2008 Preconference Workshops
Prevention Framework for the Future Decade
Presenter: Pamela Teaney-Thomas
Thursday, April 3 - 8:30 to 4:00
Substance Abuse Prevention in schools and communities has been evolving for the past 25 years. It is time to revisit prevention strategies and programming we are offering in our workplace. This workshop will provide an introduction to the theories of prevention of substance abuse and high risk behaviors. Learn the steps and framework in prevention program planning. Communication strategies for effective leadership in prevention. Identify local and national resources.
Learn from local students who will discuss effective and ineffective prevention activities in schools. Information will be provided on counseling students who are exhibiting high risk behaviors and those who have returned from treatment type settings.
6.0 Contact Hours
Members: $75
Student Members: $40
Nonmembers: $95
Strengthening Stepfamilies: A Developmental Approach
Presenter: Elizabeth Einstein
Thursday, April 3 - 8:30 to 4:00
As America's family image has changed, Stepfamily Living has fast become the norm. Professionals who work with these complex families need to understand how the stepfamily system differs in structure, development, and process. And the more information families have, the better equipped they are to succeed.
This creative one-day workshop for professionals, and interested others, focuses on how to work with stepfamilies from a family systems developmental theoretical framework within four distinct teaching blocks. The day begins with introducing The Stepfamily Journey as a "trail map" for stepfamilies to understand their process and demonstrating the concept of "emotional baggage" in a unique way. A section on the adolescent in the stepfamily sensitizes participants to the challenges and emotions that children face as their family form changes. Examining bonds, boundaries and stumbling blocks to clinical challenges helps professionals come to understand better stepfamily issues. The importance of dealing with discipline with excellent parenting skills is addressed. People become part of a stepfamily through many transitions—death, separation, divorce, single- parent living and remarriage—so learning Virginia Satir's process Model of Change will help professionals guide these complicated families through these major life transitions.
6.0 Contact Hours
Members: $75
Student Members: $40
Nonmembers: $95
Working Through Ethical Dilemmas: A Supervisor's Guide
Sponsored by: SDACES
Presenters: Seth Olson, Chris Roseman, Jill Schoen, Michael Fellner, & Marla Muxen
Thursday, April 3 - Noon to 4:30
Supervisors are charged with the responsibility for the development of the supervisee, the treatment of the supervisee's client, and the protection of the public from incompetent practitioners. Consequently, there are many ethical and legal standards that apply directly to supervision. The purpose of this workshop is to help supervisors in both school and mental health settings be prepared to address ethical issues that arise in supervision. To achieve this purpose, participants will work through ethical dilemmas on various topics and learn to identify ethical concerns specific to supervision, learn how an effective supervisor would work through the case, and learn how to respond to other ethical questions. Participants will receive a packet of condensed resources to take with them.
4.0 Contact Hours (meets SD Ethics Requirement for license holders)
Members: $40
Student Members: $20
Nonmembers: $60 (includes 2009 SDACES membership)