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The Conference will be held at the:

Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton
100 Fairway Drive
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

General Information: (954) 427-7700
Reservations: 1-800-624-3606 or
www.deerfieldbeach.hilton.com
*Reference group code NAOSW*

Room rate: $99.00 single/double
Cut off for room rate is May 22, 2008.

Energize your senses at the Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton hotel. This hotel offers stylish accommodations, tropical outdoor pool, state-of-the-art business center, concierge amenities and a delightful array of food and beverage choices. Visit the Travel Perks Coffee Shop, located in the hotel lobby, or relax outdoors by the pool. Bobby Bahia's Caribbean Grille will tantalize your palate with a fresh approach to Caribbean cuisine.

The Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton hotel is nestled between Palm Beach County and Broward County and within two miles of the beautiful East Coast Beaches of Florida. The Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton hotel proudly stands as a unique building in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

“Thriving (Not Just Surviving!) in Times of Economic Uncertainty”
James D. Huysman, Psy.D., LCSW, CAP

Clinical Social Work Consultant, Co-Founder of Leeza’s Place
2008 NASW-FL Social Worker of the Year

When the economy falls, human services can be one of the hardest hit areas. State and federal governments cut spending, certain programs are reduced or eliminated, while simultaneously need increases. With all of this going on, how do social workers keep their heads above water? How do we help our clients? This workshop will help social workers to creatively uncover hidden opportunities, and use them to the best advantage—to take whatever comes and not just survive, but thrive!

Dr. James Huysman is a master of creative opportunity, and believes that all life’s challenges—if met with innovation—can be transformed into education, empowerment, and energy. Dr. Huysman first came to public attention when he developed a compassionate aftercare program for talk-show television guests. He has appeared on shows such as Geraldo, Montel and Leeza Live. In addition, he has designed and implemented a number of new programs, including most recently as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.

A1: Energize the Mind: Alternative Therapies
Share and explore the uses of alternative therapies that can enhance traditional talk psychotherapy such as meditation, visualization, Rieke energy healing, art, music and movement and bodywork. These techniques can be taught to clients, as well as used by therapists, to balance and reduce stress, improve mood, motivate, focus and improve overall functioning. Bonnie Baker, LCSW & Monica Saul

A2: Social Work Intervention with Health Care Surrogates
Based on health care surrogates’ identification of factors influencing their life-sustaining treatment decisions, this workshop implements an evidence-based practice approach to working with patient representatives and families. Attendees will comprehend diverse decision-maker concerns, learn how to assess specific needs of patient representatives and implement uniquely-tailored services to meet surrogate/family needs. Julia W. Buckley, Ph.D., ACSW, MSW

A3: Domestic Violence: Where We Were… Where We Are
This workshop will give attendees the appreciation of the strides made in the issues surrounding domestic violence. With great sacrifice through loss of life, the power of women’s movements through time, and the strong push to enact laws to protect women, our current successes in domestic violence issues have come a long way. Susan R. Davis, LCSW, ACSW-G

A4: Mental Health Challenges Facing Older Adults
Challenges of implementing a wellness orientated and strengths-based approach are woven throughout this presentation. Highlighting models of mental wellness, their implications and goals will be who seek help will be viewed as those who wish to enhance their quality of life. Susan Fleischer, LCSW, DCSW, QCSW, ACSW, CSWM, C-ASWCM, CMC, ASW-G, CSW-G

A5: Disaster Behavioral Health Response and Recovery Efforts
Several venues are available to social workers who desire to assist survivors and their communities heal from the psychological distress caused by a natural or human-caused disaster. Current and new disaster response opportunities, volunteer and funded positions will be described. Julie Framingham

A6: An Intensive Social Work Experience in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Honduras is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. This workshop will explore the presenter’s social work experience in an 1,800 bed public hospital and a mountainside school/community program in Tegucigalpa. Techniques to reach children/adults of all nationalities will be discussed and demonstrated. Caryn Sabes Hacker, MSSW, ACSW, DCSW

A7: A Pain-Free Way to Improve Social Work Practice
Have you ever said, “If only we could just do things another way?” This workshop will teach a fun, simple model for improvement utilizing simple measurement and great ideas. If your clinical or agency practice can benefit from improvements started by next Wednesday, this workshop is for you! Beth Koon, LCSW, DCSW

A8: Boundaries in Creating Therapeutic Relationships
This workshop will discuss how the professional’s unmet personal needs can impact clinical practice and create anxiety for the client; how to distinguish personal agendas from the needs of the client/patient/family; and how to assess for over and under-involved behaviors. This workshop applies 1.5 hours toward the 3-hour Ethics requirement. Abigail S. Louie, LCSW

A9: Evidence-Based Group Work
Accountability, the values and ethics of social work, and the growing research on groups require we integrate the best available evidence in our groups. The presenter will introduce a framework for advancing evidence-based group work (EBGW) and offer resources and materials to guide participants in EBGW. Mark J. Macgowan, Ph.D., LCSW

A10: Using Art with the Grieving Child
Children experience loss through illness/death, school tragedies, moving to a new home, etc. This workshop will provide an understanding of the child’s developmental levels, and the ways in which they grieve, through combing practical experiential creative interventions. Stefanie Raifman, MSW

A11: So You’re Considering a Doctorate— Everything You Always Wanted to Know!
Participants will understand factors to be considered when contemplating a doctorate, including the academic job market, preparation, and rewards. The presenters will discuss doctoral education in terms of funding support for doctoral education, programs of study, eligibility requirements, and degree expectations. Dr. William Rowe; Darcy Siebert, Ph.D. & Paul H. Stuart, Ph.D.

A12: Taming Chaos: Children with Chronic Mental Health Exceptionalities
This program targets professionals that are working with families who are caring for children with chronic, persistent mental illness, such as bipolar disorder, schizoaffective illnesses, or any other debilitating mental health issue that is causing significant impairment in the levels of the families’ functioning. Nikki Woller, LCSW, CFLE

B1: DIRT, SLAP, SAD CHILDREN: Memories of the Playground?
Does that title bring to mind the lethality of suicidal ideations? If not, join us as we explore suicide from the basic facts and myths, to aids in measuring lethality of suicidal ideations, to practicing with those aids in vignettes within small groups. Myra J. Brazell, LCSW

B2: The Accidental Addict: Substance Abuse Across the Lifecycle
The dramatic increase of prescription drug misuse in adolescents and adults across the lifecycle has become an alarming problem. The cost of prescription drug misuse costs nearly $100 billion and results in more than 100,000 deaths per year. This workshop explores the problem of prescription drug misuse and examines solutions to the problem. Kerry B. Dennis, ACSW, LCSW, DCSW, BCD, CAP

B3: Navigating the Maze: Locating and Accessing Community Resources
For social workers and case managers to do their jobs effectively, they need to know how to locate and access services, especially if they are scarce. This workshop will explore where to locate services, how to use the Internet, how to prepare to contact an agency, self-advocacy skills and how to appeal negative decisions. Robert Goodman, MSW

B4: Boundary Violations: An Exploration of How They Can Occur
This workshop will describe the process of how a gradual erosion of the therapeutic counseling relationship can happen, and the impact this has on clients. The key features commonly found in boundary violations will be presented and participants will be asked to identify the implications for their own practice. This workshop satisfies the 3-hour Ethics requirement. Susan W. Gray, Ph.D.

B5: Dimensions of Supervision
This workshop will focus on styles of leadership, supervision and learning. Participants will become more familiar with their clients supervisory style through the Supervisory Styles Inventory and Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory. Supervision is an important tool since it provides opportunity to help the supervisee strengthen his/her clinical skills. There will be focus on four models of supervision with an opportunity to discuss supervision styles and experiences. Harvey Heckes, MSW, LCSW & Sheryl L. Aescht, BA, MSW Candidate

B6: Beyond Talk Therapy: Expanding Your Practice with Action Techniques
Psychodrama has much to offer all clinicians regardless of their training and preferred treatment modalities. This workshop will demonstrate how psychodrama techniques can be easily integrated into your practice. Learning will be both didactic and experiential. Participants will learn about psychodrama structure, and will be trained in specific techniques. Ginny Hillman, LCSW, CP, PAT

B7: The Impact of Illness or Disability on Sexual Health
This workshop will define sexuality and sexual function as it relates specifically to persons with an illness or a disability, assist in understanding the impact disability and illness has on sexual function, identify the psychological concerns people experience and discuss a model used for providing comprehensive education and training. Robin M. Kohn, MSW, LCSW

B8: Managing Your Malpractice Risk as a Social Worker
The session will cover key concepts in risk management, such as confidentiality and its exceptions, duty to warn and informed consent. We will define what constitutes a malpractice case and emphasize important recordkeeping issues, guidelines for supervision, special tips for clinical and private practitioners and brief you about your malpractice insurance, its special features and implications for your practice. This workshop satisfies the Prevention of Medical Errors requirement. Paul A. Kurzman, Ph.D., ACSW

B9: The Ethics of Internet-Related Social Work Practice
This presentation will look at the potential for ethical and legal practice dilemmas with a focus on issues of efficacy, privacy, confidentiality, security, competence, legitimacy and liability. NASW’s Technology Standards will be examined and a framework for understanding, teaching and learning about the ethics of social work practice online will be offered. This workshop satisfies the 3- hour Ethics requirement. Susan Mankita, MSW, LCSW

B10: Group Work with the LGBTQ Population
Social workers who facilitate groups with individuals who are LBGTQ need to be aware of the variety of issues (e.g. coming out, discrimination and civil rights, relationships) that emerge from this population. This workshop reviews these issues, and identifies and applies mutual aid principles to facilitate these groups. Mitchell Rosenwald, Ph.D., LCSW, MA

B11: Identifying and Assessing Suicidal Adults
This workshop is designed to help clinicians accurately identify and assess suicidal adults. The participants will learn the demographic and psychosocial factors which increase suicide risk, and will become familiar with rating scales which can help to objectively measure suicide potential. We will also review supportive information gathering strategies. Elizabeth Ruegg, LCSW, BCD, CAP, CT

B12: You Bet Your Life
Compulsive gambling often leads to financial and social ruin for individuals and families, requiring difficult lifestyle changes to overcome. Gambling addiction has been touted as the most difficult addiction to treat. The session includes a description of gambling addiction, statistics, symptoms, assessment tolls, resources engagement and treatment options. Norma Whalen, LCSW, CAP & Annette Burn, LCSW, ACSW

Join your colleagues for a chance to connect with friends old and new while enjoying hors d’oeuvres in a relaxing atmosphere. We hope you will join us!

C1: Medical Errors Prevention for Behavioral Health Professionals
This workshop focuses on clinical social work practice and prevention of medical errors in both agency and private practice settings. The course will also discuss the purpose of a professional code of ethics. The interactive format will prove to be fun and dynamic. This workshop satisfies the Prevention of Medical Errors requirement. Beth Koon, LCSW, DCSW

C2: Psychotropic Medications: Evolving Roles and Best Practices for Social Workers
Conflicts of interest in the psychiatric drug treatment and research enterprise blur boundaries between marketing and science, adding to the complexities of social workers’ involvement with clients on medication. This workshop presents highlights of a course aimed at sharpening critical skills of child welfare professionals assessing and practicing with medicated clients. Inge Sengelmann, MSW & David Cohen, Ph.D., LCSW

C3: Enhancing Self Awareness Through Creativity
Although self awareness is considered a key component in the development of one’s efficacy as a social worker, there is scant literature on how it is developed. This workshop will provide creative tools for self awareness enhancement that can be useful in work with clients, students, and one’s own professional development. Participants will be exposed to a variety of mediums that can be used in self awareness development, such as postcards, music, drawing, meditation, breath work and movement expression. Nan Van Den Bergh, Ph.D., LCSW

C4: Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action
This course introduces potential disaster volunteers and members of other local agencies to the role of the Red Cross in the community's actions in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies and disasters. This workshop, along with workshop F7: Fundamentals of Disaster Mental Health, satisfies the requirement from the American Red Cross to become a volunteer in disaster mental health. Participants who complete both of these course will become certified with the Red Cross. Presenter TBA

Join us Friday morning for breakfast, then come to be inspired by the wonderful stories of the honorees of the 2008 Social Work Awards. It’s a chance to celebrate social work and to honor ourselves and our profession.

NASW-FL will present the following awards:

• 2008 Social Worker of the Year: James D. Huysman, Psy.D., LCSW, CAP, Miami-Dade Unit
• 2008 Student Social Worker of the Year: Heather Cherry, BSSW, Miami-Dade Unit
• 2008 Public Citizen of the Year: Nola Theiss, MLA, MPA, Southwest Unit
• 2008 Elected Official of the Year: Robert Wesley, JD, Central Unit
• 2008 Special Recognition Award: Alan Johnson, LCSW, DCSW

SSWLHC will present awards for Social Work Leader of the Year, Public Citizen, and the Board Recognition Award for 2008. The award winners for SSWLHC are not announced prior to the ceremony.

D1: Raising Children with Special Needs
Many parents and primary caregivers of children with special needs are faced with unexpected challenges. This presentation can enhance therapists’ and case workers’ understanding of the various emotions and stressors that can be experienced. The presenter will also discuss techniques and resources that can assist when working with parents/primary caregivers. Lydia Abrams, MSW, LCSW

D2: Defining the Sexual Abuser (A Clinical Perspective)
Sexual violations or sexual transgressions against another range from sexual harassment, exhibitionism, and pedophilia to forcible rape and sexual homicide. This workshop will provide tools to more clearly identify the sexual abuser, the victim, and the treatment process. Michael J. Alicea, MS, MSW & Mauren Zamora, MSW

D3: Evidence-Based Treatment Modalities and Adolescent Depression
This workshop, based on a recent study, will explore the physical and emotional developmental process and tasks of adolescents, the different evidence-based treatment modalities that work best, and will compare and contrast utilization of these modalities with literature. Patricia Coccoma, Ed.D., LCSW

D4: Dysthymia Among Outpatient Substance Abusers
This workshop will cover the under diagnosis of dysthymia. They will present the results of an exploratory study of dysthymia among substance abusers in a treatment setting, and make treatment and research recommendations based on specific characteristics of this hard-to-treat population. Naelys Diaz, Ph.D., MSW; Gail Horton, Ph.D., LCSW; Michael Weiner, Ph.D., CAP & John W. McIlveen, M.Ed.

D5: The Brain/Body Connection to Bullying
Bullying and childhood aggression are universal problems affecting millions of adults and children each year. This workshop explores the effects that chronic bullying has on psychological and physical health (whether bully, target, or bystander). Studies that explore the connection to nutrition, exercise, guided imagery and meditation, and related brain hormones and chemistry will be explored. Caryn Sabes Hacker, MSSW, ACSW, DCSW

D6: Utilizing Social Work Leadership for Community Change
This presentation will examine selected concepts of social work leadership and their application to effecting change in underserved communities. Presenters will discuss their practice experiences in systemic change efforts in providing housing for homeless families, and reducing health disparities in medically underserved populations. Dr. Barbara J. Haile; Demetra Stackhouse & LeAndra Padgett, MSW

D7: Family Care Giving
With the increasing number of baby boomers becoming dependent on others and/or becoming the primary care giver of a loved one, we as social workers will be facing increased interventions. This workshop will share the fundamentals that we have already learned as well as looking into possibilities that can increase the potential of explaining our realm of practice. Valerie Harper, MSW

D8: Everything That You Wanted to Know About Memory Loss, but Forgot to Ask
We are at the beginning of an epidemic in dementia, but there are many innovative approaches that strengthen memory. Learn about computerized brain training programs as well as other modalities which improve cognitive functioning and strengthen the brain. Ninah Kessler, MSW, ACSW, LCSW

D9: The Indomitable Spirit: The Use of Art for Women Survivors of Domestic Violence
This workshop presents images depicted by women survivors of domestic violence as a means of healing. Other artwork consists of paintings by an artist supervisor depicting the nine stages of growth in living through, and terminating a violent relationship. Robert Morgan, Ed.D., LCSW

D10: Grief and Trauma Intervention (GTI) for After Violence, Death and/or Disaster
When children experience grief and trauma from violence, death and/or disaster, practice approaches to address complex challenges are needed. A grief and trauma intervention (GTI) that has undergone two studies with children in New Orleans will be presented. The theoretical underpinnings and treatment methods with case examples will be discussed. Alison Salloum, Ph.D., LCSW

D11: Jewish Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in South Florida
Grandparents are raising grandchildren without the middle generation present even when they have no legal obligation to do so. This qualitative study was undertaken due to the prevalence of grandparents raising their grandchildren in Florida and the lack of research on Jewish grandparents who are a part of this phenomenon. Pamela Wiener, Ph.D.

D12: Practical Single-Case Evaluation Designs for Practitioners
Ethical practice/accountability demand that social workers evaluate the outcome of their interventions. This presentation will review practical single-case evaluation designs for social workers. Proper application of these designs and their strengths, and weaknesses will be discussed. Stephen E. Wong, MSW, Ph.D., BCBA

E1: Motivating Behavior Change: Smoking Cessation
Tobacco dependence is the single greatest cause of illness and death in the U.S.., and disadvantaged populations experience the highest rates of tobacco use, exacerbating health disparities. Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based treatment that has significant potential for treating tobacco dependence as well as other substance use disorders. Andrée Aubrey, LCSW & Gareth Dutton, Ph.D.

E2: Professional Caregivers Care Managing Our Own Families: Burden or Blessing
This workshop will explore the unique strengths and challenges that professional social workers face when caring for our own families. We will explore the multiplicity of factors determining how we cope, and the impact on professional lives. We will examine themes including the meaning of care giving control, life stage issues and grief. Rona S. Bartelstone, LCSW, BCD, C-ASWCM, CMC

E3: Ethics, Beyond the Basics
This training will discuss models for ethical decision-making, characteristics that increase risk for boundary violations and discuss the supervisors’ and social workers’ roles in recognizing, delineating and addressing ethical dilemmas of supervisees. This workshop satisfies the 3-hour Ethics requirement. Sheryl A. Conner, Ph.D., LCSW & Mary Freeman, LCSW

E4: Lust, Men and Meth: Issues for Gay Sexual Recovery
This workshop examines methamphetamine’s devastating impact on sexual desire, functioning and self concept as well as key therapeutic issues essential for chemical and sexual recovery. Social factors derived from individual and collective histories, such as the thrill of taboo, belonging, power and the construction of masculinity, are also examined. David Fawcett, Ph.D., LCSW

E5: Beyond Consequences: A New Understanding of Difficult Behaviors
We often underestimate the impact of trauma on a child’s development. When children experience traumatic events, their internal survival mechanisms can become activated, dedicating all the body’s resources to remain alert in “survival mode.” A fresh perspective with loving options will be discussed and demonstrated to begin the path of deep healing. Heather T. Forbes, LCSW

E6: Reframing Therapy: Radically and Spiritually
This workshop introduces a paradigm shift into forgiveness and beyond the victim archetype which allows you and your client to rethink, reexperience and reframe victim situations—and “therapy” itself. This step by step approach allows forgiveness to unfold, with simple tools and resources to support the therapeutic process. Sharon M. Kirkland, LCSW

E7: Helping Clients Identify and Work with Their Internal Parts
“Who’s in Charge?” is a model that explains how our internal parts inform our feelings and behavior. This tool is adaptable for use with many problem areas. The model assists clinicians and clients to identify at what “age” level the client is currently functioning. The goal is to integrate the internal parts. Richard J. Loebl, LCSW, BCD, PA

E8: Advancing Your Social Work Speaker’s Potential
As social workers, we may be called upon to present cases, provide in-services, speak at community meetings and more. This workshop is an interactive program to help social workers develop or hone the skills necessary to become effective public speakers, with a focus on bringing messages that are meaningful for our profession to a wider audience. Susan Mankita, MSW, LCSW

E9: The Changing Face of Homelessness: Working with Homeless Veterans
This dynamic workshop will explore and dispel many of the myths, assumptions and stereotypes of the homeless veteran population. The session will focus on understanding the issues of, and services for special populations within the homeless such as veterans of the Global War on Terror, incarcerated veterans and disabled homeless veterans. Vianne Marchese, LCSW; Taylor Alyea, MSW & David Scoates, LCSW

E10: Using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for Rapid Therapeutic Change
The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is emerging as a viable option for rapid treatment of anxiety and trauma disorders, phobias and stress. Attendees will gain an understanding of the current theory behind EFT, instruction in using the technique, as well as participate in and/or observe live demonstrations. Forrest A. Samnik, MSW, LCSW, EFT-ADV

E11: We’ve Been Tested. Have You?
This workshop will increase the attendees’ awareness of and comfort level in dealing with issues unique to people living with HIV/AIDS including how to assess for need of an HIV testing referral, addressing resistance to testing with consumers identifying at-risk behaviors, how to assist consumers to make decisions regarding whom to disclose HIV status to and addressing issues unique to serodiscordant couples. This workshop satisfies the initial LCSW licensure requirement for HIV/AIDS. Resa Sandora, LCSW & Heather Galvin, LCSW

E12: What Every Social Worker Needs to Know About Human Trafficking
Florida ranks fourth in the U.S. modern day slave trade. Victims are legal and illegal immigrants, and U.S. citizens. Most are women and children. Social workers are key players in identifying these crime victims. This workshop provides practitioners and administrators with the knowledge required to assist and advocate for these survivors. Nola Theiss, MLA, MPA & Nancy L. Fowler, RN, MSN

“New Frontiers with Older Adult Clients”
Rona S. Bartelstone, LCSW, CMC, DCSW

Chief Executive Officer, Rona Bartelstone
Care Management & Home Healthcare

As the Baby Boomers age and the population of older adults rises significantly, all social workers—regardless of their area of practice—are guaranteed to come into contact with older adult populations. This workshop will provide social workers with the tools they need to work successfully with older adults, along with presenting the opportunities that arise in the wake of the population shifts occurring in Florida.

Rona Bartelstone is Chief Executive Officer of Rona Bartelstone Care Management & Home Healthcare, which is one of the most respected Geriatric Care Management agency in Florida. She is a regular presenter at national and international conferences. Rona has also been featured in many media articles about geriatric care management, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, Money, Health, Working Woman, Ladies Home Journal, the NBC Nightly News, ABC World Wide News and more.

The Other Side of Social Workers
Proceeds benefit NASW Political Action for Candidate Endorsement (PACE)

Social workers aren’t all work and no play! This fair is an opportunity to share those talents with each other, and enjoy getting to know a different side of our colleagues.

In addition, we will raise money for a good cause, hopefully get some good candidates into office, chat with friends old and new and enjoy some refreshments. Your $5 donation to PACE will also include a ticket for prize drawings.

Interested in sharing your talents? Accepted categories for display and sale include artwork (paintings, photography, printing, sculpture, etc.), crafts (jewelry, embroidery, pottery, etc.), creative writing (novels, poetry, short stories) and more. Contact NASW-FL at 1-800-352-6279 to sign up.