A Virtual Seminar sponsored by UNC-PrimeCare4Youth and the UNC School of Social Work
This interactive workshop introduces a strength and resilience-based approach to counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents who experience marginalization. Rarely are counselors and therapists taught how to identify, appreciate, and utilize client/student strengths to deal with existing problems. Participants will leave with research-based, practical, and effective strategies for assessing and using client/student strengths and resources in school-based and community-based counseling.
When
:
Friday, February 24th, 2023
via ZOOM
Time:
11:30AM-1:30PM
**Live-streaming instructions will be sent via email at least 1 day prior to the program**
**This workshop is free to all participants. Funding is provided by the UNC School of Social Work and the UNC-PrimeCare4Youth program (funded by HRSA). For planning purposes, please register ahead of time.
Description:
This workshop will educate students, field instructors, site supervisors, preceptors and community partners about current trends impacting behavioral health professionals. Speakers will review key concepts and terms, will offer critiques of the self-care model, and offer suggestions for building resilience while decreasing the risk for burnout and compassion fatigue.
Speaker Bio:
Joseph Williams is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Virginia. He is a faculty affiliate with Youth-Nex: The UVa Center to Promote Effective Youth Development and the Center for Race and Public Education in the South. His professional research interest includes designing and implementing anti-bias and anti-racist training practices for (K-12) counselors, educators, and other helping professionals. In addition to publishing scholarly articles and book chapters in these areas, he consults with school districts, communities, associations, organizations, and corporations to improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts and engage people in productive dialogue and action. In 2019, he started Affirm Consulting, LLC to provide broad diversity, equity, and inclusion training and workshops for K-12 schools, community organizations, businesses, associations, and colleges and universities across the nation. Dr. Williams has conducted over 200 workshops and seminars on DEI-related topics. His presentations are interactive, challenging, informative, and practical. Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Education and his M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Minnesota State University. He has over ten years of practical experience counseling children, adolescents, and families in school and mental health settings.
Target Audience:
- Behavioral health students including social workers, school counselors, mental health and clinical rehabilitation counselors, nurse practitioners, addiction counselors, psychology students.
- Behavioral health professionals including social workers, school counselors, professional counselors, nursing and allied health professionals, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, clergy, school administrators, peer support specialists.
- Community and other social service professionals
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program participants will be able to:
- Define resilience.
- Discuss the benefits of a resilience-based approach to working with children and adolescents who experience marginalization.
- Understand the administration and uses of strength-based assessment and intervention strategies.
- Describe possible applications of resiliency-based counseling in addressing client/student treatment needs.
**After the program, you will receive an email that prompts you to login to your account at https://sswevents.unc.edu/ where you can fill out an evaluation and then print your personalized certificate**
Continuing Education:
ASWB: 1.75 contact hours
NBCC: 1.75.contact hours
NCSAPPB: 1.75 contact hours
Click here for information about the continuing education hours offered.
*Please note this workshop will be recorded.
ADA Statement:
If you require any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in this program, please contact mkanfer@email.unc.edu no later than ten business days before the program. Websites and courses have been developed in compliance of US Section 508 standards where applicable or meeting W3C priority 1 guidelines for web accessibility
Inclement Weather Policy: The UNC School of Social Work will follow policy in accordance with the University of North Carolina.
***For more information about the program contact -Meryl Kanfer mkanfer@email.unc.edu
***For assistance with registration please contact- Carol Ann Hincy at chincy@email.unc.edu
***Information about UNC-PrimeCare: http://uncprimecare.sites.unc.edu