Social Work Continuing Education

Ann Heerde, LMSW
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Parenting Tools: Parent Management Training - Oregon
Date: June 14 & 15, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: GVSU Bicycle Factory, 201 Front Ave SW, Room 230, Grand Rapids
Presented By: Ann Heerde, LMSW

This workshop is designed to provide tools for giving good directions and encouragement, as well as work in emotional regulation. The workshop aims to provide skills for clinicians working with children and their families. The presenter will follow the research of Gerald Patterson and Marion Forgatch, whose work with parents has improved children's behavior.

This workshop will also outline the research behind the Parent Management Training - Oregon Model. This is nor the PMT-O certiifcation training.

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Bullying: Perspectives and Solutions
Dates: 
June 18 & 19, 2012 at Muskegon Community College
June 20 & 21, 2012 at Lake Michigan College - South Haven
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Muskegon Community College and Lake Michigan College - South Haven
Presented By: Dr. Michele Coyne

The documentary “Bullied,” will provide a starting point for the examination of the menacing nature of bullying. “Bullied” records the case of Jamie Nabonzy, who filed suit against his school district for failing to protect him from pervasive and long-standing bullying. This course will provide an overview of the knowledge, concepts, and skills necessary to assist educators in combating the epidemic of bullying in our schools.

Stevenson Center for High Education at MCC (map)
221 S. Quarterline Road
Muskegon MI 49442
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Lake Michigan College - South Haven (map)
125 Veterans Blvd.
South Haven, MI 49090
Parking available

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Participants will learn to use a variety of free online and downloaded computer programs to create social skills lessons for use in 1:1 sessions, small groups, or whole classrooms.
Topics will include:
* Hardware needed (cameras, video cameras, computers, projectors, DVDs, etc): how to use what you have
* Software to use: where to get it for free, what is worth the money based on the level of complexity required, and what websites to use. Learn to capture screen images and video with Jing!, make “Ken Burns-style” documentary movies with Microsoft Photostory 3, create or edit photos with GIMP graphics creator, or use Make BeliefsComix to create your own easily customized comic strips that relate to your content area or to social skills lessons.
* How to use free online software called “Prezi” to visually organize ideas-- great for teachers to prepare their own ideas and for students to use in a variety of academic settings. (this is similar to Power Point, but way more advanced and less linear).
* This training will use project-based learning techniques, so plan to “learn by doing”  throughout the course.  You will create finished products, and you will be able to teach your students to make highly engaging visual content to increase their learning and engagement in school.

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The numbers of students living without vital resources has grown significantly in the past several years.  Poverty is the most identifiable outcome of lack of resources, but there are eight other resources that make a significant impact on student success.  Discussion, experience, active participation, and investigations will be the foundations of the two day class designed to provide teachers with a better understanding of the impact from the lack of resources and which interventions may prove to be the most effective.  Direct connection to common initiatives of Response to Intervention, Explicit Instruction, Differentiation, and Capturing Kids’ Hearts will help participants connect the information to pieces already in place in their professional lives.

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**This course is almost full!**

Is this Kid Going to School? Understand how McKinney-Vento Impacts Foster Care
Date: June 29, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Location: GVSU's Downtown Pew Campus, Grand Rapids
Presented By: Matt Langlois, LMSW

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**This course is full, no additional registrations will be accepted. Sorry for any inconvenience.**

Understanding the Impact of Abuse: Acting Out in Foster Care
Date: July 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Location: GVSU's Downtown Pew Campus, Grand Rapids
Presented By: Beth Larsen, LMSW

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