How to Develop an Antiracist Lens for your Clinical Practice (2 Part Live Webinar)
Presenter: Keita Annie Whitten Foster BSW, MSW LCSW, SEP. Consultant, Educator, Racialized Trauma Practitioner, Embodied abolitionist.
Founder: Ready, Set Thrive!, The Harriet Tubman Movement Coalition of Maine, and Community Dialogues on Racism as a Public Health Crisis in the Midst of COVID-19

Part 1: Friday October 2 - 8:30 am - 10:45 am MT
Part 2: Friday November 6 - 8:30 am -10:45 am MT
Registration is for both parts. Attendees will receive 4 CEs. 15 min break during each session.
Register through the Social Work Online CE Institute.

How to Develop an Antiracist Lens for your Clinical Practice: This workshop will focus on introducing participants to an anti-racist practice model that will assist social workers in developing the ability to both expand capacity to understand the dynamics of transference and counter transference with regard to racialized tension. As social workers, we must be able to “metabolize” our own responses to race and also to allow for our clients the same space. This workshop will help you identify and manage racialized emotional fragility and what to do about it. You will learn techniques to help you and your client co create an environment of capacity to support authentic regulation for the emotional body.

Legislative Committee meets on the first Wednesday of the month from August to December (we generally break for June and July). During the Legislative Session, January to May, the Committee also meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held from 12 pm to 1:30 pm. Meetings are being held virtually.
For more information, please contact Sarah Lincoln, Legislative Committee chair at sarahlinco@comcast.net.

Virtual Conference Partnership with NASW-TX on October 8-10. Thanks to NASW-CO advocacy, it’s now possible for all required 40 hours of CPD/CE to be in coursework* such as this extraordinary conference. View details and register by August 17 to save $30! NASW-CO Members please confirm your membership in an email to hmclaughlin.naswco@socialworkers.org for the member discount promo code for the entire conference or for one day. *See this link for info: https://buff.ly/3i7M17V

The Practice Standards Committee will be meeting virtually. Please contact committee chair, Elizabeth Schulte for more information.

The Practice Standards Committee meets monthly and we welcome all members. To confirm a meeting date check the Community Calendar or contact the Chapter office.

The Committee has a consultative process that handles questions from members. This process guides members in the ethical decision-making process, but does not provide supervision or give legal advice. The Committee will accept questions/issues that have an impact on social work practice. You are invited to attend a meeting in person or by phone to bring the question/issue for discussion. Please contact the office to request the issue be added to a meeting agenda.

Walking the Clinical High Wire with Couples, Families and Legal Involvement: Ethical Management of Risk with Deb Henson, LCSW, JD

October 23, 2020 - Virtual Training held via Zoom - Registration Link: https://beyond-ethics.com/registration-for-ceus/

About the Training:
Beyond Ethics, LLC is an NASW-CO Approved CE Provider

In this workshop, Deb and participants will examine the high-risk nature of clinical practice in 2020. Deb will present vital information for participants’ ethical responses in this litigious day and age. Also, Deb will facilitate discussion of participants’ case examples, as well as her own work defending clinicians in Louisiana and Colorado who have faced legal and ethical dilemmas in their clinical practices.

Deb will help participants develop ethical, self-protective strategies to avoid the high-risk case turning into the nightmare case! As a seasoned clinician, who has a firm belief in protecting clients and guarding their confidentiality, Deb’s suggestions always are fashioned to protect the therapeutic relationship and the client and therapist from bullying, harassing legal activity.

Deb and participants will be discussing numerous case examples furnished by participants and culled from Deb’s legal practice in Louisiana and Colorado, which provides much grist for the training mill! Additionally, Deb will teach participants a relatively simple step-by-step approach for ethically responding to subpoenas for records, depositions, and/or trial testifying. Deb will help participants learn how to prepare for litigation events such as depositions and trial testifying.

To find out more about this training and about Deb, please visit the Beyond Ethics, LLC webpage: https://beyond-ethics.com/registration-for-ceus/

The Private Practice Group focuses on the business management and administrative aspects of developing and operating a privately owned clinical social work practice. The group's goal is to provide tips, guidance, professional resources, collegial support, and positive encouragement surrounding the successes and challenges of starting and owning your own practice.  The group meets on the 4th Saturday of the month (except summer, November & December) for mutual support to discuss setting up and maintaining your private practice. Pre-contemplative, new, and seasoned private practice social workers are welcome. NASW Members only. Please contact hmclaughlin.naswco@socialworkers.org to get in touch with the Committee Chairs and for the virtual meeting information. 

Location: Virtual meetings till further notice-contact NASWCO for link

Wednesday October 28 - 5:30 pm to 7:15 pm and Friday October 30 - 9 am to 11:15 am (with a 15 minute break during each session). Must attend both sessions to receive CEUs.

4.0 hours of CE offered - Members: $55; Nonmembers: $125 - Register Social Work Online CE Institute

Presentation by Amie Bryant, LCSW, CAC III

Course Description:
This training builds on graduate-level social work skills and provides clinical supervisors with new tools to become more versatile in their roles. It is ideal for those interested in becoming clinical supervisors, or those who are new to clinical supervision. Attendees will strengthen their understanding of today’s best practice knowledge and enhance their skills to function effectively in the role of clinical supervisor for licensure. This is open to ALL mental health providers, not just MSWs, LCSW's.

The training will address:

• Supervisory roles and functions
• Colorado State Regulatory (DORA) Requirements
• Models of Effective Supervision and Ethical Implications
• Strategies for Clinical Supervision and Best Practices for Individual and Group Supervision
• Common Challenges to Prepare for in Clinical Supervision
• Leadership and Concepts for Further Learning

Platform Instructions:

This course will be presented via GoToMeeting. Attendees will be able to ask questions throughout the training, but questions and discussion will be moderated by NASW.

The meeting link will be sent out the week of the event. Attendees will need a strong internet connection and should test their connection and system in advance: https://support.goto.com/meeting/system-check. Please also plan to log on 10 minutes early in order to troubleshoot any issues.

Legislative Committee meets on the first Wednesday of the month from August to December (we generally break for June and July). During the Legislative Session, January to May, the Committee also meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held from 12 pm to 1:30 pm. Meetings are being held virtually.
For more information, please contact Sarah Lincoln, Legislative Committee chair at sarahlinco@comcast.net.

How to Develop an Antiracist Lens for your Clinical Practice (2 Part Live Webinar)
Presenter: Keita Annie Whitten Foster BSW, MSW LCSW, SEP. Consultant, Educator, Racialized Trauma Practitioner, Embodied abolitionist.
Founder: Ready, Set Thrive!, The Harriet Tubman Movement Coalition of Maine, and Community Dialogues on Racism as a Public Health Crisis in the Midst of COVID-19

Part 1: Friday October 2 - 8:30 am - 10:45 am MT
Part 2: Friday November 6 - 8:30 am -10:45 am MT
Registration is for both parts. Attendees will receive 4 CEs. 15 min break during each session.
Register through the Social Work Online CE Institute.

How to Develop an Antiracist Lens for your Clinical Practice: This workshop will focus on introducing participants to an anti-racist practice model that will assist social workers in developing the ability to both expand capacity to understand the dynamics of transference and counter transference with regard to racialized tension. As social workers, we must be able to “metabolize” our own responses to race and also to allow for our clients the same space. This workshop will help you identify and manage racialized emotional fragility and what to do about it. You will learn techniques to help you and your client co create an environment of capacity to support authentic regulation for the emotional body.