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Welcome to the NASW Wisconsin Chapter
Proud to Be a Social Worker! HFS 35 Hearing Held on September 18, 2008NASW WI Asks Senate Committee to Return HFS 35 to the Department of Health Services for a RewriteThe Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation held a hearing on HFS 35 on Thursday September 18, 2008. HFS 35, also known as Clearinghouse Rule 06-080, regulates outpatient mental health clinics in Wisconsin. Senator Kathleen Vinehout, Vice-ChairMadison Office State Senator Tim CarpenterMadison Office NASW Fall Conference“Social Work: Confronting Fears in Today’s World”October 27 & 28, 2008 Earn up to 13.5 Continuing Education Hours! Please join us for another excellent NASW Wisconsin Chapter conference and earn up to 13.5 Continuing Education Hours. This is a second opportunity in 2008 to attend a variety of high quality workshops covering a wide range of topics pertinent to social workers in all work settings. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Dorothy Van Soest, of the University of Washington, will speak on the conference’s theme “Confronting Fears in Today’s World” We will offer both Advanced Ethics and Boundaries workshop and the BSW and MSW Exam Preparation as stand alone workshops. For Daily Schedule click Here For Workshop Descriptions click Here For Presenter Biographies click Here To register online click Here To download a Registration Form click Here Advanced Ethics and Boundaries Workshops for Fall 2008The deadline for completing the 25 Continuing Education Hours required to maintain licensure is February 28, 2009. NASW WI offers three more opportunities to receive the mandatory State of Wisconsin Continuing Education requirements for 4 hours of social work ethics & boundaries. Session 5 - Reconsidering Ethical Dilemmas Experienced By Seasoned Social Work PractitionersPresenter: LaVonne Cornell Swanson, MSW, PhD This workshop is designed to: provide opportunities for participants to increase self awareness of the intersections between personal values and professional values and behavior; enable participants to increasingly recognize and embrace the role of diversity and social justice in understanding ethical dilemmas; engage participants in recognizing ethical dilemmas through enhanced use of critical thinking skills; engage participants in applying ethical decision making frameworks and protocols to ethical dilemmas from their own practice environments. To register online click Here To download a Registration Form to pay by check or credit card click Here Session 6 - Professional Ethics and Boundaries for the Experienced Social Work PractitionerPresenter: LaVonne Cornell Swanson, MSW, PhD This workshop is designed to: provide opportunities for participants to increase self awareness of the intersections between personal values and professional values and behavior; enable participants to increasingly recognize and embrace the role of diversity and social justice in understanding ethical dilemmas; engage participants in recognizing ethical dilemmas through enhanced use of critical thinking skills; engage participants in applying ethical decision making frameworks and protocols to ethical dilemmas from their own practice environments. To register online click Here To download a Registration Form to pay by check or credit card click Here
MSW and BSW Exam Preparation WorkshopsOctober 27, 2008Olympia Resort and
Conference Center * 1350 Royale Mile
Road, Oconomowoc, WI * 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Are you preparing
to take your national social work certification tests soon? Would you like a
chance to review content and concepts and to take a practice test? We are
offering Exam Preparation Workshops for those taking both the BSW and MSW exams. The BSW Exam
Preparation Workshop will be presented by Bill Berkan, ACSW, CISW. Bill has 32
years experience in county and state agencies as social worker, supervisor,
administrator, and consultant and ten years experience teaching social work at
Upper Iowa University-Madison Center. He developed a foster care program
for special needs children, youth suicide prevention programs, and University
level summer institutes for Social Workers. He was responsible for
creating both a field placement program and a B.S. level Social Work Test
preparation seminar for Upper Iowa University. He is the author of
a suicide prevention manual, death education book, child welfare program
manual, and adult survivor of child abuse book. He served on the
NASW-Wisconsin Board of Directors as a
member and officer of for several years. The MSW Exam
Preparation Workshop will be presented by Joanne Barndt, ACSW, LCSW. She is a
Professor Emerita of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Helen Bader School
of Social Welfare. She has substantial experience in child welfare, clinical,
and health care settings, and currently is responsible for undergraduate and
graduate field placements at child and youth agencies. Joanne has been a member
of NASW since 1970 and is past President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the
National Association of Social Workers. To register for an
October 27 workshop,
click Here Home Study Audio Program Now Available in CD and Cassette Tape FormatEarn Up to 10 CEH’s • New Titles AddedDepartment of Regulation and Licensing rules allow Wisconsin social workers to earn up to ten Continuing Education Hours through self study programs. NASW WI offers 23 different titles, on a wide range of topics, ranging from 1 to 4 CEH’s. Study at your own pace, at the time that works best for you, at home or in your car. Download our updated catalog below.To download a Catalog with Order Form Here
Power Point Presentations from the 2008 Spring Conference“Managing My Student Loans on My Salary”Presented by Ed Schroeder Click Here
“Emerging Trends in Child and Adolescent Pharmacology”Presented by Dr. Kenneth Herrmann, MD Click Here
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