Social Worker and Professional Counselor Workshops
Earn your required CEHs and CEUs with workshops sponsored by UW Oshkosh and the Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker and Professional Counselor Continuing Education.
Managing Ethics and Boundaries with a Clinical Lens
Date: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. (with two 10-minute breaks)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Presented by: Jeanne Wagner, MSW, LCSW, ACSW
Fee: $99
CEH/CEUs: 4.5 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs)/0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The management of professional ethics and boundaries can be challenging in clinical work, especially as we have become more dependent on the use of technology. This workshop will address the unique issues encountered during the provision of clinical services and will discuss best practice approaches to these challenges. Learn more >>
Harm Reduction: Challenging Myths in Healing Addiction
Date: Friday, Oct. 20, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. (with two 10-minute breaks)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Presented by: Marian Frick Rigsbee, LCSW, MAC
Fee: $99
CEH/CEUs: 4.5 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs)/0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
No matter one’s role as a helping professional, we will encounter substance use disorders and have an ethical obligation to reduce harm associated with them. Problematic substance use has been a part of the human experience since the earliest historical records. Many great achievements have been made in improving human health, yet substance use disorders are still the leading preventable cause of death in the Western world. North America is now amid the “fourth-wave” of the opiate crisis, and there seems no end in sight. How can this be? Although nearly all helping professionals agree that prevention of harm is an important goal in addictions, disagreements on how to approach it abound. Learn more >>
Difficult Conversations: Beyond Basic Motivational Interviewing
Date: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. (with two 10-minute breaks)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Presented by: Melinda Marasch, LCSW
Fee: $99
CEH/CEUs: 4.5 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs)/0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach for therapists and non-therapist direct care staff. Learn practical application of foundational MI concepts and approaches that you can implement immediately. These approaches assist in efficiently and effectively developing rapport, meeting the client where they are, and supporting mandated and voluntary clients toward behavior change. Learn more >>
CEH/CEU Requirements: For the March 1, 2023 – February 28, 2025 biennium, 30 continuing education credit hours are required. Of those, four credit hours must be in social work ethics and professional boundaries.
Social work training programs sponsored by the Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education will be accepted by the State of Wisconsin as continuing education hours. Full attendance at the workshop will earn continuing education hours.
- Professional Counselor CEH: The UW Oshkosh Department of Counselor Education, accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Program (CACREP) has approved these workshops for continuing education hours.
- Continuing Education Units (CEUs): Workshop participants can receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for their full participation in each workshop.
In the event of late arrival and/or early departure, amended certificates indicating the actual number of credit hours earned will be provided upon calling our office.
Student Rate: Students currently enrolled in the UW Oshkosh Social Work Program may register at a reduced rate of $25. You must register using your UW Oshkosh email address and include your seven-digit student ID number.
Registration Deadlines: The registration deadline for each of the workshops is 10 business days before the program starts. After this date, please call the UW Oshkosh Division of Online and Continuing Education at (920) 424-1129 to determine program availability.
Credit and debit card payments will only be accepted electronically. OCE will no longer accept credit and debit card payments via phone, mail, or fax.
Questions and More Information: Questions concerning registration and program content should be directed to the Division of Online and Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901-8623. Please call (920) 424-1129.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received 10 business days before the program will receive a full refund, minus a $35 processing charge. No refunds will be given for cancellations received less than 10 business days before the program. UW Oshkosh reserves the right to cancel any program due to insufficient enrollment, as well as the right to limit enrollment due to excessive demand. UW Oshkosh is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. If you need special assistance and/or accommodations, please notify us by the registration deadline. All requests will be kept confidential.
Program Manager: The program manager for these workshops is Jason Hubbard. We are continuously looking for new and diverse program ideas. You can contact Jason at (920) 424-1129. You may also email him at hubbardj@uwosh.edu.
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