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