
WAFCA Continuing Education & Professional Development Program 2024
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December 7, 2023 9:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
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Somatic Experiential Play Therapy with Melissa Wetterlund, MA, LP, LMFT, RPT-S & Sara Werner, MA, LP, RPT-S, SEP
Content to include: the basic tenets Experiential Play Therapy, understanding metaphor and the power of play for processing pain and trauma; tracking physiology during play (fight, flight, freeze, and collapse); ways to respond to and support children's nervous systems in the resolution of trauma
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January 18 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
*with funding support from the Great Lakes MHTTC*
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Treating Suicide Risk in Outpatient Settings Presenter: Jennifer Muehlenkamp, PhD
Content to include: monitoring suicide risk among clients who engage in self-injury; identifying common drivers underlying suicidal thoughts and urges; ways to use risk assessment as a therapeutic intervention; specific strategies for managing acute risk; tools to manage and treat suicide and self-harm within an outpatient setting, reducing the need for inpatient services; evidence-based therapies, therapeutic assessment practices
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February 15 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
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Ethics and Boundaries: Culturally Responsive Therapy Through an Indigenous Lens Presenter: Felicia Behnke Shaw, MSW, LCSW, CSAC, CS-IT
Content to include: the ethics of cultural responsiveness; leveraging cultural practices to assist in healing; Mental Health and Substance Use therapy through an Indigenous lens; expanding awareness and inclusivity; the importance of listening to the individual; knowing when to refer out
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March 14 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
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Adoption Through the Lifespan: Beyond Adoption Day Presenter: Jaclyn Skalnik, LCSW
Content to include: how foster care and/or adoption impacts an individual throughout their life, developmental markers, identity exploration; strategies to support a struggling foster/adopted person; how familial separation, multiple placements, trauma, abuse, neglect, and loss can lead to attachment and relationship challenges; grief in foster care and adoption
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April 18 9:30am - 4:30 pm CT (1-hour lunch)
IN-PERSON in Waukesha, Wisconsin
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Build Workplace Cultures of Belonging with Inclusive Leadership Presenter: Beth Ridley, MBA
Content to include: what belonging at work is and why it matters; what it takes to develop and demonstrate inclusive leadership; behaviors that contribute to a culture of belonging; putting diversity, equity, and inclusion into practice; driving more thoughtful decision and better outcomes in a team; the many benefits of inclusivity and belonging for an organization and its members
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May 16 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
*with funding support from the Great Lakes MHTTC*
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Ethics and Boundaries: Adapting Evidence-Based Interventions to Honor Diversity Presenter: Chardé Hollins, LCSW
Content to include: effective real-world strategies for culturally adapting Evidence-Based Interventions (EBI) to increase client success and recovery; identifying barriers to treatment progress; implementing specific, practical strategies for advancing racial equity through ethical behavior; the code of ethics, how institutional racism has influenced the implementation of ethics; real-world strategies and cultural adaptations
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June 6 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
*with funding support from the Great Lakes MHTTC*
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Harm Reduction in Behavioral Health Presenter: Myranda Green, LLMSW
Content to include: situations and settings in which a harm reduction lens can be utilized in behavioral health, the spectrum of strategies (from safer use, to managed use, to abstinence), addressing symptoms and diagnoses, how to implement harm reduction strategies, tools to navigate conversations on access to lethal means, the six principles of harm reduction, the role of the clinician
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July 18 9:00am - 4:00pm CT (1-hour lunch)
IN-PERSON in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
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Change Starts with You(th): Supporting Teen & Adolescent Mental Health Presenter: Mary Kate Rowland
Content to include: resources to support teen and adolescent mental health, a basic understanding of mental health and mental illnesses, how to support someone experiencing a mental health crisis, an experiential opportunity to learn what it is like to experience auditory hallucinations
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August 23 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
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Eliminate the Stigma: What to Know About Black Women's Mental Health Presenter: Crystal Carter, MSW, LCSW
Content to include: stigma; historical factors facing Black women in clinical mental health settings (generational trauma, health inequities); tools to foster healing among Black women; cultural humility, intersectionality, and evidence-based therapy; case examples
View Event Information. Registration opens in April.
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September 12 10:00am - 2:30pm CT (30-minute lunch)
via webinar
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Understanding Early Childhood Trauma Through a Developmental and Relational Lens Presenter: Jess Bernal, LMFT
Content to include: the short- and long-term effects of trauma exposure on the developing brain and body, the importance of relationships on mitigating or exasperating the impacts of trauma, attachment types, factors that impede caregivers’ ability to form secure relational bonds with their children, strategies to cultivate resilience when working with children and families who have a trauma history.
View Event Information. Registration opens in April.
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Click here to see more events on our 2024 PDF preview, OR click here to check out our WAFCA Events Calendar!
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A Note on WAFCA Webinars
- Webinars are live virtual learning opportunities designed to be accessed by individuals. Group participation is not encouraged; post-webinar group discussions are a recommended alternative.
- In order to offer CE credits for these virtual learning opportunities via NBCC, WAFCA verifies attendance using Zoom. Each registrant receives a unique link that confirms their attendance and email address for CE certificates. Link sharing is not permitted, and CE credits are not available for unregistered participants.
About WAFCA-CE
For more than 25 years, WAFCA has provided quality, timely continuing education for professionals serving children and families in Wisconsin. Each year, we train more than 1,000 participants including social workers, therapists, counselors, case managers, residential care workers, parenting support aides and in-home support workers on topics ranging from family systems to addiction and trauma.
WAFCA-CE is a trusted resource for continuing education for our member agencies and other behavioral health professionals in counties and in private practice. The Wisconsin Association of Family & Children's Agencies (WAFCA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education ProviderTM (ACEP No.6778). Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. WAFCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
For all WAFCA-CE in-person and virtual webinar trainings, certificates will be issued within 30 days of the event. Click here for more information on continuing education hours, accommodations, program concerns, and confidentiality of participant information.
Fees & More...
WAFCA Members and CE Subscribers pay $0! (Log in for member/subscriber rates. Contact [email protected] for support.)
Fees for WAFCA-CE webinars are based on the length of the event. Non-members will pay:
• $25 per 2 hours • $50 per 4 hours • $75 per 6 hours
For non-members, all in-person events are $99.
Interested in learning more about WAFCA membership? Contact Kathy Markeland at [email protected].
Cancellations: A two-week cancellation notice is requested. Participants cancelling no later than one week prior to the event will receive a full refund. Participants may arrange for a substitute but must notify WAFCA regarding substitution. To cancel or arrange for a substitute, please email [email protected] or call 608.257.5939.
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