by Ann Matthews, MSW, PhD, LCSW
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Course: #1754Level: Intermediate1.05 Hours
Evidence-based practice is an essential component of social work practice. This webinar explores research, how research informs social work practice, and how social work practitioners can use research in micro and macro practice.

Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Human Trafficking: Use of Motivational Interviewing as a Technique for Engagement
Presented by Cheryl Pooler, DSW, LCSW
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Course: #1758Level: Intermediate1.03 Hours
Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidenced based clinical approach that focuses on change. This webinar explores the use of MI with homeless/foster youth who have been trafficked.

The Ethics of Self-Care in Social Work Practice
Presented by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD
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Course: #1759Level: Intermediate1.07 Hours
Social work is often described as a helping profession because the primary mission of social work is to help individuals, families, groups, and communities with a broad range of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual concerns. This session focuses on the ethics of self-care, a responsibility in which social workers attend to their own well-being, which also helps them serve others more effectively.

Positive Solutions for Families: The Power of Routines
Presented by Tanika Johnson, EdD, MA, LPC-MHSP, LMHC, NCC, BC-TMH, CCTP
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Course: #1767Level: Introductory2 Hours
Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based training that promotes early childhood development across domains including learning, competence, communication, cognition, and motor skills. The Power of Routines course specifically focuses on implementing routines to support children's social-emotional development, self-regulation, coping skills, and the whole family approach.

Foster Care to Prison Pipeline: Cultivating Trauma-informed Practices with LGBTQ+ Youth in the Child Welfare System
Presented by Adam McCormick, MSW, PhD
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Course: #1771Level: Intermediate1.02 Hours
This webinar introduces participants to the foster care to prison pipeline and examines factors that make LGBTQ+ youth in care more vulnerable to criminal justice system involvement. In addition, this presentation will explore systemic and interpersonal factors that make LGBTQ+ youth more vulnerable to experiences of trafficking and exploitation.

Mental Health & First Responders Part I: On the Call
Presented by Lisa Zoll, MSW, LCSW, Edward Curtis, MSW, LSW
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Course: #1772Level: Introductory1.02 Hours
This course is first in a two-part series. This course introduces trauma responses that impact first responders and how it can have a cumulative effect on their mental health professionally and personally.

Professional Boundaries: An “I” Examination
Presented by Michelle Gricus, DSW, LICSW, LCSW-C
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Course: #1773Level: Intermediate1.02 Hours
The “friendly visitor” of social work’s early history introduced a level of professional distance to social worker-client relationships that many practitioners maintain today. This webinar explores why negotiating and creating healthy professional boundaries in our work is essential and what is missed when we stress risk management over compassion in these relationships.

Supporting Children Who Have Been Affected by Divorce
Presented by Sybil Cummin, MA, LPC, ACS
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Course: #1774Level: Intermediate1.05 Hours
Divorce is common therefore, practitioners need to understand how to work with children impacted by divorce effectively. This course provides a framework to assess and work with children who are experiencing divorce based on their stages of development, as well as how to engage with parents safely.

Working with Various Family Types From a Cultural Context
Presented by Stephenie Howard, PhD, LCSW
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Course: #1778Level: Advanced1.08 Hours
This course explores diverse families and family systems. It builds on the life cycle model to understand the needs of diverse families.