The West Virginia University School of Social Work announces the 2014 fall season of professional and community education programs for social workers, counselors and nurses who wish to earn continuing education credit.

Workshops will deal with a variety of topics aimed to assist helping professionals stay up-to-date on new developments in their fields.

WVU School of Social Work also offers two continuing education certificate programs; the Continuing Education Certificate in Nonprofit Management and the Gerontology Practitioner Certificate. Several of the fall workshops are also approved for these programs.

Pre-registration forms and a brochure can be found online at http://socialwork.wvu.edu/ce.

Morgantown-area workshops:

• Oct. 16: “Raise Your EQ (Ethical Quotient)”
CEUs: 6 SW (6 SW ethics); 5.5 LPC (5.5 LPC ethics)
• Oct. 20: “Healing Connections: Helping Clients Tell Their Stories Through Creative Collage”
CEUs: 7 SW; 6.5 LPC; 7.8 Nursing, Psychology hours pending
• Oct. 30: “Evidence-based Treatment of Civilian and Military Trauma: Research, Practice, and Case Studies”
CEUs: 6 SW; 5.5 LPC; 6.6 Nursing, Psychology hours pending
• Nov. 7: “Improving the Quality of Services and Supports Offered to LGBT Older Adults by Aging Network Providers”
CEUs: 8 SW; 7.5 LPC; 9 Nursing; 8 GPC
Charleston-area workshops:

• Oct. 28: Suicide: The Silent Epidemic Across the Lifespan”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing, Psychology hours pending

• Oct. 28: “safeTALK: Suicide Alertness for Everyone”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing, Psychology hours pending

• Dec. 3: “The Gray Blues: Depression and Suicide in Older Adults: A Silent Epidemic”
CEUs: 6 SW; 5.5 LPC; 6.6 Nursing; 6 GPC; Psychology hours pending

Beckley-area workshops:

• Oct. 9: “How to Make the Most Out of Your Special Event”
CEUs: 3 SW; 3 CECNPM

• Oct. 9: “Designer Drugs 101”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing
• Nov. 12: “A Day on Dementia: Some of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
CEUs: 5.25 SW; 4.75 LPC; 5.7 Nursing; 5.25 GPC; Psychology hours pending
Martinsburg-area workshops:

• Oct. 2: “EMPOWERING Bystanders in Bullying Prevention”
CEUs: 6 SW; 5.5 LPC

• Nov. 19: “Borderline Clients: Dancing with Real vs. Imagined Abandonment”
CEUs: 6 SW; 5.5 LPC; Psychology hours pending

• Dec. 12: “Effective Behavioral Interventions for Memory Impairments and Dementia”
CEUs: 4 SW; 3.75 LPC; 4.8 Nursing; 4 GPC; Psychology hours pending.

Clarksburg-area workshops:

• Sept. 26: “Accounting Update for Nonprofits”
CEUs: 2 SW; 2 CECNPM
• Sept. 26: “Quickbooks for Non-Profits”
CEUs: 2 SW; 2 CECNPM

• Oct. 24: “Parenting Together, Miles Apart”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC
• Oct. 24: “Grief and Children”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing
• Nov. 14: “Creating Public Value for Your Agency or Organization”
CEUs: 3 SW; 3 CECNPM
• Nov. 14: “I’m Not Broken So Don’t Try to Fix Me”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing; 3 GPC
• Dec. 5: “I’ve been subpoenaed, Now What?—The Ins-and-Outs of Effective Court Testimony for Social Service Practitioners
CEUs: 4 SW; 3.75 LPC
Wheeling-area workshops:

• Oct. 8: “Brain Injury ~ Anyone at Any Time: Assessing, Treating, and Supporting”
CEUs: 6 SW; 5.5 LPC; 6.6 Nursing, Psychology hours pending

• Nov. 12: “Self Care for Helpers 101: Feed and Be Fed”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC

• Nov: 12: “Sex Work and Human Trafficing in the 21st Century”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC

Princeton-area workshops:

• Oct. 10: “Designer Drugs 101”
CEUs: 3 SW; 2.75 LPC; 3.6 Nursing
• Oct. 10: “Nonprofit Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurs in Small Towns and Rural Communities”
CEUs: 3 SW; 3 CECNPM
For more information, contact Jacki Englehardt, program coordinator for the Office of Professional & Community Education in the WVU School of Social Work, at (304) 293-3280 or Jacki.Englehardt@mail.wvu.edu.

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