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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

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