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Webinar

S23 Homecoming: Advocating for the Profession and the Professional (Virtual Option)


Total Credits: 3 including 3 Category II CEs


Dates


Description

During this event, keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Estreet, will address the state of the social work profession, trends both nationally and locally within the profession and his vision for his new role as CEO of NASW. Following the keynote speech, an UMSSW alumni panel will engage in a discussion centered around their lived experiences in their current roles and responsibilities as practitioners, administrators, researchers, and entrepreneurs. 

Panelists 

  • Michael Allen, MSW ’03, CEO, Therapeutic Connections  

  • Janet Hosford Lamb, MSW ’00, President and Founder, Focused Solutions, LLC  

  • S. Colby Peters, PhD, LCSW, Human Systems  

  • Shanda Brown, MSW ’13, Mid Atlantic Director, The Community Builders  

Handouts

Instructor

Anthony Estreet, CEO, NASW Related Seminars and Products


Anthony Estreet

Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

He has been a professor and chair of the Master of Social Work Program at Morgan State University since 2013. Estreet is also founder and chief executive officer of Next Step Treatment Center in Baltimore, which provides substance use treatment and mental health services. He was vice president of the NASW Board of Directors but stepped down from that role after being considered a candidate in the search process. Estreet also served as president of the NASW Maryland Chapter and is an active member of the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Black Social Workers.

While at Morgan, Estreet was awarded more than $6 million in extramural grant funding for social work workforce development, research, and training. He also led the development and expansion of the first MSW program in the United States, and at a historically Black college or university, to have an area of specialized practice focused on addressing substance use disorders.


Lori James-Townes, MSW Related Seminars and Products


Lori James-Townes, LCSW-C, MSW ’91 
Executive Director at National Association for Public Defense/President, Expand-Now 

Lori James-Townes is President & CEO of Expand-Now. She also serves as an Assistant Training Director for National Association of Public Defense. Lori’s passion is adding value to others. Lori has over 25 years of teaching, clinical practice, leadership, and management experience in juvenile justice, mental health, and public defender settings. Her most recent public defender position was Director of Social Work, Leadership and Program Development, with Maryland Office of Public Defender. With over more than 800 employees, she served as one of the first Directors of Leadership in a public defender setting. While in this position, she demonstrated her ability to help others grow in the areas of teamwork, leadership, and management. She also led the agency’s social work staff, consultants, and interns. 

Lori is certified John Maxwell Trainer, Coach and Speaker. She has developed programs that are now national models for other agencies. In 2015, The Daily Record Newspaper named her as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. As a speaker, she is requested both nationally and internationally. 

Lori has held various leadership positions on national organizations and Boards of Directors. Her commitment to growth has been recognized as organizations have appointed her to serve as Conference Chair for several national conferences and training programs. Lori also serves as a faculty member for national and regional leadership development, trials skills, training, and programs, including but not limited to: National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialist Gideon’s Promise, National Legal Aide and Defender Association, Administrative Offices of the Courts (Training Branch), MD Department of Human Services, and other private and non-profit entities. 

 



Shanda Brown, LMSW Related Seminars and Products


Shanda Brown, LMSW ’13 
Mid Atlantic Director, The Community Builders 

Shanda is a licensed Social Worker who is committed to advancing vulnerable and oppressed communities. She currently works as a Regional Director for The Community Builders -- a nationally recognized non - profit developer that owns, develops, and manages affordable housing communities.  

In this role, Shanda works to ensure the communities within her region thrive by using housing as a foundation for upward mobility. She works intentionally to ensure individuals and families have access to opportunities that support economic mobility, create community cohesion, and offer access to behavioral health services.  

Shanda also has an extensive history working in permanent supportive housing, with homeless youth, foster care youth, and coordinating services that allow Seniors to age in place.  


S.Colby Peters, PhD, MSW Related Seminars and Products


Dr. Peters started Human Systems (HS) in 2016 with the mission of empowering organizations with research-based tools and processes that prevent burnout, reduce turnover, and improve well-being. She creates all her tools and services based on the leadership model she developed and validated while completing her PhD at University of Maryland School of Social Work, personal and professional experience, and mindfulness research. Dr. Peters’s work is not only the first to assess organizational change on the individual, relational, and systems levels, but also one of the first to conceptualize leadership in a way that invites all employees to participate in positive change-making practices.  

Since Dr. Peters started Human Systems, she has conducted close to 100 workshops with participants worldwide, and her website receives over 10,000 visitors a month, particularly for her research-based HS Emotion Wheels and Needs Wheels. Her tools are used in 22 countries and territories, and plans are underway to translate the Wheels in Spanish, Korean, and Hawaiian languages. Dr. Peters is currently in partnership with multiple consulting companies and beta-testers to launch her Mindful Leadership|Mindful Growth Model (ML|MG) and Assessment Series for organizations in the U.S., Canada, and India.   


Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives 

  • Attendees will be able to identify trends in the social work profession both nationally and locally.  

  • Attendees will discuss individual perspectives and lived experiences in relation to their roles and responsibilities in their social work professions.  

  • Attendees will be able to identify potential solutions discussed by panelists.   

Agenda

9:20  Zoom Opens.                         
9:30.                            

Keynote and Q&A

10:45 a.m.     Break
11:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

12:45 pm.  Break
1:00 p.m.  Award Ceremony

 

Course Completion & CE Information

 

Category II Maryland BSWE Requirement

The Office of Continuing Professional Education at the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs. This workshop qualifies for 3 Category II Continuing Education Units. The Office of Continuing Professional Education is also authorized by the Maryland Board of Psychologists and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors to sponsor Category B continuing professional education.

Please refer to the tab "Live Interactive Webinar Policies & FAQs" for UMSSW Office of CPE policies regarding all live interactive webinar related matters.

Late Fees and Refunds

Fee & Registration:

Cost is $45 and includes CE credit. Registering after March 6, 2023 will incur an additional $20 late fee. *Cancellations must be received 24 hours in advance prior to the live interactive webinar to receive a refund or a credit letter.

 

*All cancellations will be subjected to a $35.00 administration fee

Live Interactive Webinar Platforms

 

LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR PLATFORMS

 

The Office of Continuing Professional Education hosts Live Interactive Webinars through two platforms: Zoom and WebEx.

Both platforms offer high quality and user-friendly webinar platforms for our registrants.

 

System Requirements:

  • Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher; MacOS 9 or higher; Android 4.0 or higher.
  • Internet Browser: Google Chrome; Firefox 10.0 or higher.

Our system is not compatible with the Safari web browser.

  • Broadband Internet Connection: Cable, High-speed DSL and any other medium that is internet accessible.

**Please have your device charging at all times to ensure that your device does not lose power during the webinar.

 

Course Interaction Requirements:

To participate in Live Interactive Webinars, you MUST have a device that allows you to view the presentation on screen and hear the instructor at all times. We do not allow participants to call-in from their phones or mobile devices and solely listen to the presentation. Participation in Live Interactive Webinars is mandatory.

Target Audience

Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists

All those interested in Topic Welcomed

Webinar Policies & FAQs

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