Social Work Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Trainings
The training you need, from the source you trust.
The Social Work Continuing Education workshops will be held at the University of Arkansas Global Campus at Rogers, located at 3300 Market Street, Suite 402 in Rogers Arkansas. It is conveniently located in the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills, at exit 83 on Interstate 540, directly across the street from the Embassy Suites Hotel. Each session is offered twice on its respective date; once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Each workshop is $49.00. Each training workshop is worth 3 Continuing Education Units.
The University of Arkansas School of Social Work is collaborating with the Global Campus to address the increasing need for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) trainings for licensed social workers in Arkansas.
Our expert faculty is ready to meet your continuing education needs in the topics most relevant to Arkansas’ social workers:
- Ethics
- Health Care
- Loss and Grief
- Immigrant Populations
Workshop Details
- Workshop 1: Social Work Ethics: How Boundaries Become Important
Presenter: Professor John King
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $49.00
Social Work Ethical issues surrounding the domain of ‘practice boundaries’ have assumed a primary area of concern for licensing boards as well as practitioners of social work. This workshop examines major issues about identifying boundaries, transmitting boundary information to clients and dealing with problems associated with boundary crossings and boundary violations. [NOTE: This workshop meets the 3-hour Continuing Education requirement for Professional Ethics training.]
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- Workshop 2: Latina/Latino and Marshallese Communities in the U.S.: Critical Understanding of Immigrant Realities
Presenters: Dr. Kameri Christy-McMullin & Dr. Kim Stauss
Date: Friday, January 22, 2010
Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $49.00
Given that NW Arkansas is experiencing a rapidly growing Latino/Latina community and has the largest number of Marshallese persons outside of the Marshall Islands, it is imperative that we broaden our perspectives in thinking about and working with members of these communities.
The goals of this 3-hour workshop are to (a) obtain..., (b) gain:
• an increased understanding of the realities of these populations.
• practical knowledge in how to improve services to these populations.
• understand the relationship between economic, cultural political and social influences and the day-to-day realties for these populations.
• develop ways to build better relations across groups (multiculturalism), and within these communities.
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- Workshop 3: Grief and Loss with Children
Presenter: Dr. Kim Stauss
Date: Friday, March 26, 2010
Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $49.00
In social work, one of our main goals is to enhance human well-being throughout one’s life-span. Since death is very much a part of life, it is important to understand this complex issue as we assist our clients through the death process and the grief that emerges. Like adults, children grieve too. They share many adult feelings and reactions to loss; however, there are differences between adult and childhood grief. This course explores these differences with an interdisciplinary approach combining sociological, medical, psychological, legal, and religious issues. Death and dying are social processes which affect individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. Subsequently, these various levels affect one another. The goals of this class include exploring (a) childhood grief issues and experiences, (b) therapeutic needs of a mourning child, (c) therapeutic strategies and analysis of a grieving child, and (d) issues and support for therapists and caregivers.
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- Workshop 4: Health Behavior Change: Techniques for Individual and Group Settings
Presenter: Dr. Alishia Ferguson
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $49.00
Learn techniques to help your clients sustain changes in health behaviors. This workshop will focus on Health Behavior Change theory and techniques, including applications for individual and group settings. You will learn to assess a client’s readiness to change and methods to help initiate and sustain change as a way of managing disease and improving quality of life. This workshop is appropriate for social workers at all levels who work with clients who struggle with chronic illness or other problems that might be improved with health behavior change.
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- Workshop 5: Diabetes Education for Social Workers
Presenter: Dr. Vaughn DeCoster
Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $49.00
Diabetes is a disease that has reached epidemic proportions, affecting over 17 million Americans, and poses serious threats to individuals and grave challenges for society. Social workers can play a pivotal role by structuring and implementing psychosocial interventions that address treatment barriers and heighten compliance with care regimes. Gain fundamental knowledge about diabetes, its treatment, and effective-evidence based psychosocial interventions. You will learn: (a) The frequency and types of diabetes in the United States and Arkansas; (b) How to recognize its symptoms; (c) Basic diagnostic and treatment regimes; (d) How to identify the psychosocial dimensions of this disease; and (e) How to adapt and implement evidence-based psychosocial interventions appropriate to your practice.
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Instructor Bios
- Kameri Christy-McMullin, MSW, LCSW, PhD serves as Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas. She received her BA in Sociology and Spanish from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She also holds an MSW and PhD in social welfare from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Dr. Christy-McMullin has taught social work courses in Research; Social Policy; Social Work Practice with Women; Field Seminar; Family Violence; Foundations of Culturally Competent Social Work Practice; Advanced Policy & Practice with Children, Youth and Families; and Chemical Dependency. She has over twenty years of social work practice experience in a wide range of settings (including residential treatment, community mental health, school social work, medical and psychiatric social work, domestic violence, and private practice). Her research interests include women's empowerment, domestic violence, asset development, and poverty reduction. She has numerous publications and has presented at regional, national and international conferences.
- Vaughn DeCoster, PhD, MSW, LCSW received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Arkansas, a Masters of Clinical Social Work from Tulane University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Sociology from Louisiana State University. He has worked with the Surgeon’s Office for the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tennessee Department of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, and serves as chairman of Arkansas Diabetes Advisory Council. Dr. DeCoster has been a social worker for over eighteen years, an academic for 13 years, and is currently a Director of the Fayetteville Veteran’s Center in Fayetteville, AR. His funded research focuses on psychosocial interventions in diabetes, health care disparities, and gerontology, with multiple publications and national/international presentations. Dr. DeCoster also also serves as a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve, Medical Service Corp and commanded a combat stress team in Baghdad during Operation Iraq Freedom, 2006-07.
- Alishia Ferguson, PhD LMSW serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Ferguson is an experienced health care social worker who worked for many years in both inpatient and outpatient settings in Texas. She received both her MSSW and PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington and joined the faculty in the School of Social Work at University of Arkansas in fall 2008. Dr. Ferguson has a strong interest in helping people to age more successfully and in interdisciplinary team approaches to aging and health behavior change.
- John King, MSW, BA is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas School of Social Work. Professor King has practiced social work in Northwest Arkansas for 37 years. He has delivered over 800 professional workshops concerning issues of generalist social work practice as well as specialized practice in thanatology, delinquency and research and evaluation skills. His work has resulted in a series of workshops that identify salient issues in the domain of social work practice ethics. His work in community service involves board memberships for non-profits corporations and grant work both in the academic settings and public domain. He was named Social Worker of the year by Arkansas NASW in 1999.
- Kim Stauss, PhD, MSW serves as Assistant Professor for the University of Arkansas School of Social Work. She received her MSW from California State University, Sacramento and her Ph.D. in social work from the University of Utah. She has practiced social work in various states and communities, specializing in community mental health, crisis social work, and children. Her research interests include knowledge management and social work, prevention and treatment strategies of marginalized women, evaluation of community-based interventions, and intervention strategies of incarcerated women.
Global Campus at Rogers
The Rogers facility is located at 3300 Market Street, Suite 402 in Rogers Arkansas. It is conveniently located in the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills, at exit 83 on Interstate 540, directly across the street from the Embassy Suites Hotel.