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Updated:
October 29, 2009
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"Ethics for
Social Work with Groups"
Date:
December 3, 2009
Location: Chesapeake College
Eastern Shore Higher Education Center - Room 110
Time:
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Registration begins @ 8:30 a.m.)
Presenter: Dr. James A. Forte
Pre-Registration Cost: $50.00 (Received by
11/30/09)
$60.00 after 11/30/09
CEU: Includes three (3) Category I Credits
The size, complexity group dynamics and blend of member
personalities inherent to helping groups poses
difficulties than those faced by clinicians working with
individual clients. In this workshop, we will
review the special challenges faced by social workers
leading therapeutic, socialization, and growth groups as
related to ethical practice.
We will compare and
contrast the ethical standards and best practices
recommended by the Association for the Advancement of
Social Work with Groups, the Association for
Specialists in Group Work, and the American Group
Psychotherapy Association. We will identify common
ethical challenges and review guidelines to increase the
ethical accountability of the worker and the members in
facing these challenges. The following areas will
be explored:
1. Informed
consent and worker actions to inform members of group
purposes, goals, risks, costs, timing, duration, nature
of participation, expectations, privacy protections,
screening and termination procedures.
2. The limits to confidentiality and methods to
increase members' respect for privacy issues.
3. Worker preparation and core competencies for
group practice including the education, training,
experience, and supervision necessary to lead groups
ethically and effectively.
4. The
protection of members from harm and the provision of
positive group experiences by the use of careful
screening procedures, the involvement of members in goal
and program development, the protection of members from
threats and coercion, fair and equal treatment of all
members, the appropriate use of referrals, and the use
of ongoing assessment and evaluation methods to insure
that member needs are met.
We will also identify and explore contemporary ethical
dilemmas faced by social workers using the group work
method and possible solutions to these dilemmas.
Such challenges include prejudice and discrimination
faced by groups composed of stigmatized and vulnerable
populations, dual relationships, privacy issues
associated with online groups, and group services for
mandated and involuntary clients. Finally,
workshop participants will practice a three-step
approach to meeting ethical challenges and resolving
ethical dilemmas. First, members will learn to
identify the standard for ethical practice appropriate
to the practice situation. Second, workshop
participants will learn to use critical thinking and
their professional wisdom to identify alternative
courses of actions and their likely consequences for
members and significant others. Third,
workshop participants will learn to develop a plan with
the participation of group members for implementing the
preferred ethical course of action. Particular
attention will be given to the use of mutual aid
processes to ensure ethical conduct by all participants.
Illustrations from the presenter's 30 years of group
work experience, case materials, and research reports on
ethical group work practice will be used to enrich the
workshop participants' experiences.
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"Trauma-Informed Care"
Date:
February 19, 2010
Location:
Salisbury University - Room to be Determined
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Registration begins
@ 8:30 a.m.)
Presenter:
David Washington, MSW
Washington County Health Department
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"Bullying,
Boredom and Other Bad Habits: Brain-Inspired Approaches
to Problem Behavior"
Date:
March 5, 2010
Location: Salisbury University - TE 153
Time: 9:00
a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Registration begins @ 8:30 a.m.)
Presenter:
Frank J. Kros, MSW, JD
The Upside Down Organization
About the
Presenter: Frank Kros is a career child
advocate, who has served as a childcare worker, child
abuse investigator, children's home administrator,
consultant, college professor, attorney, writer and
speaker. Certified by Jenson Learning Center in
applied educational neuroscience, he currently serves
as present of the Upside Down Organization and executive
vice-president of The Children's Guild, the largest
private provider of special education services in
Maryland.
Mr. Kros presents
training workshops nationwide to parents, educators,
child-serving professionals and their leaders on various
topics including brain-based learning, aggressive and
violent children, attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), neuroscience of the teenage brain and
Leadership with the Brain in Mind. Mr. Kros has
presented his workshops at national education, social
work and neuro-research conferences, and was awarded a
Maryland Governor's Citation for his speaking efforts.
In addition to lecturing nationwide, he co-authored the
book Creating the Upside Down Organization:
Transforming Staff to Save Troubled Children. Mr.
Kros earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from
Creighton University, a master's degree in social work
from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a law degree
from Notre Dame Law School.
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"Friend or
Friendly: an Ethical Approach to Maintaining
Relationships in the Workplace"
Date:
March 26, 2010
Location:
Hagerstown, MD - USMH
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Registration begins
@ 8:30 a.m.)
Presenter:
Dr. Joyce A. Bell
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"Street Gang Training"
Focus on street gangs, Spanish, tattoos,
symbols, hand signals, dress, colors, things to
recognize, etc.
Date: Not
Yet Scheduled
Location: Salisbury University
Time:
Two-Hour workshop TBA
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