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• MSSWA Region 9 Fall Meeting

  • When
    11/30/2018
  •  
    10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Lake Agassiz Regional Library 118 5th Street South Moorhead, MN 56560

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  MSSWA Region 9 Meeting:

  Ethical Dilemmas for All! Decision Making for Mental Health Practitioners and Professionals: Using the NASW Code of Ethics & A Decision Making Model

  Dan Porter, MSW, LICSW

  November 30, 2018

  10:30 AM – 1:30 PM

   

  Pizza, beverages, and prizes included!

  Location:

  Moorhead Library

  Lake Agassiz Regional Library

  118 5th Street South

  Moorhead, MN  56560

  Cost:

  MSSWA Region 9 Members: FREE (if registered by 11/23/18)

  MSSWA Members from Other Regions: $20.00

  Non-MSSWA Members: $50.00

  *** Must pre-register, anyone not pre-registered/ paid in advance (by 11/23) will be charged a late fee of $10.00 at the door***

  THIS SESSION WILL MEET YOUR BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK ETHICS 2 CEU CREDIT.

  AGENDA:

  10:30-11:00 - registration/ check in/ snacks

  11:00-11:15 – Overview of MSSWA and benefits

  11:15-1:15 - Ethics training

  1:15-2:00- evaluation/ CEU’s/ door prizes

  Description:

  This Conference session will fine-tune your skills in ethical decision making. Attendees will work in small groups discussing ethical dilemmas that are based on actual ethical scenarios. Presenter will facilitate the discussion around the ethical dilemmas and introduce a decision making model. Attendees will utilize the NASW Code of Ethics to support their decisions. This session is highly engaging with lots of small and large group discussion.

  Presenter Bio:

  Dan Porter, MSW, LICSW has over 25 years’ experience working with children, adolescents, and families in public, residential, hospital and day treatment programs. He is currently a school social worker on special assignment addressing mental health needs district wide with Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916. Dan provides Clinical Supervision to social workers for the Profession Matrix. He received his BA in Social Work and Sociology, his Masters in Clinical Social Work, and has a Director of Special Education License. Dan serves on the Board of Directors for Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health, Minnesota School Social Workers Association Region 10 Representative, Board of Social Work Advisory Committee, and the Special Education Advisory Committee with Minnesota Department of Education. He has presented at numerous conferences throughout the Midwest on topics such as strategies for supporting youth, promoting student self-esteem, ethical issues, school-based social skills programs, and program development. Dan was named Minnesota School Social Worker of the year in 2012.

  Register at:  http://www.msswa.org/event-2970293 

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• School Social Worker of the Year Nomination

  • Start
    01/01/2019
  • End
    06/15/2019

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  Each June, the Minnesota School Social Work Association selects a school social worker who reflects the highest professional standards, demonstrates creative leadership and service within the professional and the wider community.  

  School social workers can be a vital link in coordinating student services between school, family and community. We would appreciate you making us aware of an individual who you believe is exceptional in their social work practice and who has made significant contributions in the service of children and families.
  

  Please keep the following things in mind when considering a school social worker for the nomination:

  • Currently employed as a School Social Worker
    
  • Minnesota School Social Workers’ Association Member
    
  • Professional Competency
    
  • School Involvement
    
  • Involvement in the Wider Community

  
  

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• MSSWA Intensive Workshop Series for School Social Workers Featuring Anne Gearity, Part 1

  • When
    01/11/2019
  •  
    10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Maplewood Library Community Room, 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood, MN 55109

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  Schools, Learning and Mental Health: Using Your Setting, Your Knowledge and Your Position Most Effectively: Part 1: Anne R. Gearity, PhD, LICSW

  In this intensive workshop series participants will learn how to assess their school culture and genuine receptivity to services, will better describe how learning and mental health are intrinsically intertwined, and examine how to use their roles to effect educational practices that support students who are most at risk for academic and social despair. 

  Learning Objectives:

  -     Participants will work on methods to assess readiness and engage staff colleagues in culture change;

  -     Participants will build language clarity and confidence to explain complex factors that compromise learning (such as emotional arousal, behavioral agitation, cognitive impairments, relational distrust, motivational collapse, executive function deficits etc.). 

  -     Participants will actively work on cases that illustrate these obstacles to learning, to improve coherent assessment data and case planning.

  -     Participants will explore our own obstacles to being effective —role uncertainty, knowledge insecurity, conflict management,etc.)

  5.5 Clinical Social Work CEU's / Post Test's Available

  Includes Continental Breakfast/Coffee/Snacks

  SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 ATTENDEES - DO NOT DELAY, REGISTRATION WILL SELL OUT!

  Priority Given to MSSWA Members - Registration for Non-MSSWA Members Opens Dec 11th, 2018

  
  

   While these two sessions can be stand alone, they are best as paired experiences.  Emphasis in first session will be on school culture and assessment of students, recognizing both how students (and staff) are impacted by the school environment, but also how school attitudes and beliefs are internalized by students to (and staff) in ways to encourage or discourage progress.  We will examine and expose assessment and intention biases that influence outcomes.

  Emphasis in second session will be on role clarity and confidence — building and using knowledge to effect improvement in case plans (instruction and management); and increasing social work impact on the social structure of schools that, at best, promote protection and resilience for every student. 

   The format of these workshops will encourage active group participation and learning.  School social workers bring a wealth of real experiences with real students, but often lack time and space to process their own learning discoveries.   Enrollment will be limited to permit continual conversation about your cases.

  *Requirement: Attendees should come prepared to discuss challenging cases you are working on currently or in your past. *

  Anne R Gearity, PhD, LICSW, started her career as a school social worker, serving very young children as educators embraced children birth to 21.  I learned two critical realities: that understanding early development is essential because so much is organized in these years before formal academic learning starts, and for many at risk children, schools offer protection when learning stays possible.  These truths have directed my professional life of over 4 decades.  I have an independent practice in Minneapolis, working with children, adolescents and adults, I consult to schools and agencies, and I am a clinical faculty with the department of psychiatry/ child psychiatry.  Because I have passed on my UMN social work elective to lovely colleagues, I am thrilled to be working with social work colleagues again in this series.

  * To be placed on waiting list/notification, please email Dan Porter at: danpporter@msn.com

  * No refunds available but registration may be transferred to another by contacting Dan Porter at: danpporter@msn.com 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• MSSWA Intensive Workshop Series for School Social Workers Featuring Anne Gearity, Part 2

  • When
    02/08/2019
  •  
    10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Maplewood Library Community Room, 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood, MN 55109

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  Schools, Learning and Mental Health: Using Your Setting, Your Knowledge and Your Position Most Effectively: Part 2: Anne R. Gearity, PhD, LICSW

  In this intensive workshop series participants will learn how to assess their school culture and genuine receptivity to services, will better describe how learning and mental health are intrinsically intertwined, and examine how to use their roles to effect educational practices that support students who are most at risk for academic and social despair. 

  Learning Objectives:

  -     Participants will work on methods to assess readiness and engage staff colleagues in culture change;

  -     Participants will build language clarity and confidence to explain complex factors that compromise learning (such as emotional arousal, behavioral agitation, cognitive impairments, relational distrust, motivational collapse, executive function deficits etc.). 

  -     Participants will actively work on cases that illustrate these obstacles to learning, to improve coherent assessment data and case planning.

  -     Participants will explore our own obstacles to being effective —role uncertainty, knowledge insecurity, conflict management,etc.)

  5.5 Clinical Social Work CEU's / Post Test's Available

  Includes Continental Breakfast/Coffee/Snacks

  SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 ATTENDEES - DO NOT DELAY, REGISTRATION WILL SELL OUT!

  Priority Given to MSSWA Members - Registration for Non-MSSWA Members Opens Dec 11th, 2018

  
  

   While these two sessions can be stand alone, they are best as paired experiences.  Emphasis in first session will be on school culture and assessment of students, recognizing both how students (and staff) are impacted by the school environment, but also how school attitudes and beliefs are internalized by students to (and staff) in ways to encourage or discourage progress.  We will examine and expose assessment and intention biases that influence outcomes.

  Emphasis in second session will be on role clarity and confidence — building and using knowledge to effect improvement in case plans (instruction and management); and increasing social work impact on the social structure of schools that, at best, promote protection and resilience for every student. 

   The format of these workshops will encourage active group participation and learning.  School social workers bring a wealth of real experiences with real students, but often lack time and space to process their own learning discoveries.   Enrollment will be limited to permit continual conversation about your cases.

  *Requirement: Attendees should come prepared to discuss challenging cases you are working on currently or in your past. *
  

  Anne R Gearity, PhD, LICSW, started her career as a school social worker, serving very young children as educators embraced children birth to 21.  I learned two critical realities: that understanding early development is essential because so much is organized in these years before formal academic learning starts, and for many at risk children, schools offer protection when learning stays possible.  These truths have directed my professional life of over 4 decades.  I have an independent practice in Minneapolis, working with children, adolescents and adults, I consult to schools and agencies, and I am a clinical faculty with the department of psychiatry/ child psychiatry.  Because I have passed on my UMN social work elective to lovely colleagues, I am thrilled to be working with social work colleagues again in this series.

  * To be placed on waiting list/notification, please email Dan Porter at: danpporter@msn.com

  * No refunds available but registration may be transferred to another by contacting Dan Porter at: danpporter@msn.com 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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