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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

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Content from this virtual workshop will not be available at a later date. You will need to attend this event on the scheduled date and at the scheduled time. 

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Presenter: Lee Westgate,  MSW, MBA, LCSW-C, LCSW

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Check-in: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CT

Workshop: 5:00 pm - 8:45 pm CT

Cost: Member: $80.00/Non-member: $130.00

WIth intermitten breaks

3.0 CEUs

Workshop Description:

Social Work is a decidedly complex field that is all at once populated by mission-driven professionals that derive insurmountable energy and passion from front line work. The path to this work is deeply personal and is often described as an inexplicable calling and compulsion to serve with compassion and humility. While there may be an intrinsic culture and tradition to proverbial trench work, the ambiguous elements of our discipline can obscure our invaluable skill-sets - particularly skill sets that are transferable to leadership. Furthermore, professional migration into leadership roles is profoundly difficult. This is in part due to the perceived divergence from direct client/ community contact to administrative roles that may feel at odds with client centricity. Navigating the path of leadership is marked by an endless array of internal work around key issues such as exercising power and authority; building new teams; professional gate keeping; and prioritization of client needs. These are often the unseen and yet pronounced tensions that create strife and struggles for Social Work leaders and their teams. This training will address the unseen challenges, tactics for the internal work, and will offer recommendations for how we can collectively grow.

Presenter: Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C, LCSW (he/ him/ his) is a transgender advocate with extensive professional experience in social work policy, practice, research, and education. He has held numerous organizational leadership roles and has served as an educational consultant to a variety of associations and organizational clientele. He has served as a medical social worker in the fields of oncology, critical care, as well as in integrated behavioral health settings. Mr. Westgate has participated in a CSWE-sponsored National Trauma Task Force workgroup that focused on the intersection of ethics and trauma-informed practice and he was awarded an immersion fellowship through Boston University to study addiction and behavioral health. He has participated in AIDS Education and Training Center on behalf of the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD since 2017 and participated in the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Workgroup on COVID and HIV. 

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

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Content from this virtual workshop will not be available at a later date. You will need to attend this event on the scheduled date and at the scheduled time. 

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Presenters: Kimberly Feeny, LISW

Friday, April 25, 2025

Check-in: 8:30 am - 9:00 am CT

Workshop: 9:00 am - 12:15 pm CT

Cost: Member: $40.00/Non-member: $70.00

WIth intermitten breaks

3.0 CEUs

Please note that NASW-Iowa Chapter charges a $25.00 administrative fee for all cancellations.

Workshop Descriptioon:

This comprehensive workshop on Adlerian Play Therapy will elevate your therapeutic skills and make a lasting impact on the children you work with. You will learn how to skillfully use encouragement to foster a child's growth and resilience. The workshop will also cover the application of essential lifestyle components such as the Crucial Cs (Connect, Capable, Count, and Courage), personality priorities, and how to effectively address goals of misbehavior. These concepts are integral to understanding a child's behavior and guiding them towards positive change. Whether you are a seasoned therapist or new to the field, this workshop will provide valuable insights and tools to enhance your effectiveness in child therapy. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your skills and make a significant difference in the lives of the children you serve.

Presenter: Kim Feeney is a licensed independent social worker and a registered play therapist supervisor in Davenport, IA. She has over ten years of experience, the last 6 in private practice. As a certified Adlerian play therapist and Internationally Credentialed Sandtray Therapist, Kim works with children and families to recognize the purpose of their behaviors and discover new ways to meet their needs.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

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Presenter: Sharaine Webster, LISW, IADC

8:30 am - 9:00 am (CT): Registration/Check-in

9:00 am - 4:30 pm (CT) – Workshop with intermittent breaks

Cost: Member Rate: $160.00/Non-member Rate: $215.00

CEUs: 6.0

Please note that NASW-Iowa Chapter charges a $25.00 administrative fee for all cancellations.

This course has been designed to meet the requirements of the Iowa Board of Social Work & the Iowa Board of Behavioral Health for LISWs, LMHCs and LMFTS who are providing clinical supervision to LMSWs, t-LMHCs and t-LMFTS working towards their clinical licensure.

This NASW-IA sponsored comprehensive 6-hour workshop addresses the most critical issues for the clinical supervisor in social work.

Key concepts to be covered include:

• Responsibilities and models of supervision.
• Iowa regulatory and NASW requirements for supervision and the supervision plan.
• Parallel process and effectively evaluating and improving supervision.
• Research examining supervision models will be explored.

Presenter:

Sharaine Webster (she/her) has a rich background in mental health advocacy, specializing in behavioral and substance use addictions, sexual health and wellness, and LGBTQ+ issues. Her work encompasses teaching as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, operating her own mental health therapy practice, and conducting assessments for the Iowa Department of Corrections and Department of Human Services. Sharaine is an independent licensed clinical social worker, certified substance abuse counselor, and holds equitable care certification for working with sex workers, along with training in sex therapy.<

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VIRTURAL WORKSHOP

This event will not be recorded. 
Content from this LIVE WEBINAR will not be available at a later date. You will need to attend this event on the scheduled date and at the scheduled time. 

Presenter: Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C, LCSW

Sign-In: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CT

Workshop: 5:00 pm - 8:45 pm CT

Cost: Member - $50.00/ Non-member - $80.00 

3.0 CEUs

Please note that NASW-Iowa Chapter charges a $25.00 administrative fee for all cancellations.

Workshop Description:

According to a seminal report prepared by the Institute of Medicine, the annual national costs associated with chronic pain are estimated to be $560 to $635 billion. Providers attempting to respond to this growing clinical crisis face difficulties in providing effective interventions for complex pain despite its prevalence and the parallel growth of the opioid epidemic. There is a profound deficit of empirically based best practices for pain management, and much of this deficit is driven by stigma and archaic conceptualizations of pain. Furthermore, pain as a phenomenon is fundamentally medicalized and subject to myriad provider-based biases, both of which are significant drivers of ineffective and disparate care. There is also a lack of attention to how individuals assign value and meaning to their lived experience of being in pain. This training aims to ethically frame the need to listen to individuals reporting pain by highlighting the human costs resulting from ineffective treatment, the connection between chronic pain and early complex trauma, and the available research-informed strategies to engage with patient populations that have been failed by medical institutions.

Presenter: Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C, LCSW (he/ him/ his) is a transgender advocate with extensive professional experience in social work policy, practice, research, and education. He has held numerous organizational leadership roles and has served as an educational consultant to a variety of associations and organizational clientele. He has served as a medical social worker in the fields of oncology, critical care, as well as in integrated behavioral health settings. Mr. Westgate has participated in a CSWE-sponsored National Trauma Task Force workgroup that focused on the intersection of ethics and trauma-informed practice and he was awarded an immersion fellowship through Boston University to study addiction and behavioral health. He has participated in AIDS Education and Training Center on behalf of the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD since 2017 and participated in the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Workgroup on COVID and HIV.