A Live, Interactive Webinar

October 27, 2020, 4:00-5:00 pm ET/1:00-2:00 pm PT

Target Audience: social workers, mental health professionals

Content level: intermediate

This 1 credit course was developed for clinical social work professionals. Though LCSWs have been working remotely for the past seven months, we are just beginning to process the way that leaving our offices has affected the way we understand ourselves and our patients. The impact of remote psychotherapy is multi-layered. Attend and consider all the ways our practices have been impacted.

About the instructor

Laura Groshong, LICSW, has been in clinical practice for the past 43 years.  She was also a Registered Lobbyist in Washington for five mental health organizations for 25 years.  She has been the Director of Policy and Practice for the Clinical Social Work Association nationally since 2006 and, through the Mental Health Liaison Group, worked on passage of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act of 2008, the Affordable Care Act, and many other pieces of legislation that support and benefit LCSWs.  Laura, a dynamic and engaging speaker, has written and lectured extensively on clinical and legislative issues around the country.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this Live, Interactive Webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the emotional meaning of leaving the office.
2. Describe diagnostic considerations of returning to offices.
3. Explain ways LCSWs have been processing their own experiences of lack of control as it pertains to loss of their office spaces, per COVID.
4. Conceptualize joint impacts of the pandemic crisis and the loss of boundaries relative to telehealth.
5. Explain when to set boundaries for patient’s online behavior.

Course interaction & system requirements

This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.

Fee & Registration

Register Here: https://www.clinicalsocialworkassociation.org/ COST: FREE for Members, $50 for Non-Members. Cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to the live webinar to receive a refund. Each registered participant will receive log-in information via email from administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org  prior to the Webinar.

Course Completion & CE Info

To earn 1 CE credit, must log in at the scheduled time, and attend the entire course and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of the webinar.

Clinical Social Work Association, provider #1719, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Clinical Social Work Association maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/27/20 – 08/27/23. Clinical Social Workers completing this course will receive 1 clinical continuing education credit after passing the post-test.

System Requirements to Participate

On a PC:
Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser
Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 or later
Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster)
Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB or more of RAM

On a Mac:
Safari 6, Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser
Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer
Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster)
Intel processor (2GB of RAM or better)

Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP a microphone and speakers. (A USB headset is recommended.)

On an iPad, iPhone, Android or Windows mobile device:
Free Zoom at www.zoom.us ; WiFi connection recommended for VoIP audio

Questions:

For questions or concerns, or to request special accommodations, please call 202-599-8443. Or email administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org