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2025 Social Work Conference
Friday, March 7, 2025
Empowering Social Workers!  Inspiring Action, Leading Change!
     
Time Topic Presenter Room Number
8-8:30am Registration and Refreshments  
 
8:30-9:00am Introductions/Welcome Carter Hall
 
9:00-10:00am  50/40/30 Keynote Address Lottie Cook Carter Hall
 
10:00-10:15  Break / Visit Exhibition Tables
 
10:15-11:15 Break Out Session 1 (choose between 3)
  Let's Enhance Self Care Strategies: How Self-Regulation Can Build Your Emotional Resilience Caron J. Leader, LCSW, ACSW, SEP 2217
  Licensure Beryl Cohen, MSW 2218
  Building Strong Families Through the Protective Factors Natalie Kassenbrock, LCSW, MSW 2219
  Trauma Response Through the Generations Christina Wicks, BSW and Dee Lewis 2220
 
11:15-11:30am Break / Visit Exhibition Tables
 
11:30-12:30pm Lunch, Recognitions, SW Student of Yr, Field Person of Year    
 
12:30-12:45 Break / Visit Exhibition Tables    
 
12:45 – 1:45pm Break Out Session 2 (choose between 4)    
  Trauma Survival: Rewiring and Healing Dr. Stephanie Hirons and Kelsey Neth, LCSW 2217
  Language Matters Sarah Jenkins, BSW, MSW, LSW 2218
  Advancing the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention using Retrospective Fatality Analysis Anne Kelly, Phd and Janet Schenell, MSW, LCSW 2219
  Bridging Gaps: Senior Companions Supporting Transportation to Outpatient Procedures for Older Adults Courtney Schmidt, MSW, LSW and Joyce Beaven, MSW 2220
 
1:45-2:00 pm  Break / Visit Exhibition Tables
 
2:00-3:00pm Break Out Session 3 (choose between 4)    
  Working with Children and Adolescents in a School Setting Laura Keys, LCSW, LCPC-S 2217
  The Nuerosequential Model: Transforming our Community Pamela Saylor, MSW, LCSW and Robin Miller, MSW, LCSW, ACSW 2218
  Effectively Navigating Attorney/Guardian Ad Litem Interviews and Subpoenaed Records and Testimony Stephanie Brinkerhoff, JD, MSW and Kathryn Kornblum-Zelle, JD, MSW 2219
  NARCAN Training Mark D. Storms, Bachelor of Science 2220
 
3:00-3:15pm  Break / Visit Exhibition Tables    
 
3:15-4:15pm Break Out Session 4 (choose between 4)    
  Ethics in Action: Best Practices for Serving Military-Connected Clients Jennifer Nevers, MSW, LCSW 2217
  Childhood Sexuality: Normative to Problematic Tracey Kelley, CSAYC, LCSW 2218
  Neurodivergent Clients and Therapy: Being the Therapist Your Clients Need Mark Luzader, MSW 2219
  From Victim to Survivor: Aiding Victims of Crime to Empowerment Lindsey Saltzman, MSW and Cyndi Saltzman, Associates in Business and Early Childhood Development 2220
 
4:15-4:30pm  Final Break / Visit Exhibition Tables