Basic Psychopharmacology for People with Co-Occurring Diagnoses

This webinar takes a look at best practice as it applies to prescribing (or not prescribing) psychotropic medications for a person in recovery with both a mental illness and substance abuse (MISA) diagnosis. Each medication class will be discussed in terms of benefits and side effects and, whenever possible, recommendations of one medication type over another for the dually-diagnosed consumer. Introductory material relating to the neuroanatomy and physiology of the central nervous system will also be presented and linked to why some medications should be prescribed and why others should be avoided for this problem.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Equine-Assisted Social Work: Recognizing Connections Between Humans, Animals, and the Environment

As humans, we are an integral part of the environment, and acknowledging this interconnectedness is vital for social work practice. Recognizing and embracing this interconnectedness is essential for effective social work practice. However, modern conceptions within social work often limit the understanding of the environment to the social context. This presentation advocates for a reevaluation of the person-in-environment perspective, encompassing both natural and built features.

By strategically recognizing and integrating living systems, tangible benefits can be achieved for human, animal, and environmental well-being. Embracing a strengths-based perspective is vital to identifying and addressing environmental weaknesses, fostering improved health outcomes for social work practitioners, clients, and the surrounding environment.

This study presents Pony Power Therapies, a non-profit Equine Assisted Services (EAS) provider located on a suburban NJ farm, as a compelling case study for Equine-Assisted Social Work (EASW). The equine partners at Pony Power Therapies serve as guides, facilitating a reconnection with the natural environment while promoting authentic relationships between social workers and clients. Through practicing EAS and working with horses, the centrality of the relationship with the environment in social work practice became evident. Notably, environmental initiatives on the farm, such as soil erosion prevention through retention ponds, improved mobility and parking lot design, and nurturing relationships with neighbors, further highlight the benefits of this inclusive environmental perspective.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: Dana Spett, DSW Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Ethical and Legal Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling

This interactive webinar focuses on the major elements of legal issues surrounding counselors in working with patients who have substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will learn about the different areas of legal concern for today’s counselors working with clients who have both mental health and substance use issues. Legal areas include scope of clinical practice regarding supervision (including 2019 changes and proposed rule changes), ADC telehealth and telemedicine regulations (proposed in 2021), and NJ Uniform Enforcement Act changes (including 2021 changes). Other recent changes to include the required 3 hours of Legal Standards training include regulation/statute changes in ADC continuing education (3 hours of Legal Standards) and statutory requirements of 1 hour of opioid training (for those dually licensed professionals).

*This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Ethics

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Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Monday, January 22, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Ethical Non-Monogamy 101: What it is and clinical implications

Are you experiencing an uptick of clients who are non-monogamous? Are you hearing more clients talk about polyamory, open relationships, play partners, or that are curious about these dynamics? Does the relationship therapy you provide now include 3,4, (or more!) partners? Then this webinar is for you. As ethical non-monogamy has gained increased visibility and acceptance in recent years, there is much to learn about what it is, what it isn't, and how to best work with clients who are either considering exploring ENM, or already identify as ENM.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Social & Cultural Competence

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Instructor: James Fedor, PhD, MSW, LCSW Date: Monday, March 4, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Harm Reduction: From Principles to Practice

This interactive webinar will discuss all aspects of harm reduction. Participants will be able to identify at least 3 principles of harm reduction work. Participants will be able to define harm reduction. Participants will also be able to differentiate between a successful harm reduction approach and less successful approaches and identify at least two reasons behind unsuccessful approaches. Participants will be introduced into the diagnostic criteria of the DSM and dimensional criteria of the ASAM 3, in the lens of determining the need of admission to treatment and continued care need from a harm reduction treatment perspective. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 General, 1.0 Prescription Opioids

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Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Medical and Legal Marijuana in NJ: Practice and Policy Issues

The goal of this interactive webinar is to identify the changes that have occurred in the NJ Medical Marijuana Program. The history of marijuana legalization and major events that have shaped this history are discussed. Known scientific research on the benefits of medical marijuana and the risks associated with marijuana usage are covered, as well as the continued barriers to better scientific research on this topic. Interactive exercises are incorporated in order to have participants analyze child custody issues for clients who are on the NJ medical marijuana program. Other exercises include the participants discussing how treatment is impacted by medical marijuana and participants will analyze under what conditions there would be a "duty to report" a coworker on medical marijuana.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Friday, February 23, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Mindful and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

Leadership is often learned through the role models you grow up and work with. This results in leadership experiences that are more often “caught than taught”. Is what you have “caught” worth catching? This session provides a range of leadership models ranging from the dictatorial to the visionary. Discover methods to transform and positively impact your organization. Gain greater perspective through greater mental flexibility, become more engaged using the STOP model and create a more compelling vision through the Active Visioning process for yourself and others in your organization. [Required for Non-profit and Public Management Certificate Program - Replaces Essential Attributes of Leadership]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: John Kriger, MSM, LCADC, CPS Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Navigating the Vaping Epidemic: Understanding the Impact on Children and Adults

This webinar is designed to provide social workers with knowledge and skills to effectively understand and address the impact of vaping on both children and adults. Vaping, the use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices, has become a prevalent public health concern, and social workers play a crucial role in supporting individuals and communities affected by this epidemic. This webinar aims to equip social workers with the necessary information and strategies to assess, intervene, and advocate for those affected by vaping.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: Qur-an Webb, MSW Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Peri and Postmenopausal Phases of Life: It's More than Hormones, Sadness, Tight Pants, and Hot Flashes

The average age of menopause is 51, and the average life span for women in the United States is approximately 80 years. This means that a large portion of a woman’s life will be spent post-menopausal. This is a period of time in which we see increased risks for depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. This webinar will focus on what happens during this phase of life, what changes can occur, and some of the currently recognized cultural, racial, and ethnic differences in how women experience menopause. Participants will be introduced to available treatment approaches that include both traditional medical and alternative medicine options. Additionally, this program will include resources/supports that are available for social workers and the women clients that they serve.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: Patricia Spencer, LCSW, LSW Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Social Workers as Wounded Healers: Childhood Trauma, and its Impacts on Practice

There is repeated evidence that social workers experience elevated rates of mental illness and substance abuse (Sieber, 2004; Straussner, 2018; Thomas, 2016). Such findings could be explained by historic trauma. Among a sample of social work students, 42% reported experiencing four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACES), 3.3 times that of the general population (Thomas, 2016). In studies comparing social work students with business and English majors, social workers had higher rates of substance abuse, childhood histories of physical and sexual abuse, mental and physical illness, and in their families of origin, suicide completions and attempts. (Black, et al.,1993; Coombes & Anderson 2000; Rompf & Royce, 1994). Such experiences might draw social workers into the profession and impart empathic skills, but can fuel problematic countertransference reactions if not brought to awareness and addressed (Hollis, 2021). In this webinar, we will review the existing literature and explore a theoretical explanation of how childhood trauma and family of origin dysfunction may attract social workers to the profession but also interfere with their effectiveness. As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to identify and address these issues in ways that make them more effective clinicians.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D., LCS Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Suicide Assessment from a Lifespan Perspective

This webinar will use a lifespan approach to suicide assessment. Participants will get an overview of current suicide assessment techniques for use with different populations, from children to the elderly. In addition, the topic of working with self-harm and suicide assessment will be addressed.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Sara Martino, PhD, NCC, LPC Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Taking ACTion: An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Taking ACTion: An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)" will provide an overview of ACT and highlight the ways in which ACT methods enhance and support traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Dr. Schmidt will cover the foundations of ACT, including the six core components; Acceptance, Defusion, Present Moment, Self As Context, Values and Committed Action. This interactive webinar will demonstrate the core components while emphasizing the role of psychological flexibility, openness and willingness. Similarities and differences between ACT and traditional CBT will also be covered and participants will learn how to integrate these methods. This interactive presentation includes exercises and case examples to model ACT techniques and their application in work with clients. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the foundations of ACT and learn how to apply ACT methods in their practice.

Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Andrew Schmidt, PhD, LCSW-R Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

It is clear that all forms of abuse are destructive. This webinar will address the interrelationships between addiction, domestic violence and child abuse and the devastating impact they have on all involved. We will explore the values of maintaining dysfunction and what it takes to interrupt the process. The increased concerns over stress in the hostile home environment will also be discussed.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: John Kriger, MSM, LCADC, CPS Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details