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Sept. 15–Dec. 7, 2018

MISSION STATEMENT

Since 1982, Continuing Education in

Social Work has been committed to

providing high-quality educational

experiences that assist social

service practitioners in improving

their knowledge and skills. We are

dedicated to offering workshops

that meet the current needs

and interests of the social work

community.

CONTINUING EDUCATION IN SOCIAL WORK

Accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request.

Call (401) 456-2753 for assistance. TTY/TDD: 711.

RIC CONTINUING EDUCATION IN SOCIAL WORK – FALL 2018

CLINICAL SKILLS

AFCC-36 Policy and Advocacy: Impacts on Foster Care and Adoption

Participants learn about behavioral challenges presented by children dealing with adoption and foster care, and will explore treatment approaches for this population. The course details neurological issues as well as parenting styles that positively or negatively affect children’s behaviors. Participants learn to assess reasons for challenges and discuss the goals of intervention. Role play and scenario-based exercises are used to enhance skill-building and knowledge retention.

Presenter: Kat Kennan, L.I.C.S.W.Date: Friday, Sept. 14, 2018Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.Location: Guardo Hall, Room A02Cost: $90Capacity: 256 contact hours; 0.6 CEU (General)

CESW-1806Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from a Social Work Perspective

This course helps social workers learn the good, the bad and the ugly about social media and becoming media literate. Strategies and tools for keeping individuals safe are highlighted. The course provides psycho-educational learning opportunities for participants. It also raises awareness of media literacy by educating and empowering participants to use critical thinking skills to see the direct and unintended consequences associated with technology. Presenters: Qur-an Webb, M.S.W. and Marcus Stallworth, L.M.S.W.Date: Friday, Sept. 28, 2018Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.Location: Guardo Hall, Room A02Cost: $90Capacity: 256 contact hours; 0.6 CEU (General)

AFCC-38 Trauma and Brain Development: Foundations for Foster Care and Adoption Practice Stages (Core)

This training explores neurological and environmental effects of trauma on children who are survivors of abuse and neglect. Participants learn about brain development in children and adolescents. Participants are also introduced to strategies that assist with healing from trauma and techniques for creating healthy relationships. Presenter: Dan Harvey, L.I.C.S.W.Date: Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Location: Guardo Hall, Room A02 Cost: $90 Capacity: 25 6 contact hours; 0.6 CEU (General)

CESW-1807Building Blocks of Effective Co-Parenting: A Client Centered Approach

Based on promoting retention, this course relates being an effective co-parent to learning your ABC’S. By presenting content that is easy to understand and remember, this course is accessible to a culturally diverse population. Individuals with children experiencing separation, divorce or any other type of family restructuring come from all backgrounds. Educating these diverse individuals about the impact of family restructuring on children transcends many cultures. No matter what background participants come from, most participants can relate to learning the alphabet in elementary school. Presenters: Qur-an Webb, M.S.W. and Marcus Stallworth, L.M.S.W.Date: Friday, Oct. 26, 2018Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Location: Guardo Hall, Room A02 Cost: $90 Capacity: 25 6 contact hours; 0.6 CEU (General)

AFCC-37Understanding Core Clinical Issues in Foster Care and Adoption (Core)

This workshop explores seven core clinical issues associated with adoption and foster care practice. Participants cultivate an understanding of these clinical issues, their relevance to the human experience and the meaning they hold for individuals. Presenting a strength-based approach to viewing developmental and situational aspects of adoption and foster care experiences, scenario-based exercises allow participants to make connections with the new knowledge learned. Presenter: Lori Geiselman, L.I.C.S.W.Date: Nov. 16, 2018Time: 9 a.m.–NoonLocation: Guardo Hall, Room A02Cost: $70Capacity: 253 contact hours; 0.3 CEU (General)

CESW-1808Art Therapies

This workshop addresses the use of art therapy interventions to meet foster youth issues, such as expression, trauma and permanency. Participants learn, explore and practice innovative techniques.

Presenter: Charlotte Ringwood Date: Friday, Dec. 7, 2018Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Location: Guardo Hall, Room A02 Cost: $90 Capacity: 25 6 contact hours; 0.6 CEU (General)

DIVERSITY AND ETHICS

There are no diversity or ethics courses for Fall 2018. Stay tuned for Spring 2019!

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PRESENTERS

Lori Geiselman, L.I.C.S.W., is a clinical training specialist for the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) and has worked primarily within the field of public child welfare. She has held positions as social case worker, clinical social worker and clinical training specialist within DCYF and the Child Welfare Institute. In the last year, Geiselman has also served asclinician for Rhode Island Hospital’s Emergency Services.

Daniel Harvey, L.I.C.S.W., is assistant professor at the Rhode Island College of School of Social Work. A licensed clinician, Harvey has addressed the needs of children experiencing trauma for nearly three decades.

Kat Keenans, L.I.C.S.W., is an experienced nonprofit administrator and innovative program developer with a master’s degree in policy. Keenan began her career in child welfare working at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She then transitioned to policy work for five years at

Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. There she helped to research, write and guide policy and practice as it related to income support programs and child welfare in Rhode Island. In 2008 Keenan became policy director at Foster Forward, a dynamic and leading non-profit organization in Rhode Island. In 2009 she became deputy director of Foster Forward, where she authors and directs state and federal grants that utilize best practice research to transform programs and systems to better serve clients.

Charlotte Ringwood, L.M.H.C.-A.T.R., is a nationally registered art therapist and licensed mental health counselor. She holds a full-time outpatient private practice in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and works as a part-time outpatient clinician for Adoption RI. Ringwood has years of experience as a therapist specializing in Art Therapy and a number of evidence-based trauma treatments. She also has additional training and certification related to adoption competent practice.

Marcus Stallworth, L.M.S.W., is director of learning and organizational development at Welcome 2 Reality. He is an author of a journal article published in the 23rd volume of Child Welfare League of America’s “Children’s Voice.” Stallworth is a national consultant and trainer for Child Welfare League of America and professor at the University of Bridgeport and Post University.

Qur-an Webb, M.S.W., is director of operations at Welcome 2 Reality. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in child welfare. Webb is an independent contractor and graduate of the Elm City Fellowship for Children and Families, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He teaches at the University of Bridgeport.

Workshops in the Adoption and Foster Care Certificate Program are open to all and are eligible for licensing CEUs. You do not need to be seeking an AFCC certificate. The following workshops qualify toward the AFCC program:

• AFCC-36 Policy and Advocacy: Impacts on Foster Care and Adoption (Core)

• AFCC-37 Understanding Core Clinical Issues in Foster Care and Adoption (Core)

• AFCC-38 Trauma and Brain Development: Foundations for Foster Care and Adoption Practice Stages (Core)

The Certificate in Adoption and Foster Care Practice (AFCC) The Certificate in Adoption and Foster Care Practice provides clinical and practical training for those working with families and children whose lives are touched by the issues of foster care and adoption. For more information about the AFCC program, please send an email to afcc@ric.edu

RIC CONTINUING EDUCATION IN SOCIAL WORK – FALL 2018

Workshop Number Course Title (Contact Hours) Date Time Location

Clinical Skills

AFCC-36 Policy and Advocacy: Impacts on Foster Care and Adoption (6)

Sept. 14 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Guardo Hall, Room A02

CESW-1806 Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from a Social Work Perspective (6)

Sept. 28 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Guardo Hall, Room A02

AFCC-38 Trauma and Brain Development: Foundations for Foster Care and Adoption Practice (6)

Oct. 12 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Guardo Hall, Room A02

CESW-1807 Building Blocks of Effective Co-Parenting: A Client Centered Approach (6)

Oct. 26 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Guardo Hall, Room A02

AFCC-37 Understanding Core Clinical Issues in Foster Care and Adoption (3)

Nov. 16 9 a.m.–Noon Guardo Hall, Room A02

CESW-1808 Art Therapies (6) Dec. 7 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Guardo Hall, Room A02

Diversity and Ethics

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RIC CONTINUING EDUCATION IN SOCIAL WORK – FALL 2018

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

Registration must be completed online. Please go to www.ric.edu/socialwork and follow the link to the Workshop Registration Form in the left margin. The deadline for registration is two weeks prior to the start of the workshop. For assistance in registering online, please contact Continuing Education in Social Work (CESW) at CESW@ric.edu.

In order to reserve your place in a CESW workshop, payment is due in full prior to the start of the workshop. For payment through agency invoice please contact Krista Handfield at CESW@ric.edu or (401) 456-2753 to request an emailed invoice. Payment by check is possible by mail only. Follow the mailing instructions provided on the Registration Form. Registration and payment can be confirmed by email. Send request for confirmation to CESW@ric.edu.

CHANGES IN REGISTRATION

Once a Registration Form has been submitted any change to that registration must be requested in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the workshop. No changes will be processed after this deadline. Send changes to CESW@ric.edu.

WITHDRAWAL

Withdrawal from a workshop must be requested in writing. Send an email, along with your name, address, the workshop number, workshop title and date of workshop to CESW@ric.edu. Refunds will be offered only in the form of credit towards future workshops; credits will be valid for one year.

CANCELLATION OF A WORKSHOP

In cases of extreme emergency, when the state highway department cannot ensure safe travel to campus and/or we are unable to clear our roads and parking lots, workshops will be canceled. Every effort will be made to notify the radio and television stations of cancellations no later than 7 a.m. Therefore, if an announcement has not been made by 7 a.m., registrants should make every effort to attend workshops. The morning announcement will not apply to workshops held after 4 p.m.

If the college is in session and it becomes necessary to cancel workshops during the day, the college website (www.ric.edu) will post such notice on its home page. For the latest update on any decision to cancel a workshop, please call (401) 456-9500 for an official recorded message. If a scheduled workshop is to be canceled for reasons other than inclement weather, registrants will be contacted via email.

In the event of a cancellation, registrants will be refunded in full.

Rhode Island College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, marital, citizenship status or status as a special disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Vietnam Era veteran, or any other veteran who served in active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law). The college is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women and members of minority groups identified in state and federal affirmative action laws and executive orders, persons with disabilities (including qualified special disabled veterans), and veterans of the Vietnam Era.

AWARDING OF CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

The awarding of continuing education (CE) hours is based on the full completion of the scheduled workshop. Participants who leave a workshop early are not eligible for CE hours. All workshops listed in this flyer, except LCSW-02, have been authorized for CE hours in accordance with guidelines set forth by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit. Participants who complete a workshop will receive a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the workshop, indicating the number of CE hours awarded. This certificate will be your only official record and may serve as proof of CE hours. Participants are responsible for keeping a record of the workshops they have completed.

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