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Continuing Education Program

The School of Social Work Office of Continuing Professional Education is dedicated to providing social workers and other human service professionals with meaningful and relevant opportunities to broaden their knowledge and skills to better meet the needs of their clients and organizations. Our continuing education programs, including half -day and full-day workshops, conferences and institutes, address critical issues facing human service practitioners and their clients. Our regional and national program faculty is recognized as experts in their respective fields. Please visit our continuing education page to learn about upcoming programs.

Online Course
Online Certificate Course
This online continuing education course meets the New York State requirement for training of mandated reporters of child abuse and maltreatment. Effective September 1, 2004, licensed social workers in New York State are mandated reporters and must complete the training requirement upon application or renewal of licensure. Adelphi has been designated as an approved provider of this course.

Go to http://socialwork.adelphi.edu/childabusemodule/ to review the course material, register, and take the test. Once you have passed the test, you can print out the certificate of completion and submit it with your LMSW or LCSW application or renewal. Graduating Adelphi MSW students submit the certificate of completion directly to the School along with Form 2 of the NY State LMSW application.

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Postgraduate Certificate in Addiction Treatment
This is an intensive training program designed for the experienced clinician. Responding to the recent emphasis on co-occurring disorders and the challenges of working with complex clients, this certificate program provides an integrated and sophisticated approach to understanding theoretical perspectives, treatment approaches and cutting edge evidence-based knowledge essential for effective addictions assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. This program focuses on working with a variety of client populations including individual adults, adolescents, and children as well as their families

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Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision
This is an intensive training program designed to promote a deepened understanding of the theories, values, and principles that inform supervision. Through the core/integrative seminar (course work and ongoing consultation) and four full-day workshops, participants will focus on the challenges, issues, and dilemmas that shape their work as clinical supervisors. Some fundamental elements of this program include: the therapeutic use of self, choosing an effective model of supervision, supervision as a developmental process, performing and addressing transference and counter transference issues, difficulties and impasses in supervision, and cultural awareness. Supervisors will also refine their skills for developing capable practitioners and professional leaders.

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These workshops and programs enable social work professionals to refine their skills, meet mandated requirements, and respond to current social needs. They are designed to promote effective interventions with individuals, families, and groups in vulnerable populations.

Download Continuing Education Fall 2007 Catalogue (PDF 252KB)
Download Continuing Education Winter 2008 Catalogue (PDF 144KB)
Download Continuing Education Spring 2008 Catalogue (PDF 3.1 MB)

May 2008
May 9

Using What Comes Naturally:  The Therapeutic Properties of Play within a Cognitive-Behavioral Framework
Kathryn Chernack, DSW, LCSW-R

Hauppauge Campus

May 16

Co-occuring Disorders
Nicholas R.  Lessa, MA, LCSW, CSAC

Ruth S. Harley University Center


June 2008
June 13

Addiction and Older Adults
Mary Alice Orito, LCSW, CASAC, NCACI, CRS

Alumni House


July 2008
July 14 – 25

Third Annual Summer Institute
Alumni House


Past 2008 Workshops
Jan. 11

Substance Abuse in Children and Adolescents
Michael Katz, M.Ed., LCSW
Alumni House

Jan. 25

Ethics and Liability in Clinical Supervision
Robert Hazlett, Ph.D., LCSW
Alumni House

Feb. 8

Chemical Dependency from a Family Systems Perspective
Dan Minuchin, LMFT
Alumni House

March 7

What is Cultural Competency and How Does It Impact the Supervisory Relationship
Patricia O’Dell, LCSW
Alumni House

March 28

Promoting Resilience and Recovery: Group Work with Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma
Carolyn Knight, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Alumni House

April 4

Domestic Violence and the Family
Cynthia Wilcox Lischick, Ph.D., D.V.S

Alumni House

April 11

Supervising When There is Conflict
Patricia O’Dell, LCSW
Alumni House

May 2

Understanding and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
Kren Shriver, M.P.H., M.D.

Ruth S. Harley University Center - 2nd floor


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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Leslie Temme
Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development
Social Work Building, Rm 235

p - 516.877.4339
f - 516.877.4392
e - temme@adelphi.edu

Marlene Scheer
Continuing Education Coordinator
Social Work Building, Rm 231

p - 516.877.4343
f - 516.877.
4392
e - scheer@adelphi.edu
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