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WSSCSW Activities Calendar for 2008 - 2009

September 2008

Fall 2008 Clinical Conference
Date: September 27
Time: 9:00A-4:45P
The War Veteran in American Film: PTSD and the Challenge of postwar adjustment

October 2008

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 21
Time: 6:30P-9:00PM
Social Work within Diverse Agency Settings

New Professionals Program
Date: Friday, October 24th
Time: 6PM - 9PM
New Professionals Fall Dinner & reception

November 2008

Fall 2008 Ethics Conference
Date: November 1
Time: 9:00 AM-5:00P
HIPAA Five Years Later: The Impact on Clinical Practice

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: November 18
Neurobiology of Trauma and Abuse

January 2009

Initial meeting WSSCSW Clinical Book Club

January 12: Washington State Legislature: 2009 legislative session begins

Short Course
Date: January 13th (1 of 4 sessions)
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits, and cautions

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: January 20
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with Adolescents

Short Course
Date: January 27th (2 of 4 sessions)
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits, and cautions

February 2009

Short Course
Date: February 10th (3 of 4 sessions)
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits, and cautions

Short Course
Date: February 24th (4 of 4 sessions)
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits, and cautions

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: February 24
Self Care for Private Practice Clinicians: Nurturing ourselves

March 2009

Short Course
Date: Tuesday, March 3 & 17
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Starting Your Own Private Practice
Instructors: Shirley Bonney, LICSW, and Karen Hansen, LICSW

Short Course
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Somatic Transformation: An innovative approach to the treatment of anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress and addictions

Short Course
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm
Using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with Adolescents: Effective strategies for difficult to treat teens and families

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 24
Mindfulness: Within the clinical hour and beyond

April 2009

Short Course
Date: Saturday, April 18; Saturday May 2, 2009
Time: 9 am - 1:30 pm
Self Care for Clinicians: Nurturing ourselves through mindfulness

Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: April 22
Negative Therapeutic Reaction: Why we sometimes bite the hand that feeds us

May 2009

No events currently scheduled.

June 2009

Clinical Conferences
Date: June 19-20
Society Supervision Course
Common Goals, Different Roads: Approved Supervision Across Mental Health Disciplines

WSSCSW Annual Membership and Volunteer Appreciation Party