Course Description:

Anger is a natural human emotion that can result in a positive or negative response. Anger as a positive response can empower the client to improve client’s life, anger as a negative response can deter client from achieving goals and fulfilling client’s maximum potential. Forgiveness has been found to be effective in helping clients overcome anger and frustration. This workshop will help providers recognize when forgiveness is an appropriate client goal, identify how to introduce and explain to client what forgiveness is and to provide concrete methods to incorporate anger management and forgiveness into the therapeutic process.

Course Link:

https://www.emich.edu/engage/business/professional-programs-training/programs/social-work/index.php

CE Value (credits): 3.00
CE Type: Standard
 

Sponsor Name: Michigan Medicine
University of Mich. Transplant Center

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

Course Description:

Those working with the aging population and who are helping clients and their families plan for long-term care needs, this course is for you. Topics include surrogate decision making, navigating long-term care services, and supports, protecting vulnerable adults, in depth Medicaid basics, planning and application process, along with Veterans benefit options. The training will also give attendes an understanding of current Medicaid laws and how to apply to their clients.

Course Link:
https://mielderlaw.com
CE Value (credits): 6
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices

Contact Information:
Nicolette Stoutenburg, LBSW
517-332-3800
stoutenburg@mielderlaw.com

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Bobbi Hudson
231-935-3173
training@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Loss is inevitable. In life, we lose loved ones, relationships, opportunities, independence, cognitive functioning and physical abilities. Grief is the common process we experience as a result of our loss. The grieving process is different for each client – there is no “normal” time frame for healing. Emotional healing has been found to be effective in helping clients overcome grief and loss. Emotional healing is impacted by a client’s emotional stability, culture, socioeconomic status, spiritual beliefs and overall wellbeing. This workshop will explore the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In addition, this workshop will focus on current treatment modalities, practical case studies and the presentation of skills and techniques to equip providers with the tools necessary to aid their clients with processing, understanding, effectively coping with, healing through and accepting their grief experience.

Course Link:

https://www.emich.edu/engage/business/professional-programs-training/programs/social-work/index.php

CE Value (credits): 3.00
CE Type: Standard
 

Sponsor Name: Michigan Medicine
University of Mich. Transplant Center

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

Course Description:

Loss is inevitable. In life, we lose loved ones, relationships, opportunities, independence, cognitive functioning and physical abilities. Grief is the common process we experience as a result of our loss. The grieving process is different for each client – there is no “normal” time frame for healing. Emotional healing has been found to be effective in helping clients overcome grief and loss. Emotional healing is impacted by a client’s emotional stability, culture, socioeconomic status, spiritual beliefs and overall wellbeing. This workshop will explore the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In addition, this workshop will focus on current treatment modalities, practical case studies and the presentation of skills and techniques to equip providers with the tools necessary to aid their clients with processing, understanding, effectively coping with, healing through and accepting their grief experience.

Course Link:

https://www.emich.edu/engage/business/professional-programs-training/programs/social-work/index.php

CE Value (credits): 3.00
CE Type: Standard
 

Sponsor Name: Michigan Medicine
University of Mich. Transplant Center

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

Course Description:

This Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Training will provide participants with knowledge and skill-based education to appropriately identify the specific screening tools to employ with student populations and the techniques to assist students with enhancing motivation for changing their at-risk substance use behaviors. Attendees will also engage in experiential learning activities with one another to gain feedback on their use of SBIRT.

Course Link:
https://wmich.edu/hhs/academics/ce
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Western Michigan School of SW

Contact Information:
Nancy Cretsinger
(269) 387-3680
nancy.cretsinger@wmich.edu

Course Description:

Learning objective :

• Participants will identify at least 3 common mental health challenges in the first gen population. 

• Participants will learn research-informed techniques to help this population navigate identity conflicts.  

• Participants will enhance their critical thinking tools and their cultural humility when engaging this population. 

Course Link:
https://wmich.edu/hhs/academics/ce
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Western Michigan School of SW

Contact Information:
Nancy Cretsinger
(269) 387-3680
nancy.cretsinger@wmich.edu

Course Description:

Many children and adolescents experience chronic pain, which impacts them in the school setting and across all other settings in their lives. Chronic pain can adversely impact children and adolescents and pose challenges to them in their everyday lives. Children and adolescents experiencing chronic pain are also at risk for other comorbid, co-occurring conditions that may impact other facets of their health and mental health. It is important for school professionals, social workers, and other providers to be aware of chronic pain and strategies and interventions that can be used to support children and adolescents in a school setting who experiencing chronic pain.

Course Link:

https://www.emich.edu/engage/business/professional-programs-training/programs/social-work/index.php

CE Value (credits): 3.00
CE Type: Standard, Pain

Sponsor Name: Michigan Medicine
University of Mich. Transplant Center

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

Course Description:

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which victims are controlled, manipulated and exploited. Human traffickers use force, fraud and coercion to overpower and oppress their victims. Victims include both children and adults – belonging to any age group, ethnic background and socioeconomic status. This course will focus on defining human trafficking, identifying signs of human trafficking, discussing consequences of human trafficking, providing support and guidance to survivors of human trafficking and implementing effective therapeutic techniques that promote healing and recovery.

Course Link: https://www.emich.edu/engage/business/professional-programs-training/programs/social-work/index.php

CE Value (credits): 2
CE Type: Standard, Ethics

Sponsor Name:
Eastern Michigan University

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

Course Description:

The overall objective of this one day conference is to educate local parents and professionals to increase skills and knowledge to offer children a good start towards healthy development. The conference will include a keynote speaker, Michael Brandwein, and eight workshops which include specialized information for all age groups.

Course Link:
www.careofsem.com/parenting-services/parent-conference
CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement

Contact Information:
Andrew Brown
586-541-2273
abrown@careofsem.com

Course Description:

Calibrating our understanding of inclusion today is critical to inclusion’s success. This session guides participants through the evolution of inclusion over time through humour and real life stories.

In this session, Shelley shares her own story of inclusion as a student, and how her experiences have impacted her to do the work she does today. She connects her story to current understandings of inclusive education and reflects on how we all need to shift to increase inclusive access for students.

The Inclusive planning process is aiming to situate Disability as an identity, not a deficit, and so to determine what supports and strategies students require, teams are shifting to look at needs, instead of disabilities, as a reference point. In this session we will connect to Universal Design for Learning principles and look at how we can plan for a student with a disability, in ways that can support many students in a classroom.

Course Link:
www.kentisd.org
CE Value (credits): 4.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Kent ISD

Contact Information:
Chase Ryan
616365-2231
chaseryan@kentisd.org

This course ntroduces two amazing 24/7 resources for families and clinicians navigating the ever-evolving psycho-social, emotional and medical needs of families caring for children with serious medical conditions. Both Courageous Parents Network and NeuroJourney emphasize the critical role that palliative care, or palliative-aware practice, can play in bolstering caregivers’ sense of agency and confidence as well as lessening their isolation. Both are ideal learning tools for patient families and clinical trainees.

Course Link:
https://www.childpalliative.org/
CE Value (credits): 1
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
NorthStar Institute

Contact Information:

Karen Monts

kmonts@hom.org

313-578-6326

Course Description:

.Creating a space where students feel a sense of belonging and community is important. As educators, we already find ways to create this space in many ways. And, giving students opportunities to use their voice and provide input into what happens in their classroom or building is a powerful way to bring students together as a community. This workshop will introduce participants to a deeper understanding of what youth voice can look like, why it benefits students and educators alike, and how you might begin to integrate deeper youth voice into your classroom, building and/or district.

Course Link:
https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0038-0031-9e5f9b8d86264820828b77343a9b958d
CE Value (credits): 3

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil VanOrman
269-250-9210

philip.vanorman@kresa.org

Course Description:

Practice Gap/Need and Course Description:

Colleagues do not understand how racial erotics can be used for self-affirmation by those who have felt oppressed. With patients and colleagues, we do not tolerate the excitement of racial erotics, instead shut it down. With patients and colleagues, we do not understand and tolerate rage used for self-affirmation in those who have felt oppressed. We have been overly eager to ignore/dismiss resilience in those traumatized. We have been unwilling to catch our own ethical failures with patients and colleagues.

After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Examine and better tolerate the excitement of racial erotics when used for self-affirmation, without needing to suppress or repress the feelings.

2. Explain and then predict the expression of rage in individuals who have felt oppressed, including both patients and colleagues, when this rage is used for self-affirmation.

Pre-registration is required for this program. Click on the registration link to register.

Course Link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/aHeGhtNbTuGiUacpu4dbrg
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Michigan Psychoanalytic Society

Contact Information:
Monica Evans
248-851-3380
monicasimmons@ix.netcom.com

Course Description:

The autonomic nervous system is at the heart of daily living powerfully affecting our clients’ sense of safety and influencing their capacity for connection. Polyvagal Theory, developed by renowned scientist Stephen Porges, provides a map of the autonomic circuits that underlie behaviors and beliefs and an understanding of the body to brain pathways that give birth to our clients’ stories of safety and survival.

Clients come to treatment with a compromised ability to regulate their autonomic responses. The response patterns that were once adaptive and necessary for survival now bring suffering. Without intervention, adaptive survival responses become habitual autonomic patterns and pathways of connection are replaced with patterns of protection. Guided by Polyvagal Theory, we have a deep understanding of the ways experience shapes the nervous system. When we look to the autonomic nervous system we have a roadmap to creating new, resourcing patterns of connection and can reliably lead our clients into the autonomically regulated state of safety that is necessary for successful treatment.

A Polyvagal Theory informed approach to therapy begins with helping clients map their autonomic profiles and track their moment-to-moment movement along the autonomic hierarchy. With this foundation, the essential clinical questions address how to help clients interrupt habitual response patterns and find safety in a state of engagement. Using the principles of Polyvagal Theory, therapists have a guide to becoming a regulated and co-regulating resource, practical ways to effectively help clients identify and interrupt their familiar response patterns, and strategies to shape their autonomic nervous systems toward safety and connection.

Working with the autonomic nervous system brings the science of safety into practical application. When we speak the language of the nervous system, we can help clients safely tune into their autonomic states, reshape their nervous systems, and rewrite the trauma stories that are carried in their autonomic pathways.

In this workshop we’ll learn ways to bring science into clinical application as we accompany our clients on their healing journeys. Combining didactic teaching with experiential practices participants will develop an embodied understanding of the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory and learn ways to integrate the principles into clinical work.

Participants will:

-learn the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory and discover how to become a regulated and regulating resource for others

-work with practices to help clients move from dysregulation to regulation

-experiment with ways to help clients identify and interrupt their familiar patterns of protection

-explore skills to help clients find, and savor, experiences of safety

-create an autonomic map for use as a guide in treatment

-practice using the co-regulating pathways of the social engagement system to create safety in connection

Course Link: 
grandrapidstherapygroup.com/shop

CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Grand Rapids Therapy Group

Contact Information:
Maria Schiavo
616-591-9000
communications@grtherapygroup.com

Course Description:

 Participants will increase awareness about EMDR, hear about how EMDR was identified, and learn about the value of EMDR as a treatment technique, assessing who is a candidate and preparing the Client. This course will also address how the process works through presentation of examples, video and discussion questions, and how we can train the brain with techniques that manage pain, including the use of EMDR.

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 4
CE Type: Standard, Pain

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

This seminar will assist Clinicians in enhancing their awareness and understanding of the direct relationship between ethics, boundaries, self-care and intellectual humility. In our rapidly growing field of knowledge, it is essential to continually reboot these concepts to facilitate our practice models and enhance our work with Clients.

Course Link:
http://www.corelearninginc.com
CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

This two-hour training emphasizes evidence-based interventions and the ethical responsibilities of social workers in managing client pain and stress. Through a blend of theory, practical application, and ethical considerations, participants will enhance their skills in assessing, managing, and alleviating client pain and stress in diverse practice settings. Participants will learn tools to help effectively support clients dealing with chronic pain, enhancing their well-being and overall quality of life.

A key focus of the training will be developing culturally responsive strategies. Participants will learn how to integrate stress management into pain management plans tailored to diverse populations. The training will address the unique psychosocial needs of different communities while considering cultural, socioeconomic, and systemic factors that influence pain perception and management.

Course Link:

https://forms.gle/Ki6DpYJ1UWYmdBW4A

 CE Value (credits): 2
CE Type: Standard, Pain

Sponsor:

Spring Arbor University

Contact Information:
Emily Dixon
616-558-9618
mailto:Emily.Dixon2@arbor.edu

Course Description:

This workshop will discuss the influence of societal issues, such as political dispiritedness, workplace dysfunction, and changes in communication patterns resulting from use of technology on personal happiness. This workshop will include content on how to identify and pursue one’s Ikigai (life purpose) to enhance happiness. This session will allow me to dig deeper into the influence of trapped emotions on health and well-being. The workshop will: 1) explore implicit bias and research-based practices shown to influence personal happiness; 2) discuss techniques shown to naturally stimulate our happiness hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins); 3) discuss the influence of trapped emotions on our emotional health and well-being; 4) engage participants in a variety of exercises designed to influence

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

We all know the value of teaching emotional regulation. Particpants will learn/review how stree/trauma impacts the brain and makes it difficult for students to engage in the learning environment. They will learn differnt strategies for group work, the how’s of group/individual direct services and best pratice, including core strategies such as transition in, rehearsing, reflection ideas, and core skills to increase effectiveness. This session will also include at least 5 regulation activites and recording and documentation techniques to show progress(or highlight areas of concerns)

Course Link:
http://www.masswmi.org
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
MASSW

Contact Information:
Angela War

248-885-0424
masswregiona@gmail.com

Course Description:

This course will allow participants to consider theories and integration of technology, mindfulness and other tools in pain and symptom assessment, tracking and management, ethical implications and alternative solutions in the schools.

Course Link:
http://www.masswmi.org
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
MASSW

Contact Information:
Angela Warr

248-885-0424
masswregiona@gmail.com

Course Description:

The participants will gain knowledge on what behavior means, what influences behavior and basic behavior strategies that can be implemented for any and all students. This training is best suited for paraprofessionals and other staff looking to gain more information on the basics of behavior.

Course Link:
https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?
CE Value (credits): 4

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil Vanorman
269-250-9210
philip.vanorman@kresa.org

Course Description:

Participants will increase awareness about EMDR, hear about how EMDR was identified, and learn about the value of EMDR as a treatment technique, assessing who is a candidate and preparing the Client.  This course will also address how the process works through presentation of examples, video and discussion questions, and how we can train the brain with techniques that manage pain, including the use of EMDR.

http://www.corelearninginc.com

# of CE: 2
Sponsor:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

Group therapy has many iterations, many challenges, and many rewards. Clinical work with groups can also be daunting, overwhelming, and sometimes confusing. There is also misinformation associated with group therapy, for example, the “type” of clinician or healthcare worker who would be “qualified” to engage in such important clinical work or the type of group member who may be difficult and disruptive in the group. This presentation will dispel stereotypes with evidence-based practice research and proven group theories that prove to assist with providing a safe and beneficial experience for both the group member and the group facilitator. This presentation is foundational, offering concepts and theories to start a group. This presentation will be in sections, starting with pre-planning, beginning stages of the group, the first group meeting and the working stages of the group, and descriptions of what types of informal roles that might be assumed by members. Please come with questions and hopefully, an idea for starting a group. There will be time for case vignette discussion as well.

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard,

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

.Through a Trauma-Informed Approach and Survivor Centered Approach, the presenters will link the logical (what is known) with the interpretive (personal experience). Both are needed to understand the entire scope of what human trafficking is, and the negative effects it has on individuals, familes and communities.

Experts and Lived Experience professionals will share the realities of human trafficking including:

. what is human trafficking

. where is it happening

. why is it happening

. what are the indicators

. what do I do if I suspect it

Lived Experience experts will discuss their stories to share the realities and their journey of recovery.

What resources are available.

Course Link:

https://forms.gle/UMVFTw9Ck2ZAVDV7A

 CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard, Human Trafficking

Sponsor:

Spring Arbor University

Contact Information:
Emily Dixon
616-558-9618
mailto:Emily.Dixon2@arbor.edu

Course Description:

The course is focused on enhancing the skillset of social workers in relation to caring for individuals living with dementia and supporting their caregivers. The training includes a combination of lecture, discussion, role play, group interaction, case discussion, and problem-solving among social workers to actively engage in the content. Video training, handouts, power point presentation, and role playing may be used throughout the session. Topics discussed include: Normal Aging/Not Normal Aging, Positive Physical Approach and Hand Under Hand, and Teepa’s GEMS™; Using Skills that Make a Difference.

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

Couples come into therapy with broken agreements that are both explicit and implicit. They fail to realize the importance of communication and lack the skills to engage in non-defensive ways to engage a dialogue. Imago Relationship Therapy consists of a solid framework and set of communication exercises to help couple reconnect through validation and empathy both in and outside the bedroom. Therapists will learn to help couples differentiate and teach them how to self-regulate and have empathy toward their partners in the face of reactivity. This course will address helping couples become aware of negative, hurtful language and statements from communication and remove it, compiling a safe lists for both partners that creates safety for one another to facilitate communication, applying sexual and erotic health principles and tools to facilitate connection in the bedroom and becoming familiar with several imago communication tools to move the couple from a monologue to dialogue.

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard,

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com

Course Description:

Anxiety plagues all of us at some time in our lives. But what is anxiety really? Can any good come from being anxious? If so, how do we use it to our advantage and if not, how do we get rid of it? This workshop provides information about: Symptoms and causes of anxiety and stress; Ways to release, reduce and avoid its symptoms; Relaxation and cognitive reframing techniques; Importance of exercise and nutrition; Participants will engage in movement and relaxation exercises to learn real techniques for immediate and on-going practice and Polyvagal theory will be discussed as well.

Course Link: 
http://www.corelearninginc.com

CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Core Learning, Inc.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Appel
248-933-2673
sappel@corelearninginc.com