Silberman School of Social Work

The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College offers continuing education courses in the following areas: clinical, organizational management and leadership, language training, and exam prep. Learn more about the Silberman School of Social Work's Continuing Education  course offerings, schedules, pricing, CEUs and discounts by visiting http://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/programs/professional-development/.   For additional information,  please email trainssw@hunter.cuny.edu. 

You may register online, via email, or call us at (212) 650-3850. If you qualify for a Silberman discount, please complete our registration form, attach your ID as proof of identity, and email it to ce@hunter.cuny.edu. Please note that there's a $35 registration fee for all workshops over $99.

Spring 2021

Trauma Within Trauma: Psychosocial and Clinical Understandings of the Climate and Environmental Crisis

This introductory workshop will provide an overview of the climate and environmental emergency (CEE), emphasizing pertinent mental health and psychosocial impacts within it. The workshop focuses on how poor, marginalized, and BIPOC communities have been disproportionately affected by climate and environmental disruptions while contributing the least to these problems. Using the trauma lens, the discussion includes pre-traumatic, post-traumatic, and pervasive traumatic responses to the climate emergency, illustrated with clinical examples. We will examine how other embedded layers of trauma, including individual, familial, and intergenerational trauma, as well as communal and historical factors such as systemic racism and unequal access to care, may amplify experiences of distress. Finally, understanding the protective role of defenses such as denial, disavowal, and dissociation, which leads people to turn away from engaging with the climate crisis provides participants tools to enhance their practice by focusing and building on resilience BIPOC communities.

Instructors:

Wendy Greenspun, Ph.D.; Board Member, Climate Psychology Alliance-North   America: Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and Derner Institute, Adelphi University

Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D. Co-President, Climate Psychology Alliance North America; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Derner Institute, Adelphi University; author of “Holding the Ungrievable: a psychoanalytic approach to the climate crisis,” in Journal of Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Date: Saturday, February 27, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Course Code: SWSTWT
Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $53
CE Hours: 1.5
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Fall 2020

Introduction to Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Three Half-Day Virtual Trainings

Instructor: Carrie Epstein, LCSW

Dates:  Wednesday-Friday September 23, 24, 25
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Course Code: SWITFCBC/1, Trainings Only; SWITFCBC/1+Calls, Trainings and Consultation Calls
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Cost: $375, Trainings Only; $750, Trainings and Consultation Calls 

Overview:
Many children have been exposed to physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic and/or community violence, and other traumatic life events which are proven to dramatically increase risk of severe emotional distress and potentially lasting psychological and interpersonal difficultires. TF-CBT is an evidence-based therapy designed to treat children who have experienced a traumatic event and are struggling with subsequent emotional, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms. The treatment model has been used with children who have an array of trauma histories, including those with multiple and complex traumas. TF-CBT also helps the parent/caregiver participate in treatment.

This training is designed for mental health professionals who work with children who have experienced trauma. The three half-day remote training gives participants an opportunity to sharpen their understanding and skills in the powerful practice of TF-CBT. To learn more about TF-CBT, visit https://tfcbt.org.

The three half-day trainings are only one component of the TF-CBT program. To obtain a training certificate, which qualifies clinicians to move forward with other steps to become a certified TF-CBT therapist, participants must also complete the pre-web-based certificate and register for a minimum number of bi-monthly group consultation calls. Registration for the consultation call groups is not yet open. To see more information on how to become a TF-CBT certified therapist, please see https://tfcbt.org/tf-cbt-certification-criteria.

Course highlights:
Prerequisite: free web-based orientation
Training in the principles and techniques of TF-CBT including psychoeducation, relaxation and affective modulation, cognitive processing, and trauma narrative.
Consultation calls

Location: Virtual event using the ZOOM planform. An invitation will be sent to registrants.

Virtual requirements:
Participants must have an electronic device that allows for both audio and visual transmission. Mobile phones will not be sufficient.
Participants must have their webcam on and be visible on the screen for the full training (minus planned breaks).

Prerequisites:
Participants must complete the TF-CBT web-based leanring course prior to the three half-day trainings.
TF-CBT Web can be found at https://tfcbt2.musc.edu.
This web-based training costs an additional $35.
You will need to email Patricia Gray, at pg202@hunter.cuny.edu, the completed certificate prior to checking in to the three half-day trainings.
The completion certificate does not expire. If you completed the web-based course in the past, you could email that certificate.

Pre- and post-test completion are required.

Engaging Non-Residential Fathers as Service Users
This workshop takes a deep dive on issues and factors relating to nonresident fathers' involvement and its effect on child and family well-being. The workshop focuses on the use of assessment, engagement, and intervention to provide a theoretical framework to include fathers in the service network. Reviewing barriers to engaging nonresident fathers, this workshop will also describe how the life course perspective offers opportunity for change and empowerment of fathers. 

Instructors: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW,
                    Qur-an Webb, MSW
                    Anthony Gay, BA
Day:  Saturday September 12, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Course Code: SWSIIEFSU
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $70
CE Hours:2
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Clinical Supervision Foundation II
Clinical Supervision, when properly implemented, improves client care, develops clinical skills, and improves the knowledge and professionalism of clinical personnel. It is paramount in imparting and maintaining ethical standards in the addiction's profession. This course is in two modules for CASAC professionals, the first being a 14-hour online course that discusses the theory of Clinical Supervision. The 14-hour component must be completed prior to part two of the course which is the 16-hour remote instruction via Zoom. Participants will engage in discussions, role plays, case studies, small group activities, and simulations.

****This workshop  is two-fold:

     (a) In completing both the 14-hour and 16-hour requirements CASAC participants will meet the 30-hour Clinical Supervision traning requirement for the Advanced Counselor and Master Counselor status in the OASAS Substance Use Disorder Counselor Scopes of Practice

     (b) In completing the 16-hour Zoom training licesnsed social workers will receive 16 hours of CE units

Instructors: Dr. Delores Blackwell LCSW, CCTP, CCFP, MAC, SAP, AMTP

Dates:  Saturday September 12, 2020 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
           Saturday September 19, 2020 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM   
Saturday September 26, 2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Course Code: SWSCLIN
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $560
CE Hours:16

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Engaging Fathers Who are Involved in the Child Welfare System
This workshop reviews the impact of father involvement on safety, permanency, and well-being of their children who are in the Child Welfare System. Participants will identify and describe strategies of engagement, navigation and utilization of the child welfare or other systems where fathers are susceptible to implicit and explicit bias from service providers.

Instructors: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW,
                    Qur-an Webb, MSW
                    Anthony Gay, BA
Day:  Saturday September 26, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Course Code: SWSEFICWS
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $70
CE Hours:2
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Engaging Fathers in Various Social Services Systems as Service Users
This workshop explains the principles of a strengths-based practice model, which focuses on the three elements of assessments to engage fathers involved in multiple social services systems. The workshop describes various services and systems to include child welfare, mental health, education, and justice involved service delivery.

Instructors: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW,
                    Qur-an Webb, MSW
                    Anthony Gay, BA
Day:  Saturday October 10, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Course Code: SWSEFICWS
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $70
CE Hours:2
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Child Support and Fatherhood
This workshop explains the principles of a strengths-based practice model, which focuses on the three elements of assessments to engage fathers involved in multiple social services systems. The workshop descibes various services and systems to include child welfare, mental health, education, and justice involved service delivery.

Instructors: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW,
                    Qur-an Webb, MSW
                    Anthony Gay, BA
Day:  Saturday October 24, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Course Code: SWSCSF
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $70
CE Hours:2
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Dear Black Male...
This workshop will discuss the issues Black males go through and face including the cultural mistrust which influences perceptions and the quality of their relationships, recognizing that Black males vary in their individual needs and identifying supports that might be most effective. The workshop asks you to consider how efforts to adequately provide for Black males can be linked to the fight for larger social justice goals for themselves and their communities.

Instructors: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW,
                    Qur-an Webb, MSW
Day:  Thursday November 5, 2020
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Course Code: SSWDBM
Location: Remotely Via Zoom
Cost: $105
CE Hours: 3
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License Master Social Work Exam Preparation Training: Preparing for the LMSW Exam (Licensed Master Social Worker)

Instructor: Dr. Pat Riley, LMSW

Dates:  Saturdays January 9, 23, 30, February 6
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Course Code: SWEXLMSW/2
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Cost: $150  

Note: Dawn Apgar, Social Work ASWB, Masters Exam Guide: A Comprehensive Study Guide for Success, 1st Edition, ISBN 13: 978-082-6172037

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