New Information:
Make plans now
to attend the 2008 NASW Wyoming
Annual Conference on September 11-12, 2008 at the Holiday Inn,
Riverton, Wyoming! This
year’s conference is titled:
Investing in Wyoming Social Workers
Building
Skills…Empowering communities…Strengthening our Profession
Many exciting topics will be
offered this year, with a focus on providing in-depth knowledge and
skills that can be directly applied to various practice settings.
Our keynote presentation will be on
Motivational Interviewing,
presented by Diane Kempson, MSW, LCSW, PhD.
“Motivational
interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for
eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve
ambivalence. Compared with nondirective
counseling, it is more focused and goal-directed. The examination and
resolution of ambivalence is its central purpose, and the counselor is
intentionally directive in pursuing this goal.” (http://www.motivationalinterview.org).
An interactive workshop
will also be offered in which motivational interviewing skills will be
addressed. Other
presentation topics include
psychodynamic tools for
the therapist, incorporating developmental theories into practice,
international social work activities, person-centered discharge
planning, the Jungian approach to the inner wilderness, and projective
dream work, just to name a few.
Also, an
Ethical Decision Making
workshop will be offered that will meet the new state requirements for
three hours of ethics continuing education training for newly licensed
professionals (but this will be in-depth information for seasoned
professionals as well). Please go
to the “2008 Annual Conference”
tab on the left side of this web page for a complete list of speakers
and presentations being offered this year.
Also, there you will find a link to the registration form, which
you can print, with all the important conference information.
Also at this year’s conference, a
NASW General Membership meeting
will be held during lunchtime (lunch provided) on September 12th.
This will be an excellent opportunity to meet the newly elected
NASW Board of Directors, voice your interests and concerns, and learn
about the triumphs and challenges of transitioning the Executive
Directorship of NASW WY back to Wyoming!
I look forward to seeing everyone
at this year’s conference for exciting information, connecting with
colleagues and making new friends.
Sincerely,
Liz Dole-Izzo, MSW, LCSW
NASW WY President
