Summer 2013 PDP Descriptions
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dates: Monday - Friday, June 17 through 21, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-Noon (each date)
Tuition: $360
CEUs: 15
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Paul Holmes
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 10, 2013*
Most therapies assume that individuals seeking treatment have an identified problem and are willing to focus their efforts toward some resolution of it over time. Further, these therapies assume that clients seeking psychotherapy services have the requisite skills necessary to work collaboratively and participate constructively with their therapist.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral therapy designed to address the unique concerns of multi-problem persons who have not shown the capacity to engage consistently in therapies operating from these basic assumptions. Developed in an attempt to address the unique concerns of persons with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, DBT successfully works with persons who experience distress due to emotional dysregulation and impulsivity, and/or aversive consequences resulting from behaviors whose function it is to cope with these problems. It is a comprehensive and intensive therapy involving four clinical activities: skills training, individual psychotherapy, telephone consultation, and group consultation.
In this intensive workshop, the facilitator will use various strategies including lectures, role-play, and question-and-answer sessions to familiarize participants to the various tenets of DBT.
*Please note this updated registration deadline (later than brochure listing)
Urban Youth Living and Coping with Violence Exposure: Implications for Practice, Prevention, and Intervention
Time: 9:00 am-Noon
Tuition: $75
CEUs: 3
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Dexter R. Voisin
Community violence exposure rates are disproportionately high in many of America’s cities, and especially on Chicago’s Southside. This workshop will highlight trends in community violence exposure in Chicago over the past ten years relative to other major cities. Participants will examine the effects of such exposures on youth mental health, academic performance, peer relations, and sexual decision-making. They will also examine how boys and girls cope with such exposures in gendered ways. The workshop will conclude with an overview of several practice models used to ameliorate the negative effects of community violence exposures among adolescents.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 11, 2013. REGISTRATION WILL OPEN AUGUST 5TH. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT THAT TIME.
Negotiation and Decision-Making: Building Skills to Improve Your Outcomes
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Rebecca White
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
This workshop will help participants become more effective negotiators and decision makers by introducing attendees to essential conceptual knowledge and by expanding their repertoire of relevant tactics and strategies. Participants will practice skills, learn from interactive exercises, and benefit from feedback. They will also learn to identify creative and flexible ways to achieve negotiation and decision-making goals, to protect interests while seeking mutually beneficial opportunities, and to identify the common psychological pitfalls that obstruct optimal agreements.
This program is designed to benefit anyone who would like to enhance their influence by improving their negotiation and decision making skills, whether the context be internal (in their organizations) or external (with other organizations and vendors). Administrators in every functional area of responsibility, and in all organization types, will benefit by attending this program.
Learning Objectives:
• Develop a framework for assessing and effectively navigating negotiation situations;
• Learn to set and achieve effective negotiation goals;
• Identify the key characteristics of an good agreement;
• Acquire techniques for measuring interests, finding beneficial trades, and maximizing the outcome in a multiple-issue negotiation;
• Develop a framework for making sound decisions in group settings;
• Identify common psychological pitfalls that obstruct optimal agreements;
• Increase creativity and flexibility in solving problems; and
• Develop plans to monitor, improve, and practice decision making skills at the job.
A Collaborative, Strengths-Based Approach to Working with Self-Destructive Adolescents
Dates: Thursday, June 27 - Friday, June 28, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm (each day)
Tuition: $250
CEUs: 12
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Matthew Selekman
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
In today’s environment of economic upheaval, high stress, and digital overload, practitioners are increasingly seeing adolescents present with multiple self-destructive behaviors such as self-injury combined with substance abuse, eating disorders, and excessive Internet use. However, since these behaviors are emotionally and physically rewarding, adolescents will protect these habits at all costs—making it difficult to engage and retain them in treatment. To complicate matters, these high-risk youth typically attract helping professionals from a variety of systems who may not regularly communicate with one another, nor agree on the best treatment options to pursue. Consequently, the family may have difficulty knowing which way to proceed, further perpetuating the adolescent’s difficulties.
This workshop will emphasize a collaborative approach that harnesses the strengths and resources of adolescents, their family members, peers from their social networks, and helping professionals to create a context for change. The instructor will present information on recent research and treatment options for adolescents with self-destructive behaviors, and employ the use of videotape examples, and skill-building exercises.
Nonprofit Management: Managing the Transition from Clinician to Manager
Dates: Thursday, June 27 - Friday, June 28, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm (each day)
Tuition: $250
CEUs: 12
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Arnie Aronoff
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Practitioners are increasingly asked to assume managerial roles based on outstanding clinical expertise and performance. Sometimes, they are prepared to take on this new challenge. Many times, however, management training has not been an extensive part of their academic preparation or prior work experience. They wonder whether transitioning into management would be a sound idea, what challenges they will face in making this transition, and what skills they will need to demonstrate to meet new expectations. This two-day, experiential workshop will address these and other issues.
On day one, participants will assess their existing strengths and weaknesses so that they can identify the skill- and personality-based challenges they might face in a managerial role. They will then explore and contrast the core competencies of clinical social workers with those of management, helping to understand what it means: to supervise, manage, and lead others; what supervision does and does not entail; and the differences between managing clinicians and non-clinicians.
Day two focuses on the set of relationships a new manager must forge: supervisory relationships with individuals with whom they previously had peer-to-peer connections; relationships with a new peer group of lateral managers; and relationship building with a new boss. Participants will also discuss how to advocate for program development and change in their larger organization. The workshop concludes by focusing on the importance of self-care in this transition and on the pros and cons of choosing a management career versus making other career choices.
Comprehensive Review of Clinical Social Work
Dates: Wednesdays, July 10, 17, and 24, 2013
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm (each date)
Tuition: $200
CEUs: 9
Location: Evanston
Instructors: Karen S. Teigiser & Stanley G. McCracken
Registration Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2013
This course is designed to meet the needs of social workers who wish to review and update their social work knowledge to prepare for the LSW or LCSW examination. Topics to be covered include human development; psychopharmacology; diagnosis and treatment planning based on DSM-IV-TR; values and ethics, and approaches to preparing for and taking exams.
The class will consist of three weekly lectures and participants must register for the entire course. This format will provide the opportunity for participants to absorb and integrate the material from one lecture before moving on to a new topic.
Please Note: No changes to the ASWB examinations that reflect only DSM-5® will be made before January 2015.
DSM-5®: Significant Changes Impacting Practice
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructors: Stanley G. McCracken & Susan McCracken
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in May, 2013 contains some major changes in diagnostic criteria and in the way several conditions are classified (e.g., splitting current Mood Disorders and Anxiety Disorders clusters). Furthermore, the new edition includes the most significant conceptual changes since release of the third edition in 1980, and the decade-long revision process has not been without controversy. This one-day workshop will review some of the more significant conceptual and criteria changes proposed for children, adolescents, and adults.
Policy Advocacy for Human Service Nonprofit Agencies
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-Noon
Tuition: $75
CEUs: 3
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Jennifer Mosley
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Managers of human service nonprofit organizations play a large and growing role in promoting and shaping social change, at both the policy and community level. This workshop is intended to help participants explore important issues to consider when starting or expanding an advocacy program at a human service nonprofit. The workshop will review both top-down and bottom-up advocacy models from the perspective of a nonprofit manager, exploring the benefits, challenges, and implications of a variety of strategies. It will also address the “business” of social change, including issues such as leadership, working with the media, fundraising, and legal implications. The workshop will include a combination of presentation on relevant research, discussion of management issues related to policy advocacy, and practical skill-building exercises.
Family Law for Mental Health Professionals
Date: Friday, July 12, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Helene Snyder
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
This workshop will focus on elements of Illinois family law for mental health professionals who work with parents and children confronting the issues associated with child custody, visitation, relocation and adoption. Almost fifty per cent of marriages in Illinois end in divorce, and forty per cent of Illinois children are now born to unmarried parents.
Understanding the basic legal rights and responsibilities of family members and the role of the legal system in resolving family law issues will aid the mental health professional in assisting parents and children who are involved in court cases, or are faced with the possibility of such involvement.
Please Note: This workshop meets the State of Illinois ethics requirement for licensed social workers.
Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents
Date: Friday, July 12, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Mark Sanders
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Social workers, psychologists, school counselors, and case managers who work with adolescents often encounter resistance, anger, and frustration, as the great majority of adolescents who receive counseling services do so involuntarily. This interactive, skill-building workshop will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing with adolescents, a person-centered directive approach geared toward reducing resistance to counseling and increasing the adolescent’s internal motivation to change.
Topics to be addressed include: Research on the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing with adolescents; Stages of Adolescent Development and Implications for the Use of Motivational Interviewing; The Use of Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Reduce Adolescent Resistance to Counseling and Decrease Premature Termination; and Trans-theoretical Stage-based Interventions with Difficult-to-reach Adolescents.
Connecting Communities to Coverage: The Role for Social Service Providers in Implementing the Affordable Care Act
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-Noon
Tuition: $75
CEUs: 3
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Kathleen Waligora
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The Affordable Care Act will have a dramatic impact on the way most Americans access health insurance and health care. Yet, too few people understand the most basic provisions of the law. A recent poll shows that up to 57% of Americans say they do not have enough information to understand how it will affect them. The share rises among some of the key groups the law was designed to help: the uninsured (67%) and those with incomes below $40,000 (68%). Education is critical for connecting communities, especially vulnerable ones, to new, affordable coverage options.
This presentation will provide an overview of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, highlighting those changes already in place and those coming in 2014. Tailored to the interests of social service and health care providers serving populations living below 200% of the federal poverty level, the presenter will offer a set of actionable steps and consumer-friendly resources so that attendees may implement outreach and enrollment strategies immediately. Attendees will also learn about the role that they can play in connecting communities to coverage, including best practices for outreach and enrollment, and a review of assistor programs and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Making Care Common: Strengthening School Social Work Consultation & Teacher-Student Conferencing
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Andrew Brake
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Classroom teachers and school social workers are expected to address a wide range of students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs in order to improve student learning and school engagement. Common Core Standards and Response to Intervention (RtI) models provide guidance for instructional benchmarks, assessing student progress, and developing comprehensive systems of support for students and families. However, when it comes to day-to-day practices, how do we actually use our respective professional strengths to align our roles, responsibilities, and strategies as teachers and social workers?
Drawing on Danielson’s Framework for Teaching (2011) and an emerging framework for evaluating school social work practice, this full-day, interactive workshop focuses closely on two key practices of social workers and teachers – consultation and conferencing – to frame and align common standards, effective strategies, and key priorities.
In the first half of the day, participants will learn about these two frameworks and discuss their challenges and rewards with implementing Common Core and RtI in schools. In the second half, a panel of classroom teachers and school social workers versed in Common Core and RtI will lead a discussion to closely examine, identify, and practice skills essential for effective consultation and teacher-student conferencing. Together, by focusing on the common roles, goals, and expression of care for students’ well-being, engagement, learning, and performance, participants will develop specific strategies for creating targeted, purposeful, and trusting relationships to take back to work with colleagues and students.
Perspectives on Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Vicarious Traumatization
Date: Friday, July 19, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructors: Mary Bunn, Jeff Levy, Stanley G. McCracken, & Christian Williams
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
While the emotional consequences of war and other traumas have been noted for centuries, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was officially recognized as a diagnostic entity and included in DSM-III in 1980. Thousands of individuals exposed to combat, violence, and disasters have received the diagnosis, though many question the validity of the construct.
Instructors will present an overview and proposed diagnostic changes in PTSD, introduce complex formulations of trauma, discuss applicability of the diagnosis across cultures, introduce the concept of moral injury among veterans of combat, and present neuro-psycho-social-spiritual perspectives on compassion fatigue and self-care.
Relational Approaches in the Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Date: Friday, July 19, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Hyde Park
Instructor: Nikki Lively
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Perinatal mood disorders, especially postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, have received increased attention in the healthcare arena, research literature, and in the media. Screening for postpartum depression is now supported by legislation at both the state and federal level. However, the discourse around perinatal mood disorders is structured largely by a disease or deficits model that often leaves women and their families at a loss for understanding their experiences and symptoms, and healthcare providers conflicted about how to best treat and support pregnant and postpartum clients.
This workshop will explore the presentation of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders looking at common symptoms and relational factors that serve to reinforce and maintain symptoms. Participants will then explore creating a model to adopt in their practices for assessment and treatment of the family system using evidenced-based tools and methodologies for enhancing a woman’s insight into her illness, her empathy for herself and her infant, and for improving mother-infant, and mother-partner communication. The workshop will also review illustrative case vignettes from the presenter’s work with perinatal women and their families.
The Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Level 2 Training
Dates: Monday, July 22 - Thursday, July 25, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm (each day)
Tuition: $750*
CEUs: 24
Location: Evanston
Instructor: Michael McNulty
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 12, 2013
This workshop will feature personalized coaching from a Senior Certified Gottman Therapist in interactive training in the Gottman Method. Participants will engage in experiential exercises including group role plays and view demonstration films to learn how to incorporate research-based assessment and intervention methods into their clinical practice.
Workshop topics include:
• Basics of Observation Assessment
• Intervention - Philosophy and Goals
• Interventions – Managing Conflict
• Interventions – Strengthening Friendship and Romance
• Interventions – Minimizing Relapse and Co-Morbidities
• Case Studies in PTSD, Affairs, DV, Depression, Addictions
Workshop objectives are to enable participants to:
• Assess a couple’s “Friendship Profile,” “Conflict Profile,” and “Shared Meanings Profile;”
• Develop interventions that couples can use as antidotes to the “Four Horsemen;”
• Help couples to soothe physiological flooding;
• Apply six modes of changing the “Attack/Defend System” in a couple’s interactions;
• Assist couples in establishing dialogue about their grid-locked conflicts;
• Select and implement interventions to help couples deepen their “Friendship System” with rituals of connection;
• Select and implement interventions to help couples create a shared system of values and meaning; and
• Identify five co-morbidities common to couples, using Gottman Couples Therapy Assessment and Intervention.
Space for this program is limited. Please register early.
Completion of Level 1 training is required before registering for the Level 2. Level 1 will be offered through PDP in fall 2013 or interested participants may complete the training online by visiting:
http://www.gottman.com/49827/Level-1-Training.html
*Tuition includes a 550 page Level 2 Clinical Manual which includes revised Gottman Core Assessments, Gottman Supplemental Assessments, and more than 50 Gottman Interventions.
DSM-5®: Significant Changes Impacting Practice
Date: Monday, July 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 am-4:00pm
Tuition: $140
CEUs: 6
Location: Evanston
Instructors: Stanley G. McCracken & Susan McCracken
Registration Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2013
Publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in May, 2013 contains some major changes in diagnostic criteria and in the way several conditions are classified (e.g., splitting current Mood Disorders and Anxiety Disorders clusters). Furthermore, the new edition includes the most significant conceptual changes since release of the third edition in 1980, and the decade-long revision process has not been without controversy. This one-day workshop will review some of the more significant conceptual and criteria changes proposed for children, adolescents, and adults.
Margaret Marion, AB '12
“The hardest decision I had to make when I was applying for the AB/AM program was whether to become an administrative or clinical student,” says Margaret Marion, AB '12. “I understood that whichever track I chose, I would still have room to pursue classes in the other track that fit in with my academic and professional goals"