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• Board Meeting (April 2020)

  • When
    Saturday, April 04, 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    River Road Unitarian 6301 River Road Bethesda

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• Harm Reduction Approaches for Alcohol Use Disorders

  • When
    Friday, April 17, 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Sunrise of Reston | 1778 Fountain Dr, Reston, VA 20190
  • Spaces left
    18

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  Presenters: Cyndi Turner, LCSW, LSATP, MAC and Craig James, LCSW, LSATP, MAC

  CEUs:  Category 1 | 3 CEUs 

  In 2014, the National Association of Social Workers put out the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice for Clients with Substance Use Disorders. They state that in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) that substance use is no longer viewed as an either/or phenomenon, should be viewed as existing along a continuum, and that a harm reduction approach is consistent with the social work value of self-determination and meeting the client where the client is. However, the traditional recommendation for drinkers experiencing problems remains admitting that they are “alcoholics” who must quit drinking forever and attend 12-step meetings. There is over 50 years of research that proves that the harm reduction strategy of alcohol moderation is a more effective treatment option. Attendees will be able differentiate types of drinkers, predict who is a candidate for alcohol moderation with the Alcohol Moderation Assessment, and develop a Alcohol Moderation Plan using moderation tools for the 90 million people who struggle with alcohol misuse.

  Workshop Objectives:

  Upon completion of the workshop, attendees will be able to:

  1. Understand why harm reduction is an effective treatment option for the majority of alcohol users
  2. Predict who is a candidate for alcohol moderation using the Alcohol Moderation Assessment
  3. Develop and monitor a Alcohol Moderation Plan
  4. Utilize alcohol moderation tools

  
  

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• Bears, Otters, Tops, & Bottoms: a deeper dive into gay & queer male identities and sexualities

  • When
    Monday, April 20, 2020
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Ingleside at Rock Creek | 3050 Military Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015
  • Spaces left
    10

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  Presenter: Michael Giordano | www.WhatIHearYouSaying.com

  CEUs:  Category 1 | 3 CEUs 

  Most therapists are affirming of gay and queer men, yet many are missing important details of this particular culture and sexual expressions. By taking a deeper dive into the various identities, the ways gay & queer men build relationships, and their sexual expressions, therapists will feel more comfortable exploring all the details of their clients' lives.

  This workshop is primarily for straight-, cisgender-identified therapists, though therapists of any orientation, identity, or level of experience are welcome to attended.

  Workshop Objectives:

  1. Articulate what PrEP & TasP are and the benefits of each.
  2. Describe how internal biases around gay/queer men’s sexual expression can be identified.
  3. Utilize an assessment tool to challenge biases.
  4. Verbalize at least one aspect of gay/queer male culture that is new to them.

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• MOVE FOR CHANGE: INTEGRATIVE MULTICULTURAL TRAUMA TREATMENT BASICS

  • When
    Saturday, April 25, 2020
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    3931 Huntington St NW, Washington, DC 20015
  • Spaces left
    11

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  2 Day workshop | 12 CEUs (6 hours each day 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)  - April 25-26

  Presenters: Sydney Frymire, LCSW-C, Certified Life Coach, Karen Goldberg, LCSW-C, Bharati Devkota,CCH, LCPC

  Committee: Sydney Frymire, LCSW-C, Karen Goldberg, LCSW-C, Bharati Devkota, LCPC, Lauren Stempler, MA, Priya Dhanani, PHD.

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  Description: 

  When the client in your office begins to describe indicators or experiences that suggest they have survived trauma, do you wonder whether you are up to the task? This two-day workshop will review the nuts and bolts of trauma treatment from a strengths-based and culturally sensitive perspective. The first day will provide a review of the cultural components necessary for understanding trauma, an overview of its bio-psychosocial nature, and the foundation skills underlying treatment. In addition to didactic information and discussion, there will be demonstrations and experiential exercises that can be used in working with trauma survivors. The second day will offer a more in depth exploration of the nuts and bolts of assessment, goal setting and treatment modalities in working with trauma survivors. Included will be an introduction to energy theory and movement with a demonstration of synergy dance, as well as an integration of trauma sensitive yoga, mindfulness, and breath work. The two-day course evolved from our trainers’ years of experience with the treatment of trauma survivors not only in the United States, but also in Nepal, where their work stimulated many new insights and offered the opportunity to work with complex trauma survivors of human trafficking. We believe that trauma treatment training is incomplete without attention being given to the practitioner building resilience and preventing secondary trauma. The final section of the second day will be devoted to recognizing the impact on the clinician and self-care planning.
  

  Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to define trauma, as well as understand its developmental significance and how it changes the way survivors think, feel and act.
  2. Participants will learn the connections between culture and the experiences of trauma, as well as the implications for assessment and treatment, based in part on the beneficial training and services Move for Change has already provided in South Asia.
  3. Participants will be able to identify the goals and assessment factors involved in trauma treatment, as well as how to utilize major components of trauma treatment, in order to help clients establish a healing foundation to build on during the course of their lives.
  4. Participants will experience and be able to apply practical breathing and movement exercises to assist clients in coping with trauma.
  5. Participants will recognize the importance of self-care in preventing secondary trauma and construct a self-care plan.

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• Volunteer Brunch

  • When
    Saturday, May 02, 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Cafe Deluxe | Tysons Corner

  Appreciation brunch for our great GWSCSW volunteers.

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• Executive Committee Meeting (May 2020)

  • When
    Sunday, May 03, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    RRUUC

  Executive Committee Meeting

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