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General Information

The School of Social Work

The School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was established in 1920 and offers Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited Master of Social Work and Ph.D. degree programs. The mission of the School is to prepare students for careers in human services, to develop and test knowledge related to social work, and to provide leadership in addressing social problems and issues confronting individuals, families and society. Special emphasis is placed on agency based practice in the public sector and nonprofit human services.

Jordan Institute for Families
Continuing Education Program

The Continuing Education Program is part of the Jordan Institute for Families at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Established in 1996 and named for one of North Carolina's most prominent families in recognition of support from Michael Jordan, the Jordan Institute has one goal: to strengthen families. The Continuing Education Program provides graduates of the School of Social Work and other social work and human services practitioners with diverse educational opportunities for professional growth and development.

Registration Information

To register for an event sponsored by the Continuing Education Program, please complete and mail the registration along with your fee to the address indicated. If your employer is paying the fee and cannot send payment immediately, please include a letter from the financial officer guaranteeing payment. Early registration is advised, as space is limited. A confirmation letter will be sent with directions to the site. We reserve the right to cancel events due to low enrollment. Participants in need of accommodation or assistance under the Americans with Disabilities Act need to contact us at least two weeks before the workshop they are interested in attending.

Cancellation Policy

A refund less 25 percent will be made to participants who cancel their registration 6 or more working days before the event. No refund can be made for cancellation 5 or fewer working days before the event. You may send a substitute or receive a coupon equivalent to the fee paid (less 25 percent) to be applied to another event sponsored by the Continuing Education Program within one year. If participants are registered for an event using an agency authorization, do not attend, and do not cancel, the agency will be billed for the full amount.

Continuing Education Units/Contact Hours

CSWE accredited schools of social work are approved providers of continuing education. Documented continuing education is required in North Carolina for licensed clinical social workers and most other licensed human service practitioners. A Certificate of Attendance, listing the number of classroom hours attended, is issued to each participant at the conclusion of each event. Participants arriving late or departing early will have their hours adjusted. Most events offer additional credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Certification Board or other organizations. Consult individual program brochures for details.

Continuing Education Program Staff

The Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program is Brett Perry (abperry@email.unc.edu), who may be reached at (919) 962-6463. Our fax number is (919) 843-9827, and the mailing address is Continuing Education Program, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, unc-Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro Street, CB #3550, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3550. Please contact us with any questions or comments.

An Insider’s Guide to Media and Message Strategies for Nonprofits

Katherine Loflin, MSW

August 24, 2001, 9 am until 4:30 pm

Seminar Room, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

$80 ($90 if postmarked/faxed after 8/10/01) Includes lunch

This seminar is designed for nonprofit leaders to better understand the importance of media relations to their organization and the issue(s) they address. It also informs about the different types of media and provides strategies in attracting the media to your cause, becoming the news media's expert in your area of service, and how to conduct yourself in a media interview. By teaching through lecture, examples, and hands-on exercises, the goal of this seminar is to promote the creation of functional message strategies and to minimize participants' feeling unprepared, uneasy, and not in control when working in a news media context.

• Media importance
• Kinds of media
• Participating in media interviews
• Outcomes and characteristics of different media interviews
• Anticipating questions
• Priority Idea Points (PIPs)
• Interview goals, guidelines and techniques
• Sound bites
• Practicing for a media interview
• Getting media coverage
• Media relationship building

Any person who is responsible for addressing the media, including social workers, mental health professionals, substance abuse counselors, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, other human services professionals and program managers.

Participants will receive 6.0 contact hours for this workshop from the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Application has been made for 6.0 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Faculty

Katherine Loflin, MSW, has been working with NBC-17 and other media outlets for the past 5 years. In the summer of 2000, she worked in NBC-17’s newsroom serving as their resident social worker where she aided in the development of social issue-related news stories as well as appeared regularly on air to discuss these issues. Currently, she is NBC-17’s social issue resource expert serving these same functions. Her work with the media has been featured in the April 2000 edition of NASW News. She currently is writing a book on media and disasters. She received her Masters in Social Work from UNC-Chapel Hill and currently is pursuing her PhD in social work at UNC-Chapel Hill where her dissertation will examine how local news impacts social capital and the implications for community social work.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM): Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support

Linda E. Jordan, D.Min.

September 13 & 14, 2001, 9 AM until 5 PM each day

Seminar Room, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

$200 ($225 if postmarked/faxed after 8/30/01) Includes lunch

Attendance limited to 60 people.

Critical Incident Stress Management is a crisis intervention response system that supports persons and institutions in adjusting to and coping with sudden, violent, or traumatic events. Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM): Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention in response to a wide range of traumatic incidents. This two-day (13 contact hours) course will certify participants in the Mitchell Model (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation) and will prepare them to work with individuals and peers. The training of mental health, health care, and spiritual care professionals in this model is vital to the holistic approach in crisis intervention.

- General, cumulative, critical incident stress and PTSD.

- Introduction into Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

- Core concepts of trauma and crisis intervention

- Psychological reactions to crisis and trauma

- Fundamentals of crisis communication techniques

- An intervention protocol to assist individuals in crisis: The SAFER Model

- Role play exercises for effective crisis intervention

- Common problems encountered in working with individuals in crisis

- Red flags for referral

- Boundaries in peer counseling

The CISM training is open to any person who wishes to know more about crisis intervention. Emergency services and disaster workers, school system personnel, RNs, social workers, employee assistance personnel, human resource personnel, counselors, psychologists, ministers, chaplains, and military personnel can all benefit greatly from Individual Crisis/Peer Support CISM training.

Participants will receive 13.0 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Participants will also receive a certificate in the Mitchell Model for Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. Application has been made for 13.0 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Linda E. Jordan, D.Min., is a Train-the-Trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and is the Director of the Unicorn Bereavement Center of Triangle Hospice, Duke University Health System. She has over 30 years experience in the field of human services. She has held positions as teacher, pastor, campus minister, hospital chaplain, military chaplain, and grief counselor. She holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves and trains in CISM for the military. She also teaches "Services for Persons in Grief" for the UNC-CH School of Social Work.

Effective Brief Intervention for Substance Abuse Problems in Older Adults

Frederick Blow. Ph.D.

September 21, 2001, 9 AM until 5 PM

Main Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Chapel Hill, NC

FEE: $75 ($85 if postmarked/faxed after 09/07/01)

A common concern for professionals working with older adults with substance abuse problems is "How do I respond when the client denies there is a problem or refuses to cooperate?" This workshop will describe current substance abuse research, provide age appropriate methods of administering brief intervention to older adults with substance abuse problems, and address questions most frequently asked by professionals with regard to this topic.

- Identify levels of alcohol usage in the older adult population;

- Define prescription and over – the – counter medication misuse of older adults;

- Understand and practice appropriate techniques of brief intervention for older adults with substance abuse problems;

- Identify and answer "frequently asked questions" professionals ask of researchers working in this specialized field.

Social Workers, mental health professionals, long-term care professionals, in-home service professionals and substance abuse professionals.

Participants will receive 6.0 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 6.0 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Frederic Blow, Ph.D., is co – author of Alcohol Problems in Older Adults: Prevention and Management and the Treatment Improvement Protocol #26: Substance Abuse Among Older Adults, Consensus Panel Chair. Dr. Blow has completed a vast repertoire of research on older adults focusing on depression, dementia and substance abuse. He currently presides as Director, National VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan (U of M); Associate Professor and Senior Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, U of M; and Senior Associate Research Scientist, U of M, Transportation Research Institute.

Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse: Issues and Challenges

Gary L. Sauls, CSAC

October 12, 2001, 9 AM until 4 PM

Coastal AHEC, Wilmington, NC

$75 ($85 if postmarked/faxed after 9/28/01)

Treating adolescent substance abusers in an age of diminishing and restricted access to services is a particular challenge today to health care professionals, given earlier onset, increased prevalence and greater acuity of this special population. This course will describe the most recent national prevalence statistics, use and abuse patterns, levels of care and an effective intensive outpatient model for treating adolescent substance abuse.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify three reasons substance abuse is difficult in the year 2001
• Recognize major drugs of abuse in the adolescent population
• Understand one intensive outpatient model for treating adolescent substance abusers.

Substance abuse counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, other human services professionals and program managers.

Participants will receive 5.0 contact hours from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 5.0 hours of "substance abuse specific" credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Gary L. Sauls, CSAC, is a substance abuse counselor employed in the Duke University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry. Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Mr. Sauls has held professional substance abuse counseling positions in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings in Tennessee and in North Carolina. Mr. Sauls has over 10 years experience working with adolescent and adult substance abuse populations and their families. Mr. Sauls is currently working in Duke’s adult and adolescent intensive outpatient programs as lead substance abuse counselor, conducting monthly two-day family recovery retreats and several ongoing multiple family groups. He is also involved in a SAMHSA demonstration project for the triply diagnosed.

Caregiving for a Loved One: How You Can Prepare

Jane Armstrong, MSW

October 18, 2001, 6 PM until 9 PM

Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC

$50 ($60 if postmarked/faxed after 10/4/01)

"About 54 million adults in the United States have provided care for an elderly, disabled or chronically ill relative or friend in the past year – twice the number previously estimated." – USA Today newspaper, November 20, 2000

Participants will learn about Ms. Armstrong’s acronym, "P.I.C.K." to assist caregivers through the maze of available information. This workshop will provide information on how to Prepare yourself as you enter the caregiving role; what resources to Investigate; how to Communicate to professionals and to your loved one; and Know yourself in the process.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify four aspects of caregiving for a loved one
• Develop preventive strategies while caring for your loved one
• Identify resources available for caregiving

Anyone who will or does provide care for a loved one.

Jane Armstrong, MSW, is an Educational Specialist and Clinical Instructor for the Center for Aging, Research and Educational Services (CARES) at Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She has provided care for older adults along the entire spectrum of care including home and institutional care. Her work experience includes retirement communities, nursing homes, aging community services and senior centers. She also has experience with the development and maintenance of aging services on the provider, local and regional levels.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Linda E Jordan, D.Min. and David Bennett, CMS, USAF

October, 25 & 26, 2001, 9 AM until 5 PM

Room 113 & 114 (25^th) and Room 300 (26^th), Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC

$300 ($325 if postmarked/faxed after 10/11/01)

Attendance is limited to 30 people.

The aim of ASIST is to help caregivers become ready, willing and able to provide emergency first-aid to persons at risk of suicide behavior. ASIST focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. The skills are composed of a blend of knowledge about suicide intervention and the generic helping skills that most caregivers possess.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Examine their attitudes about suicide
• Effectively recognize and estimate the risk of suicide
• Develop new and/or reinforce existing intervention skills
• Address the need to develop a collaborative network to prevent suicide.

Students, substance abuse counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, other human services professionals, program managers, clergy, neighbors and all types of caregivers who want to increase their comfort, confidence, and competence in dealing with suicidal behavior.

Participants will receive 12.0 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 12.0 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Linda E. Jordan, D.Min., is a Train-the-Trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and is the Director of the Unicorn Bereavement Center of Triangle Hospice, Duke University Health System. She is also a Train-the-Trainer for LivingWorks, the organization that developed and certifies ASIST. She has 30 years experience in the field of human services. She has held positions as teacher, pastor, campus minister, hospital chaplain, military chaplain, and grief counselor. She holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves and trains in Critical Incident Stress Management for the military. She also teaches "Services for Persons in Grief" for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work.

David Bennett, Chief Master Sergeant, is the Chief of Support Services to the Chief of Chaplains for the United States Air Force. Chief Bennett is a Train-the-Trainer for LivingWorks, the organization that developed and certifies ASIST and has been instrumental in implementing this training throughout the Air Force.

Social Work Licensure Examination Review Course

November 16, 2001, 9:00AM until 5:00PM, 8:30AM registration

Location: Room 210, Cone Center, UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Fee: $120 ($130 if postmarked/faxed after 11/2/01)

This Review Course helps participants understand and prepare for the aswb examination required for social work licensure. The course helps participants feel confident about their knowledge and abilities to take the exam through review of social work content and sample test questions.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the format of the aswb examination

• Review test taking strategies and techniques

• Know the different areas of knowledge included in the examination

• Feel more prepared for taking the examination

Participants will receive 6.5 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

While anyone can earn continuing education credit, the hours given for this course cannot be used for license renewal unless you already have a license.

Elaine V. Stevens, msw, lisw, bcd, is a Clinical Social Worker in private practice and Adjunct Instructor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Kim Strom-Gottfried, msw, ph.d., is the Interim Dean of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work.

Agenda

Morning

8:30–9:00 Registration

9:00–9:05 Welcome and Introduction

9:05–10:00 Test Overview &

Test-Taking Techniques

10:00–10:15 Break

10:15–11:30 Human Development, Diversity, and Other Theoretical Frameworks

11:30–12:00 Research, Statistics, Practice Evaluation and Program Evaluation

12:00–1:00 Lunch

Afternoon

1:00–2:15 Social Work Assessment, including DSM IV and Treatment Planning

2:15–2:45 Ethics in Social Work Practice

2:45–3:00 Break

3:00–4:15 Clinical Practice and

Social Work Methods

4:15–4:50 Consultation, Supervision

and Management

4:50–5:00 Evaluation and Wrap Up

Group Therapy and Spirituality

Bohdan Hrynewych, MSW

November 30, 2001, 9 AM until 5 PM

Mountain AHEC, Asheville, NC

$80 ($90 if postmarked/faxed after 11/16/01)

Attendance limited to 60 people

Group therapy is generally recognized as the treatment modality of choice for persons with addictive disorders as well as persons with significant interpersonal disturbances. Numerous curative factors associated with group therapy have been identified, but significantly absent among them is the enhancement of spirituality for participants. This six hour training will provide a cognitive and experiential introduction to the interface between group psychotherapy and spiritual awakening. Topics covered will include narcissism, extremism, and personal history as obstacles to spiritual awareness. Love of self, development of empathy and mindful awareness of the present will be explored as vehicles for spiritual development within a group setting.

The training will consist of lecture, discussion and experiential exercises designed to provide a beginning understanding of the concepts introduced.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe several obstacles to spiritual awakening as they appear in the context of group therapy
• Name and work with several concepts which enhance the development of spiritual awareness in the context of group therapy
• Identify the connection between spirituality and healing in the treatment of addictions and other human disorders
• Experience the effects of spiritual awareness within an interpersonal setting and recognize ways these can be employed for therapy groups

Social workers, mental health professionals, substance abuse counselors, psychologists, pastoral counselors and other health and human service professionals interested in this topic.

Participants will receive 6.0 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 6.0 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Bohdan Hrynewych, MSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and substance abuse specialist. He works as District Director at the smoky Mountain Counseling Center. Formerly, he was the clinical director of outpatient addictions services at the Duke Addictions Program (DAP), where he co-founded a holistic treatment program called The Middle Path. His recent interest is bridging the concepts and realities of group therapy and spirituality as they relate to the treatment of addictions and emotional disorders.

The Integral Role of the Medical Social Worker During Times of Change and Transition

Elaine Williams, ACSW

December 7, 2001, 9 AM until 4:30 PM

UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

$75 ($85 if postmarked/faxed after 11/23/01)

Change forces us to continually re-define ourselves and our roles and responsibilities. The medical setting has been a place of constant change and transitions. The expense of delivering medical care has also brought a narrower corridor of medical services. Both issues have strongly impacted the role of the medical social worker. Today’s medical social worker needs to know how to be an integral member of the health care team, which means they have to be savvy in managing change and moving through transitions.

Upon conclusion of this workshop participants will:

• Understand how the social worker’s ability to define their role ensures their important participation as a member of the health care team

• Identify the vital components of an organization’s decision to utilize social work services

• Understand the core ingredients of a strong medical social work practice

• Identify the role of perception in the management of change and transitions

• Identify their own work style and the degree it does or does not support the management of change

• Identify and understand the coping strategies that will support growth during change and transitions

Social workers in the medical setting, especially those in home health care and hospice. The hospital and nursing home setting will also be addressed, but not to the same extent that home health care and hospice will be. Nurses who work with social workers or supervise them will also benefit from this workshop.

Participants will receive 5.5 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 5.5 hours of "general skill building" credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Elaine K. Williams, MSW, ACSW, has been both a practitioner and administrator in home health care for over 23 years. She is trained as a nurse and has her MSW from the University of Michigan. Elaine is the author of numerous books and articles on the role of social workers in the home health/hospice setting. In recent years, Elaine has become a holistic practitioner and is a Transform Breathing Trainer and Reiki Master. She is dedicated to integrating traditional medicine with alternative approaches to health delivery. Elaine is also a trainer for the Corporation for National Service and conducts trainings on leadership, community building and creating ‘spirit’ in the workplace. She has been a national trainer and speaker since 1986.

Closing the Achievement Gap: A Results Management^© Approach

Gary L. Bowen, Ph.D., ACSW and Dennis K. Orthner, Ph.D.

December 14, 2001, 9 am – 4 pm

Location: School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC

Fee: $150 ($160 if postmarked/faxed after 11/30/01) Includes lunch

Attendance is limited to 30 people

This workshop will provide participants with information and a management strategy for developing local initiatives to strengthen the educational success of disadvantaged children in North Carolina. Data will be reviewed on the current status of the achievement gap, especially among disadvantaged children. The Results Management© approach will be introduced and trained as an effective strategy for designing interventions that have a high probability of achieving success. This approach can also be applied to other problems that agencies or communities are attempting to successfully tackle.

Upon conclusion of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Assess current gaps in academic achievement in the US & in NC

• Highlight key findings from research that are consistent with a risk and resilience perspective

• Identify public policy challenges to assisting children who are not succeeding in school

• Review the School Success Profile (SSP) as an assessment tool for informing and monitoring intervention and prevention efforts designed to reduce the achievement gap

• Apply the Results Management© approach as a management strategy for informing the design of policy, program, and direct practice interventions

• Examine innovative policy and program initiatives designed to close the achievement gap and how these initiatives can be adapted into local communities

• Develop a community capacity plan for strengthening the educational progress of children and families in local North Carolina communities

• Renew energy and commitment in helping students reach their full academic potential

Administrators or professional staff of agencies or organizations attempting to develop successful child and family interventions targeted to school-aged children from low-income families.

Participants will receive 5.5 contact hours from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Application has been made for 5.5 hours of credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, School Counseling Program is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education activities for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to nbcc continuing education guidelines (Provider #4097).

Gary L. Bowen, Ph.D., ACSW, is Kenan Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Work at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With support from the Knight Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), he co-directs the School Success Profile Project with Dr. Jack Richman. Dr. Bowen has consulted with Communities In Schools programs at national, regional, state and local levels since 1992. In partnership with Dr. Dennis Orthner, he developed a decision management and resource allocation strategy, Results Management, which is being used by public and private agencies across the United States. More than 25 workshops have been conducted with social work practitioners in the last two years on Results Management principles and concepts.

Dennis K. Orthner, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work and Public Policy Analysis and Associate Director of the Jordan Institute for Families at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been conducting research and policy analyses on low-income families and children in North Carolina for the past decade with support from the State of North Carolina and from the federal government. He co-developed the Results Management model for human services with Dr. Gary Bowen in order to help strengthen the ability of agencies at the national, state or local levels to improve their effectiveness in services and demonstrate results to key stakeholders.