Category: Events

Webinar: Brief Intro to Borderline Personality Disorder for Child Protection Staff

Nov 2, 2020 — Jacqueline Barkley, MSW, RSW, will introduce session participants to key introductory issues in understanding the Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis and its traits, and provide concrete suggestions for managing clients suffering from this personality disorder. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.


Webinar: Help is on the Line; Incorporating Technology into Therapy

Oct 28, 2020 — Jenny Cameron MSW, RSW, and Thomas Williams, MSW, RSW, will describe key points about historical and contemporary telehealth services, and discuss future directions of telehealth in Nova Scotia and across Canada. Particular attention will be paid to how technology can be used to provide more equitable services to marginalized populations within Nova Scotia. The discussion will be situated within the Social Work Code of Ethics, covering how we can ensure services promote inherent dignity, social justice, and confidentiality for all of those involved. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.


Webinar: Using Family Diagrams to Engage Clients and their Families

Oct 21, 2020 — Anne Pirie and Jim Morton will introduce participants to Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) and describe how to construct a family diagram: a tool for assessing and recording significant contextual information. This webinar will show how placing symptoms in their family/ social context informs diagnostic work and treatment directions in various clinical settings. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.


[CANCELLED] Child protection & mental health counselling — a bridge needed (Sydney)

This June 10 session is an opportunity to improve collaboration between social workers in mental health services and private practice, and social workers in child protection. Front-line child protection workers will increase their understanding of common mental health issues, and counselling practitioners will gain insight into child protection practices, proirities, systems and challenges.


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