Social Work Student Alliance (SWSA) ALERT for September 30, 2008
PSCSW CYBERSEX ADDICTION EVENT IN LANCASTER
The PSCSW is hosting a Coffee & Conversation (C&C) in Lancaster on November 1 on the subject of cybersex addiction. The presenter is Ms. Cara W. Tripodi, LCSW, MSS, CSAT. She is the Executive Director and Owner of S.T.A.R-Sexual Trauma and Recovery, Inc. in Wynnewood, PA, specializing in sexual addiction, sexual co-addiction, sexual anorexia and love addiction. She has been treating both individuals and groups since 1991. She a frequent lecturer and has coauthored Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts (2008).
PSCSW holds these C&Cs regularly in the greater Philadelphia area where they are very popular. This is your opportunity to attend one close to home. This one will be held at the home of Janneke van Beusekom, LCSW. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served at 9:30am and the workshop itself will go from 10:00am until noon. There is no charge for PSCSW members; non-member fee is $20, and 2 CEUs are available for an additional charge of $10. For more information, please contact Janneke at: jmvanbeusekom@comcast.net.
SOURCE: Janneke van Beusekom, LCSW, via Dr. Claudia Dewane.
CAMPAIGN FORUM
TUH´s Social Work Student Alliance is hosting a forum on Thursday, October 9th from 6-8pm in TUH Room 246. The forum replaces the October Alliance Public Meeting which would have been scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month.
The forum will be a non-partisan event featuring representatives from the Democratic, Green, Libertarian and Republican presidential campaigns. Representatives will speak for fifteen minutes on their candidate´s platforms. There will then be a one-hour question and answer session to address and further inform the audience on specific issues and/or policy proposals. This event will not be a debate on issues; it will focus on educating the audience.
Seating is limited and tickets are required for admission! To obtain your see any Alliance team member or Kari Leaver in the SSA office.
The Alliance is now issuing Certificates of Attendance for all students attending Alliance Public Meetings. Some professors have indicated they will offer extra credit for the certificates, but that is solely up to the discretion of the professor. To obtain a certificate for the Campaign Forum, please PRINT your name on the back of your ticket. Your certificate will be placed in your mail folder by October 20th.
TERM PAPER CONTEST
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (JSWVE) and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) are sponsoring a term paper contest. The term papers will be collected by the JSWVE editorial board and judged by ASWB staff. For more information, go to: http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/97/65/.
JOB POSTING
The Play Therapy Center in York and Lancaster is seeking LSWs and or LCSWs for outpatient counseling. Flexible schedule, convenient location, good pay, great working atmosphere. Call 717.509.3113 or send resume to: rl535@comcast.net
SOURCE: Lynn Notestine, MSW (lynn.notestine@temple.edu)
10TH ANNUAL PATHWAYS FOR VICTIM SERVICES CONFERENCE
The 10th Annual Pathways for Victim Services Conference is being held November 19-21, 2008, in State College, PA. It is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. For more information, please see: www.conferences.psu.edu/Pathways or contact Rebecca Slavinsky at 717-265-8744 or rslavinsky@state.pa.us.
SOURCE: Rebecca Slavinsky, MSW, LSW & TUH SW Alumni
CSWA & NASW JOINT LEGISLATIVE WORK
The link below is to a video that does an excellent job of introducing the Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA) and clinical social work. CSWA has been active for over thirty years in the legislative arena around issues that impact on clinical social workers. The organization is not working closely with NASW to have an even more powerful impact in the legislative arena. If you would like to learn more about CSWA, so to the website at:
www.clinicalsocialworkassociation.org.
You can also download an application for membership if you are interested. If you are already a Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work (PSCSW) member, that organization has an arrangement with CSWA to offer you a $25.00 reduction in the CSWA general membership dues for first time members of CSWA.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mBxzgPolRA
SOURCE: PSCSW Yahoo!Group email
ABSTINENCE AND TEEN PREGNANCY CONFERENCE:
The 10th Annual Pathways for Victim Services Conference is being held November 19-21, 2008, in State College, PA. It is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. For more information, please see: www.conferences.psu.edu/Pathways or contact Rebecca Slavinsky at 717-265-8744 or rslavinsky@state.pa.us.
SOURCE: Rebecca Slavinsky, MSW, LSW & TUH SW Alumni
LSW/LCSW EXAM PREP COURSE
For those who plan to register to take either the LSW or LCSW license exam, we invite you to enroll in our new SOCIAL WORK LICENSE EXAM PREPARATION COURSE. For your convenience, it will be offered on two separate dates -- November 22, 2008 and February 28, 2009.
This comprehensive full-day preparatory course has been designed to increase student success, while decreasing test anxiety, on the master´s (LSW) and clinical (LCSW) social work license exam. Special attention is given to practice theory, social work terminology, therapeutic strategies, treatment, practice techniques, ethics, social work values, DSM-IV, psychopharmacology, as well as diversity sensitive practice. The course includes helpful practice test questions, a study manual, and discussion.
The one-day course meets 9:30am-4:30pm, and will take place here at the School. Participants provide their own lunch. The course is facilitated by David B. Wohlsifer, PhD, LCSW, who is in private practice with Bala Psychological Resources in Bala Cynwyd. He is an adjunct professor at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Cost of the course is $120. The attached registration form may be mailed or faxed.
SOURCE: Lynn Notestine, MSW (lynn.notestine@temple.edu) and Dr. Claudia Dewane (cdewane@temple.edu).
