A-1: AMBIT: Innovative Resources for Marginalized Youth and Young Adults – Clinical; Advanced; Mental-Behavioral Health; Children, Teens & Young Adults; Corrections, Forensics, & & Juvenile Justice; Lou Irwin, LCSW-BACS. Today, adolescents and young adults marginalized by numerous adverse childhood experiences face an unprecedented combination of individual, structural, and global challenges. This presentation introduces an approach developed in Great Britain called AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment) to assist those who work with marginalized youth. AMBIT offers a detailed, integrated, open-sourced manual and uses the evidenced-based resource of mentalization to integrate and connect both micro and macro interventions. Limited to 65. Bayou/Levee Room
8:00 AM
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A-2: PTSD and Evidence-Based Therapies – Clinical; Intermediate; Mental-Behavioral Health; Military/Veterans; Laurie Guillory, LCSW-BACS; Kelley Pears, Ph.D. This workshop will help participants properly diagnose Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Participants will learn which disorders are commonly co-occurring with PTSD. Participants will learn about the evidence-based practices available for the treatment of this disorder. Emphasis will be placed on the practice of Prolonged Exposure Therapy to treat PTSD. Limited to 65. Mississippi Delta Room
8:00 AM
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A-3: Understanding ACEs: Building Self-Healing Communities – General; Basic; Trauma-Informed Care; Children, Teens & Young Adults; Public Health; Sheri Eastridge, B.A. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. This presentation will explain the neurobiology that explains why and how trauma and ACEs impact people's lives so powerfully. Participants will explore the ACE Study data and its implications for ways to become key players in creating sustainable change. Limited to 95. Cypress I Room
8:00 AM
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1-4: Engaging Clients and Building Trust – Clinical; Intermediate; Mental-Behavioral Health; Andrew Wilson LCSW-BACS. “Client engagement and Building Trust” is essential in the successful completion of treatment goals. Research supports that client engagement is instrumental in helping with retention and is one of the most essential tools we can utilize. All too often, there is an unfortunate outcome of clients terminating treatment prematurely because there was insufficient time spent on establishing rapport and building trust. This workshop addresses this most critical skill in social work. Limited to 38. Creole Room
8:00 AM
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1-5: Addictions: Chemical and Behavioral -- Are They Really So Different? – Clinical; Basic; Mental-Behavioral Health; Addiction; Health; Kenneth Saucier, LCSW. This session provides an overview of addictions, focusing on gambling in light of sports and online gaming and their impact on individuals. The presentation will address the differences between substance addiction and gambling addiction, a behavioral addiction and the only behavioral addiction in the DSM-5. Information on screening, referral, and access to free gambling treatment will be provided. Limited to 65. Samuel Clemens/Natchez Room
8:00 AM
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2-6: Heeding the Ethical Imperative of Self Care – Ethics; Basic; Mental-Behavioral Health; Self-Care; Social Work Career Development; Melanie McGhee, LCSW. The risk of burnout in our profession is high. The cost of neglecting self-care for healing arts professionals affects our well-being, setting us up to leave a satisfying career prematurely and inhibiting the fullness of care we might otherwise bring to our work. We will review the ethical imperative of self-care for social workers in this session. We will also identify common obstacles to self-care and easy ways to create structures for self-care. Limited to 38. Creole Room.
9:45 AM
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2-7: The Clinical Role of Social Work in Hospice – Clinical; Intermediate; Aging/Gerontology; Hospice & Palliative Care; Shelly Weaver, LCSW-BACS, ACHP-SW, APHSW-C.; Edgar Guedry, LCSW-BACS, ACSW, ACHP-SW. This session will focus on the Clinical Role of Social Work in the Hospice and Palliative Care setting. Attendees will explore interventions utilized when working with someone enrolled in hospice care and their appointed caregiver; learn methods for formulating the hospice plan of care; and gain clarity on the expectations and responsibilities of the Social Worker practicing in the hospice setting. Limited to 65. Samuel Clemens/Natchez Room.
9:45 AM
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B-8: Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 – Clinical; Intermediate; Mental-Behavioral Health; Developmental Disabilities; Lisa Donze Jacob, LCSW. This session provides diagnostic criteria of the DSM 5 for Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 (formerly Asperger's Syndrome). The diagnosis will be examined in terms of similarities and differences between individuals and males and females. Participants explore therapeutic supports, school interventions, self-advocacy, social support groups for adults and children "on the spectrum," and support for parents of these children. Evidence-Based treatment and appropriate assessment will be discussed as well. Limited to 38. Riverboat Room.
12:45 PM
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B-9: Integrating Mentalization-Informed Systemic Therapy (MIST) with Anti-Racism-Informed Cultural Somatics – Clinical; Advanced; Children, Teens & Young Adults; Corrections, Forensics & Juvenile Justice; Marriage & Family; Lou Irwin, LCSW-BACS and Lenda Faye Matthews, LPC. In late 2021, Eia Asen, M.D. and Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., released Mentalization-Based Treatment with Families. In 2017, Resmaa Menakem, LCSW, SEP, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. This presentation will introduce these books and invite participants to experience key exercises from each. This presentation also suggests one way to synthesize the two approaches into an organic whole that is both systemic and anti-racist. Limited to 65. Bayou/Levee Room.
12:45 PM
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B-10: Suicide Prevention and Safety Planning – Clinical; Basic; Mental-Behavioral Health; Military/Veterans; Laurie Guillory, LCSW-BACS; Selena Cox, LCSW. Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities. According to the CDC, suicide rates in the United States have increased about 33% from 1999 to 2019, and suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Personalized safety planning has been shown to help reduce suicidal thoughts and actions. This session explores risk factors and warning signs that someone may be at immediate risk for attempting suicide. It will explore safety planning and effective, evidence-based interventions available to help individuals at risk for suicide in their practice. Limited to 65. Mississippi Delta Room.
12:45 PM
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3-11: Breaking the Trauma Bond: Understanding Self-Injury in Response to Trauma – Clinical; Intermediate; Trauma-Informed Care; Children, Teens & Young Adults; Jamie Jones, M.Ed., NCC, LPC-S. This lecture will address self-Injury and its correlation with Traumatic Reenactment Syndrome. Self-injury will be defined, and the lecturer will explore the different types of self-injury. The session will also provide education on the different types of trauma a client may experience, diagnostic factors to explore, ethical guidelines, and treatment modalities for clients who engage in self-injury. Limited to 65. Samuel Clemens/Natchez Room.
12:45 PM
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3-12: Emerging Field in Emergency Management for Social Workers - General; Intermediate; Trauma-Informed Care; Social Work Career Development; Policy & Research; Rubby Douglas, LCSW-BACS. Emergency management is increasing in demand due to the growing number of natural disasters in Louisiana. Survivors need sufficiently trained caseworkers to ensure equity and access to recovery assistance available post-disaster. This session will cover the variety of roles for social workers in emergency management, the basics of survivor's psychology, and share post-storm recovery assistance programs. Limited to 38. Creole Room.
12:45 PM
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4-13: Student Presentations – General; Basic; Social Work Career Development; Kirby S. Peddy, LCSW. This annual workshop by students from Louisiana's schools of social work features exemplary presentations on current issues in the field of social work. All social work programs are invited to submit one outstanding student paper for consideration. The top three are selected by committee review and presented at this workshop. Limited to 38. Creole Room.
2:30 PM
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4-14: LDH/OBH State of the State Address on the Opioid Epidemic: The Importance of Access to MAT– General; Intermediate; Children, Adolescents & Young Adults; School Social Work; Addiction; Substance Use; Quinetta R. Womack, LPC, LAC, CCS, CCGC. This session provides an overview of Louisiana's response to the Opioid Epidemic and strategies implemented to improve access to care to treat persons with Opioid Use Disorders. This session will identify resources available for treatment services at no cost to the individual seeking services. Limited to 65. Samuel Clemens/Natchez Room
2:30 PM
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