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SUMMARY:Betting on Behavioral Healthcare Professionals: Recognizing and Responding to Problem Gambling
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to identify and address gambling-related concerns with confidence! This engaging training equips behavioral health professionals with practical tools\, culturally responsive strategies\, and evidence-based approaches to assess and intervene effectively. \nThis training emphasizes integrating gambling screening across healthcare settings utilizing both individual and systemic strategies to support recovery and wellness in every setting. \nObjectives: \n\nDefine key terms related to gambling\, problem gambling\, and gambling disorder.\nDescribe prevalence\, comorbidities\, and populations most at risk.\nStrengthen screening and assessment practices by identifying and using validated tools (e.g.\, BBGS\, SOGS) and applying culturally responsive approaches.\nDemonstrate communication and intervention strategies using CBT\, DBT\, motivational interviewing\, and recovery-oriented tools.\nLearn about individual and systemic interventions\, including peer support\, financial literacy\, and recovery pathways.\nAccess and share clinical\, community\, and culturally relevant resources to support clients and families impacted by gambling.\n\nCE Credits: 3.5 \nPresenter: \nGlimar “Glee” Rodriguez Parrilla\, LADCI\, LICSW\, MA PGSII \nGlimar “Glee” Rodriguez Parrilla is a bilingual educator and licensed clinician committed to advancing health equity and supporting marginalized communities. With over a decade of experience in behavioral health\, she is a compassionate advocate and a valued member of a collective of professionals dedicated to improving care for underserved populations. \nAs a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC) and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)\, Glimar specializes in treating individuals with co-occurring disorders and complex\, intersecting care needs across diverse clinical and non clinical settings. Identifying as a professional in recovery and a trained recovery coach\, she integrates her lived experience into her practice\, empowering clients and fostering resilience within the communities she serves. \nGlimar earned her Master of Social Work from Simmons University\, where she received advanced training in through the SIMPACT-SOWEP Grant. This foundation informs her innovative\, trauma-informed approach to integrated behavioral healthcare. \nOver the past four years\, Glimar has focused her efforts on addressing problem gambling. Through direct\, clinical work\, consultation and education\, she has contributed to the Commonwealth’s capacity-building initiatives for behavioral health professionals and organizations. Her work not only addresses the immediate needs of individuals in recovery but also advocates for systemic change\, aiming to create sustainable\, long-term solutions within the broader healthcare landscape. \n 
URL:https://bridgewell.org/event/betting-on-behavioral-healthcare-professionals-recognizing-and-responding-to-problem-gambling/
LOCATION:Virtual Live Workshop
CATEGORIES:Half Day Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Professional Development":MAILTO:kjanjar@bridgewell.org
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SUMMARY:Children Who Act Out Their Pain
DESCRIPTION:Children who act out sexually can present a challenging and complex diagnostic picture. This workshop will present a typology of sexual behavior problems in children\, contrasting each category to what would be developmentally usual and expected.  Implications for placements and treatment planning will be discussed for impulsive\, attachment-seeking\, neuro-atypical\, trauma reactive\, compulsive and exploitative sexual behaviors. We will focus on children in alternative care such as foster care\, special school settings\, residential treatment centers and inpatient hospitals. \nObjectives:  \n\nto differentiate types of sexual behavior problems based on motivation and history\nto make appropriate treatment planning and placement decisions for each type\nto understand the role of past trauma in children who engage in sexual behavior problems\n\nCE Credits: 3.5 \nPresenter: \nLinda T. (Lynn) Sanford\, LICSW \nLinda T. (Lynn) Sanford\, LICSW is currently the Visiting Professor of Trauma Informed Social Work at Wheelock College. She began her career 40 years ago working with victims of sexual assault. She has also worked for twenty years with youth who have been convicted of crimes against people (homicide\, attempted homicide\, and multiple sexual assaults). \nShe is the author of Strong at the Broken Places: Building Resiliency in the Lives of Survivors (1990\, 2004) and The Silent Children (1980). Sanford is also co-author of Women and Self-Esteem (1984) and In Defense of Ourselves (1978). \nSanford currently works as a Military Family Life Consultant on Marine Corps Air Station at Iwakuni\, Japan. She has also recently worked with children whose parents were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. \nIn 2010\, Sanford was an invited speaker to the American Society of Child Abuse Professionals National Conference speaking to civilians and officers in the Air Force Medical Wing on resiliency as they developed the Air Force Comprehensive Airmen Fitness Program. \nSanford received the Massachusetts National Association of Social Workers “Outstanding Contribution to Social Work Practice Award” and the Devereux Foundation “Legacy of Caring Award” in 2010.
URL:https://bridgewell.org/event/children-who-act-out-their-pain/
LOCATION:Virtual Live Workshop
CATEGORIES:Half Day Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Professional Development":MAILTO:kjanjar@bridgewell.org
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Concept of Hope and the Need of Clients and Families at End of Life
DESCRIPTION:This program explores the concept of hope and the unique needs of individuals and families as they approach the end of life. During this deeply personal time\, people face a range of physical\, emotional\, spiritual\, and psychological challenges that call for compassionate\, personalized care.\nCentral to this experience is the evolving nature of hope. Developing a deeper understanding of what hope means to each individual is essential to delivering holistic\, patient-centered care. \nThe program will offer strategies for having meaningful conversations about advanced illness\, death\, and dying. These discussions require sensitivity\, active listening\, and emotional presence. Guided by empathy and openness\, they create space for individuals and families to share their fears\, wishes\, and hopes. \nAdditionally\, the program will address the many facets of grief\, highlighting the importance of acknowledging and supporting those who are grieving both before and after a loss. \nThis program explores the evolving concept of hope and the unique physical\, emotional\, spiritual\, and psychological needs of individuals and families at the end of life. Healthcare professionals will gain strategies for engaging in meaningful\, compassionate conversations about serious illness\, death\, and dying. The session also addresses the complexities of grief—before and after loss—highlighting the importance of holistic\, person-centered support. \nObjectives: \n\nLearner will be able to define hope.\nLearner will be able to list at least 2 things individuals hope for at end of life.\nLearner will be able to name at least 2 needs of individuals and families at end of life.\nLearner will be able to list two techniques for engaging in difficult/end-of-life conversations.\n\n3.5 CE Credits \nPresenter: \nMary Crowe\, LICSW\, ACHP-SW\, C.D.S.\, CDP is the Director of Professional and Community Education for Care Dimensions (formerly Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston). Over the past 19+ years she has led the organization’s professional and community educational outreach\, coordinating and delivering hundreds of programs each year for healthcare professionals\, families and community groups. \nMary holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work\, and post graduate certificates in gerontology and alcohol counseling. She also has a Facilitator Certification- Virtual Dementia Tour\, Dementia Live Certified Facilitator\, CARES Dementia Specialist (CDS)\, Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP). She also is a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP)\, Certified Geriatric Care-Informed Professional (CGIP)\, Certified End of Life Care Specialist (ELCS) and is an ELNEC- End of Life Nursing Education Consortium- Core Trainer. \nPrior to transitioning to her role as educator\, Mary worked as a medical social worker for over 20 years in acute care\, rehabilitation\, skilled nursing and adult day health settings caring for individuals and families with advanced illness or at end of life. She has been an Adjunct Professor at North Shore Community College and a Visiting Professor at Salem State University.
URL:https://bridgewell.org/event/exploring-the-concept-of-hope-and-the-need-of-clients-and-families-at-end-of-life/
LOCATION:Virtual Live Workshop
CATEGORIES:Half Day Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Professional Development":MAILTO:kjanjar@bridgewell.org
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