School of Social Work|Loyola University Chicago

In this session, participants will learn the ways that youth are impacted by domestic violence.  Other session objectives include:

• Strengthening assessment and intervention skills in the work with teens/young adults exposed to domestic violence.
• Learning approaches to assist parents with teens/young adults experiencing dating violence.
• Discussing ethical challenges in the work with teens/young adults.
• Considering the legal environment as an important aspect to clinical work with teens/young adults and their families.

In this session, participants will learn the ways that older adults are impacted by domestic violence.  Other session objectives include:

• Strengthening assessment and intervention skills in the work with older adults.
• Discussing ethical challenges in the work with older adults.
• Considering the legal environment as an important aspect to clinical work with older adults and their families.

In this session, the social context in which battering occurs will be discussed.   Other session objectives include:

• Learning about current state of knowledge of aggressors.
• Strengthening assessment and intervention skills in the work with aggressors.
• Discussing ethical challenges in the work with aggressors.
• Considering the legal environment as an important aspect to clinical work with aggressors

In this session, participants will increase their knowledge of definitions and types of disability.  Other session objectives include:

• Understanding risk factors for domestic violence for people with disabilities.
• Strengthening assessment and intervention skills in the work with disability and domestic violence.
• Discussing ethical challenges in the work with survivors with disabilities.
• Considering the legal environment as an important aspect to clinical work with domestic violence and disability.

In this session participants will increase their knowledge of substance use disorder issues that are specific to abusers.  Other session objectives include:

• Ethical dilemmas.
• Laws that impact clinical practice.
• Illinois Domestic Violence Act.
• Title 42, Part 2
• DHS Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

In the first part of a two part session, participants will increase their knowledge of issues related to race, ethnicity, gender, and domestic abuse.  Other session objectives include:

• Factors that affect investigating, intervening, interviewing.
• Socioeconomic Issues as they relate to class.
• Issues related to sexual orientation.
• Domestic abuse in same sex/lesbian/gay/transgender relationships.

In the second part of a two part series on multicultural issues in domestic violence, participants will increase their knowledge of issues as they relate to migration including reasons for migration.  Other session learning objectives include:

• Advocacy with undocumented clients.
• Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse:  factors, how it effects investigating, intervening, interviewing, as well as how to provide on-going work with the family.  Signs and types of abuse unique to this population.
• Issues related to faith.
• Issues related to region: urban versus rural.
• Similarities in terms of service needs.
• Differences in terms of resource availability.

In this session, participants will increase their knowledge of  the definition and contributing factors regarding the various types of  trauma suffered by those at the forefront of domestic violence, including: Vicarious Traumatization (VT)/Secondary Trauma (ST)/Compassion Fatigue (CT).  Other session learning objectives include:

• Reviewing conceptual models in the literature about these three conditions.
• Cognitive changes.
• Challenges.
• Group as a form of healing.
• Supervising staff who are working with domestic violence
• The importance of trauma informed systems.
• Interventions for organizations.

In this session, key models of ethical theory will be reviewed including decision making frameworks.  This is a participatory course as application of the material will be applied to case issues raised by the participants.

Substance abuse disorders frequently coexist with other mental illnesses.  Substance abuse programs typically report that 50 to 75 percent of their clients have some type of co-occuring mental disorder, while mental health settings report that between 20 to 50 percent of their clients have co-occurring substance use disorders.

This session will acquaint the social worker with specific instruments to screen for the presence of co-occurring disorders.  Participants will:

• Learn to clarify whether presenting symptoms are associated with alcohol or other drugs or mental illness.
• Review evidence-based treatment models.
• Develop concrete strategies and resources to meet the complex case management needs of clients with co-occurring disorders.

This non-credit workshop will focus on the developmental needs to grandparents as well as grandchildren and how to facilitate services to negotiate the various life circumstances.

This workshop is intended for grandparents raising grandchildren, professionals who provide services, and social workers seeking to obtain CEU's.

Following a brief review of theories that underpin the practice of clinical supervision, the instructor will use a developmental approach to conceptualize the supervision experience. The unique dynamics, skills, and challenges of the beginning, middle, and the ending stages of supervision will be examined. Special emphasis wil lbe placed on essential factors necessary for the development of the working alliance between the supervisor and the supervisee.