Location USC School of Social Work Montgomery Ross Fisher Building 669 West 34th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089

Tune In: Best Practices in Law and Ethics  
February 28, 2009 / 9 am - 4 pm (6 CEUs)
Marci Siegel, MSW, LCSW, BCD, San Diego State University School of Social Work
This course provides an overview of best practices in laws and ethics, including specific California laws and regulations affecting clinical practice, such as privacy, confidentiality, testimonial privilege, mandatory reporting, record-keeping and responding to subpoenas, as well as ethical decision-making processes. The instructor utilizes case examples, videos, group exercises and resource materials.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Written)
March 8, 2009 / 8:30 am - 1 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.

If It Were Only a Fairy Tale: Clinical Work with Grieving Individuals and Their Families
March 28, 2009 / 9 am - 4 pm (6 CEUs)
Valerie Richards, MSW, Clinical Assistant Professor, USC School of Social Work
This workshop will explore grief and loss as experienced by children, adolescents and adults, with an overview of theoretical paradigms of grief. Additional areas of study include clinical work with dying individuals and their caregivers, risk factors that may complicate grief, anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, cultural dynamics, the role of spirituality and hope, ethical dilemmas, and transference and counter-transference issues.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Written)
April 5, 2009 / 8:30 am - 1 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
April 25, 2009 / 9 am - 4 pm (6 CEUs)
Rose Monteiro, LCSW, BCD, Adjunct Professor, USC School of Social Work
Solution-focused brief therapy is an excellent, evidence-based, culturally competent, strengths-based model. The steps in this model are easily described and applied in a variety of practice settings with children, individuals, couples, families and groups. If you are seeking new ideas and interventions, this is the workshop to take!  Join us for a fun-filled educational day with a master brief therapy practitioner.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Written)
May 3, 2009 / 8:30 am - 1 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.

The DSM-IV-TR as a Diagnostic Tool
May 30, 2008 / 9 am - 4 pm (6 CEUs)
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Professor, USC School of Social Work
A great review for participants preparing for licensure, this course provides an overview of the DSM-IV-TR as a diagnostic tool. Emphasis is on the major categories of the manual relating to the clinical presentation, clinical course and treatment options for major DSM-IV-TR categories. The class will utilize a combination of didactic material, case examples, problem situations and videotape vignettes.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Written)
June 7, 2009 / 8:30 am - 1 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Clinical Vignette)
September 13, 2009 / 8:30 am - 5 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.

Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam Preparation Workshop (Clinical Vignette)
November 1, 2009 / 8:30 am - 5 pm
Estela Andujo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work
Learn strategies for passing the authorized examination for the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker. Content areas include biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment plan development, resource coordination, therapeutic application and legal/ethical responsibilities.