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Workshop Information (2012)
- # 1. Hope and strength tools for counselling and group work
- # 2. Aboriginal Mothers' Advocacy Project (AMAP)
- # 3. Using energy psychology techniques to heal trauma
- # 4. Advocacy - The intersection between theory and practice
- # 5. Foster care globally: The search for best practice
- # 6. Not just the marginalized benefit from decolonization
- # 7. Supporting mental health clients with mindfulness
- # 8. Awakening virtues within: Create a culture of character
- # 9. The hustle for worthiness: Exploring the power of love, belonging, and being enough
- #10. The 2011 Cost of Poverty in Alberta report
- #11. Better health for all: Defining ourselves
- #12. Foreign Credential Recognition in Canada
- #13. Compassion fatigue & vicarious trauma awareness & solutions
- #14. Stress management for the social worker soul
- #15. Balancing the mind and body: Techniques and explorations
- #16. Rural renal social work: Increasing resilience
- #17. Assessing and working with self-injury
- #18. ACSW Continued Competence Portfolio Workshop
- #19. Who I am: From client to social worker
- #20. Wounded faith and trauma: Making room for compassion
- #21. Contemporary social work practicum supervision: Joys and challenges
- #22. ACSW Social Policy Framework update
- #23. Collaborating with protective services in addiction & mental health services
- #24. Pommaksinni - Transfer of traditional healing practices
- #25. Understanding social justice: Child welfare social workers' perspective
- #26. Understanding your client: A transactional analysis perspective
- #27. Listening to our bodies
- #28. Facilitating health sexual decisions: A framework for everyone
- #29. Child protection errors: What tragedies teach us
- #30. Hakomi Therapy: Mindful exploration of the self's organization
- #31. Celebrate your life with yoga observe your mind and your breath, within your own vessel
- #32. Integrating mindfulness into clinical practice
- #33. Trauma: Impacts and healing
- #34. Managing youth self-harm: do's and don'ts
- #35. Domestic violence: Current realities
- #36. After 50 years is the personal still political? (All smartened up and no place to go!)
- #37. Rural social work practice: Similarities and differences
- #38. Learning gained from an international practicum in Peru
- #39. Lessons we are learning from OBSD implementation
- #40. Bulding protective factors and strengths
- #41. Larger systems advocacy
- #42. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Society: What have we learned?
- #43. A recipe for happiness for social workers
- #44. From chaos to C.A.L.M (Creative Adaptive Lifestyle Management): Stress management matters
- #45. The case for Aboriginal technology
- #46. Social work burnout: Its understanding and prevention
- #47. Bundling and unbundling psychosocial interventions in the context of your workplace
- #48. Healthy vibrations: The healing power of the drum
- #49. Possibility & collaborative social change
- #50. Thriving in child protection
- #51. Community capacity building at the Women's Centre
- #52. Healing ourselves so that we can heal others
- #53. Poverty reduction in Alberta; The potential for change
- #54. Learning together: Integrated practice and education for capacity building in social work
- #55. ACSW Continued Competence Portfolio workshop
- #56. Hoarding: How it hurts, how to heal
- #57. We all can use more fun at work
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Annual Conference 2011
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Workshop Information
- # 1 Understanding racism in Alberta and its impact in social work practice
- # 2 Hope and strengths tools for counselling and group work
- # 3 Immigrants building a nation: the social workers' role
- # 4 LINK body, breath, mind; HEIGHTEN awareness, acceptance, stability. PRACTICE YOGA!
- # 5 Advocacy - the intersection between theory and practice
- # 6 The Elder's legacy; recognizing kinship care
- # 7 Dementia - developing a positive perspective
- # 8 Power tools for psychotherapy
- # 9 Building community together: the power of intergenerational programs
- # 10 The impact of motivational interviewing on abuser's readiness for change
- # 11 Attack problem behaviors while developing virtues and self-discipline
- # 12 Living with HIV: best practices for ethical services
- # 13 Application of neurosequential model of therapeutics in domestic violence prevention shelters
- # 14 We all can use more fun at work
- # 15 ACSW's social policy framework and public speaking
- # 16 Supervising practicum students: approaches, challenges and best practices
- # 17 Effective co-parenting: putting kids first
- # 18 Supporting growth and development using mind-body strategies
- # 19 Integrating sexual health into your social work practice
- # 20 Children cross borders
- # 21 Being a truth-teller: what it takes to dissent
- # 22 How my wife and I eventually overcame schizophrenia stigma
- # 23 Supporting transitions: from institutions to community care
- # 24 Getting to the "heart" of the matter
- # 25 Accreditation: the pursuit of quality improvement
- # 26 Speaking truth: the legacy of Gayle Gilchrist James
- # 27 Speaking truth about counselling: what the last 10 years of research tell us about practice
- # 28 Advanced motivational interviewing skills: working with change talk
- # 29 Narrative outsider witnessing practices in family art therapy
- # 30 Mindfulness and yoga practices for mental health
- # 31 Healing historic trauma in Aboriginal families and communities
- # 32 Outcomes Based Service Delivery (OBSD) - an overview
- # 33 Identifying and responding to human trafficking in Alberta
- # 34 Making communities stronger: engaging African communities in response to HIV / AIDS in Calgary
- # 35 The power within - the power of self to heal
- # 36 Engaging the multigenerational workforce
- # 37 The 'healthy' world of eating disorders
- # 38 The experience of growing up in care
- # 39 ACSW continued competence portfolio workshop
- # 40 Baby boomers as volunteers: who they are and how to recruit them
- # 41 Everyday social worker helping to make a better Canada
- # 42 Living outside the box: gender diversity, truth and power
- # 43 Making the connection: harm reduction and high risk youth
- # 44 Connecting with immigrants and refugees by enhancing cultural competency
- # 45 Social work ethics for research and evaluation
- # 46 (The) new social code: it's not sex, it's popularity
- # 47 The power of symbolism: helping clients speak their truth
- # 48 Storytelling for life: holistic use of story
- # 49 Community activism
- # 50 Aging in place
- # 51 ACSW continued competence portfolio workshop
- 2011 Conference Registration Form (only)
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Past Conferences
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2010 Conference
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Workshop Information
- # 1 Case study: evaluation of seniors' outreach to improve service
- # 2 Engaging the community in working with high risk youth
- # 3 Inspired leadership: getting to the heart of what matters
- # 4 Social work practice in the capacity assessment process
- # 5 From trauma and adaptation: finding healing; creating hope
- # 6 Portfolio Development Workshop
- # 7 Ma'motowin, working together: a discussion about knowledge translation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people
- # 8 Emergency room outreach: innovative programming in mental health
- # 9 Awaken the virtues within: yours and your client's
- # 10 Igniting resilience: building resilient and inspired teams!
- # 11 Using energy strategies for wellbeing and therapeutic effectiveness
- # 12 Personal liability of social workers
- # 13 We all can use more fun at work
- # 14 Facilitating resilience and independence - lessons from lived experience
- # 15 Ethical and unbiased couple counselling
- # 16 Success factors for inter-agency collaboration
- # 17 Healing the wound: reconnecting children to nature
- # 18 From acknowledgement to action
- # 19 Portfolio development workshop
- # 20 Social work without borders "supporting children and families in a global community"
- # 21 Social work in a correctional setting
- # 22 ACSW's Social Policy Framework
- # 23 Healing the spirit: sacred journeys
- # 24 Seniors a GOGO: a theatrical journey
- # 25 Positive collaboration in child and family services: a way forward in working with Aboriginal communities
- # 26 The clinical specialty registry - a mystery no more
- # 27 How my wife and I eventually overcame schizophrenia stigma
- # 28 Burden experienced by caregivers of youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- # 29 Making a difference in one session
- # 30 Legal representation for children and youth - why is it important?
- # 31 Therapy with a larger aim
- # 32 Serving humanity - with a calm, focused mind
- # 33 The Elder's legacy; recognizing kinship care - sharing our thoughts and wisdom
- # 34 Eco - social work & health
- # 35 Applied mindfulness: the hakomi way
- # 36 Recognizing and managing child abuse cases
- # 37 Working with older adults - part I
- # 38 Cultural crossroads for social workers
- # 39 Portfolio Development Workshop
- # 40 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act - New decision-making options
- # 41 Lessons from the bereaved: revisiting traditional discourses
- # 42 The Edmonton diversion program
- # 43 A success story: the social work initiative within the highland primary care network
- # 44 Project Ko-ombuko - Our journey to Africa. Tales from an international practicum experience
- # 45 Closing the disparity gap campaign training: implementing our Social Policy Framework
- # 46 International adoption and its impact on Alberta families
- # 47 Responding to human trafficking in Alberta
- # 48 Doing collective social justice: How can the individual contribute to change?
- # 49 Supporting immigrant youth in Calgary
- # 50 Portfolio Development workshop
- # 51 Honoring the spiritual dimension in therapy: best practices
- # 52 Reality and risks of youth in a virtual world
- # 53 Discover your compass - take back your time
- # 54 Its all about me (or you) - contemplative action oriented practice
- # 55 Social work: the mother of all professions
- # 56 When cultures collide: How do we deal with the cultural gap around issues of family violence?
- # 57 Creating synergy: a whole organizational approach to quality service
- # 58 "Supervision circles": creative alternatives for the supervision of social work students
- # 59 Clients living "at risk": the role of professionals
- # 60 The basics of bioethics for health care social workers
- # 61 Engaging seniors in digital stories of home
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2009 Conference
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Workshop Information
- # 1 A relationship based strengths approach (RBSA) to discipline with youth
- # 2 Good grief - saying hello to saying goodbye
- # 3 Popular education - moving beyond community development
- # 4 Reclaiming and restoring the Aboriginal family; circle of understanding
- # 5 Listening for meaning - spirituality in treatment
- # 6 The environment and restoring mental-physical health
- # 7 Planning to practice: using appreciative inquiry to build a strengths based future in child welfare
- # 8 Getting started as a leader in the social work profession
- # 9 Family violence/trauma among immigrants/refugees: awareness, prevention and healing (in the 21st Century)
- # 10 Family violence & addictions: current issues and debates
- # 11 Social work practice for the reconciliation of the residential school era
- # 12 Beyond Alberta - beyond Canada - casework with global proportions "the growing challenge of social work with internation elements"
- # 13 Partners for kids and youth (PFKY): a community interdisciplinary team in action
- # 14 Lifestyle management - an essential skill
- # 15 Experiential introduction to the field of art therapy - come and play!
- # 16 Diversity in groups: harnessing the power of difference
- # 17 Assessing couple relationships: the resilient marriage model
- # 18 Facilitating change: social workers in primary care improvement
- # 19 Simple steps to avoid a complaint
- # 20 Making a difference: effectiveness in social justice advocacy
- # 21 "Isspommotsi'op" - sharing, supporting, and giving for the collective well-being
- # 22 Bridging a false dichotomy: medical and mental illness
- # 23 Fostering resiliency in clients with childhood trauma histories
- # 24 Complementary and alternative healthcare practices in social work
- # 25 Changing landscape of grief: integrating contemporary theory into practice
- # 26 Why social workers make great leaders!
- # 27 Elder abuse: the tools to make a difference
- # 28 The changing face of HIV/Aids
- # 29 Everything old is new again!
- # 30 Starting a private practice: some considerations
- # 31 "The pursuit of justice": ACSW's social action agenda
- # 32 Feminist supervision: promoting best practices for social workers
- # 33 The best friends TM approach to dementia care
- # 34 Interventions for nonverbal children impacted by domestic-war violence
- # 35 Alberta diploma programs: a long journey to here
- # 36 Impact of state and family violence on refugee women
- # 37 American Management Association (AMA) DISC survey workshop
- # 38 Eating disorders, sexual trauma and group therapy
- # 39 "Do you know what I mean" photovoice project
- # 40 Give & go: new strategies for youth community engagement
- # 41 Is it time for a team tune up?
- # 42 Open adoption: a journey for a lifetime
- # 43 All work and no play?
- # 44 Enduring change and ensuring best practice through accreditation
- # 45 The pride centre of Edmonton's youth theatre project
- # 46 Social work, self discovery and the United Kingdom
- # 47 Family centered practice in residential care
- # 48 Interprofessional practice in mental health and addictions
- # 49 Positive collaboration in child and family services: a way forward in working with Aboriginal communities
- # 50 Trauma recovery through indigenous research and language
- # 51 The color of fear: the paradox of race and oppression in the new millennium
- # 52 Change in the changeless, hatha yoga as an alternative healing modality
- # 53 Social workers within the animal world
- # 54 Conscious and mindful leadership
- # 55 "Kerby centre for seniors - 35 years and beyond of serving seniors in the community"
- # 56 Human trafficking here? How can I tell?
- # 57 Effective co-parenting: putting kids first
- # 58 Integrative body psychotherapy
- # 59 Jungle gym or career ladder?
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Social Policy Framework - Excerpt from Hansard February 8, 2012
Excerpt from Hansard February 8, 2012
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