Upcoming Training

What we’ve learned about mass shootings: Implications for clinical practice Saturday, February 11, 2023. 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Mountain Time

Cost: Free to current ISCSW members. Members can RSVP here.

$20 for non-members. Click here to register.

Presenter: Jill Chonody, Ph.D, MSW, LCSW

Dr. Jill Chonody is a Professor of Social Work at Boise State University and Coordinator for the Master’s of Social Work Program. Her primary research interests include the study of attitudes toward older adults and how curriculum can address biases that promote social injustice against older people. Jill has presented her research both nationally and internationally and has over 70 published articles and book chapters. She has also written/co-written two books– Community Art: Creative Approaches to Practice, an overview of different arts-based interventions that can be used by social workers, community organizers, and nurses, amongst others. The second book, Social Work Practice with Older Adults, presents a framework for practice that merges social work values and ethics with the World Health Organization’s Active Aging policy and stresses a strengths-based approach that promotes self-determination.

Learning Objectives.

At the end of training, participants will be able to:

1) Summarize latest information based on the most comprehensive database of mass shootings
2) Identify characteristics of mass shooters as it relates to their mental health, background, and importantly to recent and ongoing environmental stressors
3) Articulate how this knowledge can be used in practice with individuals, community, and organizations to create better preventative efforts
4) Utilize practice skills aimed at identifying potential breaking points for clients

 

Past Trainings

Let's Talk about Sex: Addressing Sexuality in Clinical Practice

Presenter: Rachael Bazzett, LMSW

Objectives
At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify strategies for addressing the topic of sexuality with new and existing clients.

  2. Describe impacts of provider discomfort and bias on explorations of sexuality in clinical settings.

  3. Identify language that can be utilized to be more inclusive of clients' experiences of gender, sexuality, and relationship styles.

  4. Explain impacts of trauma on sex and sexuality.

  5. Develop understanding of dual control model of sexual response and explore implications for clinical practice.

Presenter Bio/Credentials: Rachael holds a bachelor's degree from University of Massachusetts in Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies and completed her MSW at Boise State in 2015. Much of Rachael's career has been in the field of intimate partner violence and sexual violence, and she is passionate about issues related to gender and sexuality, having earned a certificate in Sex Therapy and Sex Education from the University of Michigan in 2020. Outside of clinical work, Rachael teaches as an adjunct in the School of Social Work at Boise State University and consults for local organizations on issues related to trauma and sexual health. Rachael spends lots of time snuggling with her three dogs, running in the mountains, and drinking tea.

Saturday, July 23, 2022
Loneliness

Presenter: Dr. Jill Chonody

Overview: Loneliness impacts health and well-being, and the pandemic has had profound social implications, including increased levels of loneliness and social isolation. This lecture will explore the importance of social contact and how different protective factors can prevent the negative consequences of loneliness.

Objectives
At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain  the impact of loneliness across the age spectrum.
  • Use specific knowledge and skills to assess for loneliness/social isolation in clients.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
The Ethical Me

Presenter: Scott M. Rasmussen, MSW, LCSW

Scott Rasmussen is currently the Regional Program Manager for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Behavioral Health in Region 5. He is also part of Boise State University’s adjunct faculty working in the extended studies BSW and MSW programs.
Presentation Objectives: 

At the end of training, participants will be able to:

  • Define the difference between a behavioral and traditional ethics perspective
  • List and describe the influences of a behavioral ethicist foundation
  • List ethical biases and the counters to mitigate them

 

Saturday January 30th, 2021 at 10:00 to 11:30 MST: "Therapy and Justice: Unpacking Western Bias and Expanding Healing". 

Description: We will watch a presentation given in the summer of 2020 via Zoom by Robin Chancer, LCSW (with permission from Robin and  The Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles.  Viewing of the presentation will be followed by a clinical conversation (45 minutes long) about the following:

  • What is the impact of our training on how we see the world?
  • What are some of the limitations and strengths of our training
  • What biases have been introduced to us through our training?

We will also discuss the worldviews inherent in theories, how western white biases have influenced our thinking and therapeutic approaches, and how we might expand our worldview given the inherent limitations therein.

Facilitators: ISCSW Acting President Charles Pohl LCSW,CGP and Eunice Stallman MD, a chief resident in psychiatry from the University of Washington at the Boise VA Medical Center.

Charles Dickens Anticipates Psychotherapy in "A Christmas Carol" - Charles Pohl, LCSW, CGP

(*) The term “Christmas” is used to denote the traditional term for a day and a season without its traditional religious connotations intended although it certainly lends itself to that for those who are so inclined.

Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the general premises of psychodynamic psychotherapy
  • List and describe the stages of group development
  • Describe how their own life events have helped shape their characters and influenced their clinical practices.