The West Virginia University Division of Social Work announces the 2010 fall season of professional and community education programs for social workers and counselors who wish to earn continuing education credit.

Workshops will deal with a variety of topics aimed to help social service providers stay up-to-date on new developments in their fields and to provide coping techniques to deal with stress and burnout.

Pre-registration forms and a brochure can be found online at http://socialwork.wvu.edu/ce.

Charleston/Beckley area workshops:

• Oct. 8, “Risk Management for Tax Exempt Organizations,” 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Room 2015, Charleston – Registration fee: $25, or together with the afternoon session for $40

• Oct. 8, “Tax Obligations of Tax Exempt Organizations,” 1-3 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Room 2015, Charleston – Registration fee: $25, or together with the morning session for $40

• Oct. 25, “Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Room 4020, Charleston – Registration fee: $65

• Nov. 5, “Providing Social Services in a Rural Environment,” 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Mountain State University, Carter Hall, Room 307, Beckley – Registration fee: $35, or together with the afternoon session for $60

• Nov. 5, “Grant Writing for Social Services,” 1-4 p.m., Mountain State University, Carter Hall, Room 307, Beckley – Registration fee: $35, or together with the morning session for $60

• Nov. 15, “Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Orientation Issues of Older Adults,” 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Room 4020, Charleston – Registration fee: $75

• Dec. 3, “Understanding and Treating Returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD,” 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Beckley Raleigh Convention Center, Room, Beckley – Registration fee: $75

Martinsburg area workshops:

• Sept. 22, “Child Welfare: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Large Classroom – Registration fee: $65

• Oct. 13, “Ethical Decision Making: Staying out of the ‘Fog Zone,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Library – Registration fee: $35

• Nov. 5, “Personality Disorders: Recognition, Diagnosis, Treatment, & Survival,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Lackey Hall – Registration fee: $65

Morgantown/Clarksburg area workshops:

• Sept. 24, “Interviewing Strategies For Employers,” 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149 CC in Clarksburg – Registration fee: $35, or together with afternoon session for $65

• Sept. 24, “Planning for Successful Projects,” 1-4:30 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149 CC in Clarksburg – Registration fee: $40, or together with morning session for $65

• Sept. 30, “Hypnosis for the Non-Hypnotist,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monongalia General Conference Center’s Mylan Room in Morgantown – Registration fee: $65

• Oct. 7, “Helping Your Hispanic Clients,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monongalia General Hospital Conference Center, Lynch/Pyribeck Room, Morgantown – Registration fee: $65

• Oct. 15, “This is My Life We’re Quarreling About!” 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149CC, Clarksburg – Registration fee: $45

• Oct. 27, “Nonprofit Management, Leadership, Ethics and Governance for Boards,” 10 a.m.-12 p.m., WVU Evansdale Campus, National Research Center for Coal and Energy Building, Room 125AB, Morgantown – Registration fee: $25, or together with the afternoon session for $50

• Oct. 27, “Money, Mission or Both?” 1-4 p.m., WVU Evansdale Campus, National Research Center for Coal and Energy Building, Room 125AB, Morgantown – Registration fee: $35, or together with the morning session for $50

• Oct. 29, “Volunteer Management: Getting Them and Keeping Them,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149CC, Clarksburg – Registration fee: $55

• Nov. 9, “Responding to Mental Health and Public Health Needs, and Fostering Community Resilience and Well-Being After a Disaster,” 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Morgantown – Registration fee: $35, or together with the afternoon session for $60

• Nov. 9, “Teaching What I Need to Learn: Preventing Conflicts of Interest, Developing and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries, and Understand and Alleviating Impairment in Social Work and Counseling Practice,” 1-4 p.m., Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Morgantown – Registration fee: $35, or together with the morning session for $60

• Nov. 12, “Ten Things You Need to Know About Kids,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149CC, Clarksburg – Registration fee: $65

• Nov. 17, “Self Care: Using Mindfulness to Reduce Compassion Fatigue,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monongalia General Hospital Conference Center, Mylan Room, Morgantown – Registration fee: $65

• Dec. 10, “When Ethics and Law Collide: How Common Ethical Issues Can Give Rise to Lawsuits and How You Can Avoid that Happening to You!” 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149CC, Clarksburg – Registration fee: $55

Wheeling area workshops:

• Oct. 29, “Gay Identity Development in Appalachia,” 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Ohio Valley Medical Center, Living Room – Registration fee: $35, or together with the afternoon session for $60

• Oct. 29, “Entering the Safe Zone: Practice with LGB Youth,” 1-4 p.m., Ohio Valley Medical Center, Living Room – Registration fee: $35, or together with the morning session for $60

• Dec. 3, “Lori’s Guide to Great Groups!” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Ohio Valley Medical Center, Living Room – Registration fee: $65

For more information, contact Jacki Englehardt, program coordinator of the Division of Social Work, at (304) 293-3280 or Jacki.Englehardt@mail.wvu.edu.

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