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
Short Course
Date: October 14, 28; November 11, 18; December 9
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits,
and cautions
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
Short Course
Date: November 11
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits,
and cautions
Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: November 18
Neurobiology of Trauma and Abuse
December 2008
Short Course
Date: December 9 (4th session)
Psych Meds: A review of current choices, typical uses, benefits,
and cautions
January 2009
Initial meeting WSSCSW Clinical Book Club
January 12: Washington State Legislature: 2009 legislative session begins
Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: January 20
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with Adolescents
February 2009
Clinical Evening Meeting
Date: February 24
Self Care for Private Practice Clinicians: Nurturing ourselves
March 2009
Short Courses
Date: Tuesday, March 3 & 17
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Starting Your Own Private Practice
Instructors: Shirley Bonney, LICSW, and Karen Hansen, LICSW
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
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
Approved Supervision Course
Instructor: Multiple instructors, including Bill Etnyre, PhD,
LICSW, BCD
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
Spring 2009 Clinical Conference
June 2009
WSSCSW Annual Membership and Volunteer Appreciation Party