Benefits – ISCSW

To support professional social workers in Idaho by promoting excellence in clinical practice and enhancing the emotional health and well being of vulnerable populations
Benefits of Membership

Free quarterly trainings on relevant clinical topics
Receive up to 8 CEU’s annually
Network with colleagues
Students and LMSW’s gain valuable experience
Enhance practice and services

Annual membership fees: Student: $20 • LMSW: $30 • LCSW: $60 • Retiree: $50 • Lifetime: $300

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Upcoming Events

March 28, 2020

Ethics and Issues in the Helping Professions

March 28, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Interactive Learning Center, 2120 W University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, USA

Deborah Glasscock, PhD, LCSW has worked in the fields of education and human services for30+ years. Her social work experience began at age 5, helping her missionary parents visit anddistribute clothing to the poorest of the poor, living in the interior of Mexico for a year and thenworking across the border. Her professional experience includes working with the Oglala LakotaSioux people in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has gone on over 3,000 home visits in hercareer, taught parenting classes to court-ordered domestic violence offenders, and served as anoutpatient mental health counselor for over 10 years. Deborah has taught at George FoxUniversity-Boise for 3 years and at NNU for the past 5 years; teaching a range of subjectsincluding Ethics, Policy, Research, Nonverbal Communication, Assessments, and Practice. Herdoctoral dissertation was recently published in ProQuest, Spiritual Abuse Among Cult ExMembers: A Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Inquiry, and she is scheduled topresent her research results at an international conference in Montreal, Quebec, this summer.

Objectives:
1. Define ethics in both comparison and contrast to virtues, values, morals, and legality.
2. Explore the history and development of professional ethical codes.
3. Understand professional codes of ethics as guidelines in an ethical decision-makingframework.
4. Discuss the challenges of balancing self-determination with dominant culturalexpectations.
5. Experience the importance of confidentiality and informed consent through a learningactivity.
6. Increase self-awareness of ethics through a self-assessment.
7. Practice use of colleagues as valuable resources in ethical decision-making.

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