Medical cannabis is legal in 37 states and adult-use is legal in 18. There are an estimated 48 million cannabis consumers in the United States (CDC, 2022) and this number will continue to rise as more states consider allowing its use. Unfortunately, most health care professionals have not received any formal education on cannabis or…
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Description: The personal safety of social workers is a vital part of our practice. This workshop will empower social workers to develop situational awareness and consider best practices for safety in the office and in the field. Case studies will highlight the importance of safety considerations and provide learners with the opportunity to critically analyze…
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Behavioral Parent Skills Training (BPST), often referred to as Parent Management Training (PMT), encompasses a class of therapies for children and adolescents with ODD and CD. BPST therapies address childhood ODD and CD indirectly through parent training. Parents will then use the skills learned in training to manage behavior differently. Parents can expect permanent behavioral…
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Suicide in Jails Presented by, A. E. Daniel, MD Dr. Anasseril E. Daniel, will provide an overview of his latest book, Suicide in Jails and Prisons: Preventive and Legal Perspectives. If you are a social worker, counselor, work as a behavorial health professional in the corrections system, any other behavioral health profession or a lawyer…
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Topics covered in this webinar includes a historical perspective on trauma and trauma treatment in America and implications for advocacy and ethics when counseling clients with traumatic stress disorders; the ethical responsibility to help break intergenerational patterns of addiction and trauma in families; how to establish healthy boundaries when doing trauma work; evidence-based trauma treatment…
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In this presentation you will learn strategies to help break intergenerational patterns of trauma and addiction in families. A partial list of topics includes: trauma and other risk factors for intergenerational patterns of addiction in families; unique risks for children of parents with substance use disorders; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder as a risk factor and…
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