CE Trainings

Research has not clearly defined what the concept of "work life balance" is, although we are frequently encouraged to achieve a balance between our time and devotion to our work, our family, our leisure time - and for those of us for whom faith plays a significant roles in our lives - our spirituali

Many worthy causes, projects, ministries, and organizations lack the financial support needed to fulfill their missions because their leaders have little or no fundraising training or experience. Fundraising is both science and art.

Even as professionals, those of us who are supporting a grieving person can find it hard to know what to do or say to show the person you care. It can be easy to feel like you might say the wrong thing at the wrong time that does not provide comfort.

Christian Community Development values, aligned with both social work and biblical values, have the potential to impact communities that are often left at the margins of society.

The challenges of the integration of faith and social work practice, increasingly daunting in a polarized world, are the very marrow of NACSW.

Exposure to trauma has been found to alter brain chemistry in children. Therefore, traditional cognitive behavioral treatments are sometimes ineffective. This session discussed basic brain functioning and how trauma can disrupt normal brain development.

Acting on the biblical mandate to welcome the stranger, Christian social workers have an important role to play in accompanying congregations that have committed to assisting immigrants.

Spirituality represents an aspect of internal strengths used as a coping mechanism when recovering from substance abuse. There is an increased interest in spirituality and the practical application in helping clients to heal & recover from substance abuse.

Christians in social work are called to welcome the foreigner who resides among us. Our social work skills can guide us with how to empower some of our most vulnerable immigrants who are refugees.

Social work provides an opportunity to cultivate a therapeutic relationship that can be spiritually transformative; however, the realization of such potential requires the building of spiritual competence.

People in workplaces today are hungry for a greater sense of belonging and engagement. This can be accomplished by transforming organizational cultures to become more nurturing and affirming places for its workers. Christian leaders have a responsibility to create such cultures.

The purpose of this course is to call attention to administrative practices in the context of religious organizations; more specifically, the skills and assets that social workers bring to administrative leadership and management practices in religious organizations.

This presentation will address the potential role of spirituality as a resource for coping with both current and past trauma. Spirituality in this context embraces a variety of religious and cultural traditions.

Human rights abuses are a fundamental social justice concern that is grounded in the NASW Code of Ethics and international human rights protocols.

This training examines the complex lives of immigrant women in our communities and how to support them as they integrate into the fabric of American life.

Using an evidence-based perspective, this training focuses on one particular therapeutic modality, that is, spiritual modified cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Intimate partner violence exists in all communities, regardless of ethnic background, socio-economic status, age, sexual orientation, gender, etc.

This training will report the findings of the first national study of clergy sexual misconduct with adults. It will describe how the social dynamics of congregations contribute to, and so can prevent, clergy sexual misconduct.

The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life has found that African-Americans are more religious than any other racial/ethnic group in the country.

The purpose of this course is to help practitioners focus on looking at the practice of social work through a faith-based perspective, particularly in the church setting..

This training will illustrate a wide variety of ways social workers integrate their faith and social work practice, and how these different approaches to integration contribute to Christian social workers' understanding of both their social work and their faith.

In this session, we will explore how social workers find great joy in their work. We will examine aspects of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry that inspire and inform our thinking about joy in work. Come and find out how you can find more joy!

This ethics training focuses on principles of privacy and confidentiality for a small agency largely staffed by volunteers to assist older adults with food sufficiency.

A child's cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, and psychosocial functioning is greatly impacted by the illness or death of a loved one.

Managers at all levels in human service organization, both secular and church-related, must be able to apply appropriate administrative principles in carrying out their roles.

Social workers find that clients who have HIV/ AID are often discriminated against and stigmatized by secular society, the Church and by social workers themselves. Clients diagnosed with AIDS/HIV are often traumatized and suffer alone.

Social work practitioners are social change agents that spend much of their time examining social structures and advocating for policies and programs that advance justice and increase opportunity.

Online training and education in social work, as well the use of technology in general, can be intimidating and expensive. Is it possible to find approachable and cost effective ways to use these tools to reach today's students and practitioners?

This workshop explores the conflicts within our internalized racial identities and how they intersect with our professional and Christian identities.

Based on Dr. Robert Enright's 25-years of peer-reviewed, empirical scientific research, this workshop will develop participants' confidence in their own forgiveness skills so they can help their clients bring forgiveness to themselves and to their lives.

The DSM 5 (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) represents dramatic shifts in how we categorize mental disorders. There are numerous considerations including international compatibility, practical implications, and controversies.

One of the most valuable tools in working with clients is the social worker him/herself. Often social workers struggle with large caseloads and complex client situations, leading to increased stress and decreased effectiveness in social workers' practice.

There is no greater honor - and no greater responsibility - than to be there for people on the worst day of their lives. We must do it well.

How do people of faith see the role of social justice in social movements? This workshop explores how faith inspires social justice in social movements and includes several recent examples.

This presentation synthesizes research on resiliency and on leadership and applies this knowledge to individual social workers and human service organizations.

Grounded in Genesis 1 and manifest in Matthew 25:31-end, this session explores the biblical concept of shalom and its implications for the social worker and the Christian as we engage the world with justice and compassion.

The strengths based perspective has been widely recognized and utilized with many different client populations. However, within the chemical dependency arena traditional forms of treatment still dominate.