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The following trainings have been approved through the "Course Accreditation Program (CAP") of the NASW-Virginia Chapter or the NASW-Metro DC Chapter for Continuing Education Hours. Please contact the sponsoring organization using the Contact information if you are interested in any of these trainings.

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VSIAS 2024 Conference

VSIAS celebrates its 20th year delivering an educational conference catering to a diverse audience, including mental health professionals, medical practitioners, clergy members, personnel from corrections, probation, and parole for both adults and juveniles, treatment providers, and social workers. Our comprehensive program includes sessions featuring 30 minutes of ethics, motivational interviewing, recovery techniques, skills-building workshops, mindfulness practices, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and updates on Medicaid pertaining to recovery initiatives.

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Explore effective strategies for managing anger and stress within the recovery process. Engage in an experiential workshop showcasing innovative ideas using Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed skills. Delve into mindfulness as a foundational treatment approach and gain insights into addressing self-harm in addiction counseling. Additionally, discover the crucial roles of peers in addiction counseling and their impact on the recovery journey

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Date(s): July 21-24, 2024

Time: 7:30-8:00 AM (July 21), 8:15-11:45 AM (July 22), 12-1 PM (July 23), and  1:15-4:45 PM (July 23).

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 23.0 Contact I hours (which includes 11.5 Ethics Contact Hours)

Sponsor: Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies (VSIAS)

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Cathy Reiner at cgreiner@lhcfxbg.com, or call 804-254-0110.

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Telehealth in 2024: What Have We Learned

The transition to Telehealth therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges for many providers. Most clinicians entered this mode of therapy ill-informed, overwhelmed, and, at times, skeptical. To ensure the continuity of services, corners were cut, and certain restrictions were temporarily lifted. Fast forward to 2024, and the landscape has evolved; telehealth therapy is now a permanent fixture. This training session will delve into the insights gained over the past four years, highlighting effective strategies and pitfalls to avoid. The course will explore the latest research and ethical considerations surrounding telehealth, focusing on those who benefit the most and the least from this format, including individuals located outside our immediate area.

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Date(s): May 24, 2024

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 3.0 Contact I hours (which includes 3 Ethics Contact Hours)

Sponsor: Lighthouse Counseling of Fredericksburg

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Carmen Greiner at cgreiner@lhcfxbg.com, or call 540-907-0121.

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Military Cultural Competence and Lethal Means Safety

This training program will offer an opportunity to cultivate one's cultural humility as well as gain cultural competency in our military-connected populations. Participants will learn the military ethos of the 6 branches of the U.S. Military, cultural norms and values, and implications of this unique culture. Participants will also learn about unique stressors and challenges associated with service members and their families. Evidence-based practices that are shown to improve a variety of mental health conditions will be highlighted for use with the military-connected population. Additional topics include risk for suicide, access to lethal means and lethal means counseling as well as resources available for providers and SMVF.

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Date(s): May 22, 2024

Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 2.5 Contact I hours

Sponsor: The Up Center

Contact/Registration Information: Contact April Green at april.green@theupcenter.org or call (757) 348.9316.

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The Body, The Nervous System, and Trauma: Ancient Practices Meet Modern Psychology

Immerse yourself in an experiential learning event tailored for social work providers and LCSWs, delving into trauma and the nervous system. Gain insights into interventions designed to restore nervous system balance, alleviate anxiety, enhance mood, mitigate trauma symptoms, and facilitate client self-regulation. Through body and mindfulness-based approaches, participants will not only experience but also acquire the skills to teach self-regulation techniques, empowering clients to cultivate emotional resilience and lead more serene lives. By the end of the session, attendees will:

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  • Identify the impact of trauma on their clients' nervous systems.

  • Recognize the synergy between modern psychological trauma treatments and ancient, readily applicable practices.

  • Demonstrate interventions to regulate the nervous system and mitigate trauma responses in clients.

  • Develop a personal self-regulation practice to better manage their clients' trauma experiences.

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Date(s): April 26, 2024

Time: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Location: ZoeRVA, Glen Allen Virginia

CE Hours: 3.0 Contact I hours

Sponsor: Pasadena Villa Outpatient - Richmond

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Lee Barnes at lee.barnes@pasadenavilla.com or call 804-999-4364.

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Navigating High Conflict Divorce and Custody Cases and Parental Alienation

This 3-hour live webinar will provide training about play therapy with child clients and their families experiencing high conflict divorce and custody disputes where parental alienation is occurring. This course will teach participants how to identify signs of alienation, and how to navigate dynamics while providing clinical and play therapy services to these families.

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  •  Define parental alienation based on the latest literature.

  • Identify and name 4 signs of an alienated child in the process of play therapy.

  • List 10 play therapy interventions appropriate for the process of navigating parental alienation

  • Apply 5 clinical strategies to the play therapy treatment plan in the case parental alienation is identified.

  • Describe how to efficiently screen for red and yellow flags during the initial play therapy intake for the vital information that might otherwise be withheld.

  • Define and differentiate the appropriate role a therapist providing play therapy observes in a case involving a custody dispute apart from other roles such as that of a custody evaluator.

  • Name 3 elements of the process of setting and maintaining clear boundaries with parents to protect the integrity of the play therapy process.

  • Define concepts of alienation, polarization, and loyalty conflict.

  • Identify elements of alienation, polarization, and loyalty conflict and describe how to manage the therapeutic process with the child in play therapy and the parents when these elements have been identified.

  • Describe how to ethically document, communicate with attorneys and guardians ad litem and be prepared for court testimony if needed.

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Date(s): April 17, 2024

Time: 1:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 3.0 Contact I hours 

Sponsor: ChildSavers

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Nina McCune at nsalzberg@childsavers.org, or call 804-644-9590.

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Trauma, the Brain, and Hope: Implications for Professional Practice

Children with challenging backgrounds frequently display behaviors such as opposition, aggression, and defiance, often attributed to underlying neurological factors. Join Jessica Sinarski in this professional development workshop to explore the positive implications of neuroscience, offering practical strategies applicable across all age groups.

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By the end of this workshop, participants will:

  • Explain the fundamental brain operating systems using clear and understandable language.

  • Utilize a strengths-based approach to tackle existing challenges.

  • Implement at least three minor adjustments to enhance support for both children and staff in terms of brain function and behavior.

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Date(s): April 12, 2024

Time: 8:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Location: ln-Person - 10304 Eaton Place, Suite 100, Fairfax, VA 22030

CE Hours: 4.0 Contact I hours

Sponsor: Formed Families Forward

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Stacia Stribling at stacia.stribling@formedfamiliesforward.org, or call 703-539-2904.

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Exposure Response Prevention for Treatment of OCD Conference

This workshop equips participants with the tools to implement Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the leading treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Through a blend of instruction and hands-on practice, participants will:

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  • Learn empirically supported interventions for OCD​​

  • Understand the theoretical foundations of ERP

  • Differentiate between exposure models

  • Address intolerance of uncertainty in treatment

  • Develop effective exposure exercises

  • Conduct covert and in-vivo exposure procedures

  • Address Thought-Action-Fusion (TAF) with interventions

  • Enhance patient motivation for exposure therapy

  • Overcome common challenges in ERP delivery

  • Differentiate obsessions from non-obsessional thoughts

  • Avoid contraindicated psychological interventions

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Date(s): March 28-29, 2024

Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 12.0 Contact I hours

Sponsor: Optum Behavioral Care of Virginia, DBA Discovery Counseling &
Consulting of Virginia

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Jennifer McCauley at jmccauley@refreshmentalhealth.com or call 804-548-4360.

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Clinical Supervision Training

The primary goal of clinical supervision is to protect the client's welfare and ensure the integrity of clinical services. Developing the alliance between the counselor and the supervisor is the key to good supervision. The goal of this clinical supervision course is to provide counselors with the key components highlighted through research and clinical practice that are essential for every supervisor who serves as a gatekeeper to the field of counseling and social work.

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Date(s): March 21-23, 2024

Time: March 21, 2024, 12:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. I March 22-23, 2024 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 20.0 Contact I hours (which includes 3 Ethics Contact Hours)

Sponsor: Virginia Counselors Association

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Vicky Wheeler at vcaoffice@vcacounselors.orgor call 757-766-5466.

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Sexual Exploitation Treatment and Training Services (SETTS)

The Virginia Department of Clinical Justice (DCJS) is hosting two, 5 day Sexual Exploration and Training Services (DCJS) courses. The course will be instructed by Deepa Patel, Founder of the SETTS Curriculum. This course provides education and training to professionals whose work intersects with sex trafficking survivors. The SETTS curriculum ensures that all participants have a base knowledge of sexual exploitation and complex trauma before moving into treatment modalities. Ms. Patel then uses her experience working with trafficking survivors to teach practical, evidence-based tools for screening, assessment, and intervention. Practitioners who take this course will come away with knowledge and skills to identify human trafficking and intervene with survivors, sex buyers, and traffickers. 

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Date(s): March 18-22, 2024 and Apil 22-26, 2024

Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Virtual 

CE Hours: 27.5 Contact I hours

Sponsor: Virginia Department of Criminal Justice

Contact/Registration Information: Contact Blane Sawyer at blane.sawyer@dcjs.virginia.gov​or call 804-914-4649.

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