78th FASSW Conference: EVERY EFFORT COUNTS

Course overview

The Florida Association of School Social Workers is hosting an exciting, educational, and engaging 78th Annual State Conference. This conference is designed to help: Enhance Your Clinical Skills Update your Mental Health Toolkit Learn Practical New Techniques Network with colleagues from around the State Promote Empowerment and Growth Keynotes and Breakouts: Janae Ponder, LCSW-QS, "Every Effort Counts: Professionalism, Purpose, and Emotional Survival in School Social Work", Heather L. Love, LCSW-QS, "Interpreting Body Language and Energy within the therapeutic process", Every Effort Counts: Human Trafficking and School Social Workers, Mikala Moffitt, LCSW, TF-CBT, Certified SSW, Interprofessional Collaboration Among School Mental Health Professionals: A Best Practice Approach, Dr. Shannon Gillespie, DSW, LCSW, Emotional Dysregulation in Schools: Supporting Students and Ourselves, Tiffany Stewart-White, Ed.S, NCSP, "And How Are the Children?" Centering Childhood Trauma, Healing, and Hope in School Social Work, Dr. Harleen Hutchinson, MSW, Psy.D., IMH-ER, The Role of Social Workers in Advancing Safety, Inclusion, and Belonging for LGBTQ Youth, Noelle DeLaCruz, PsyD, M.A., NCSP, Supporting Unaccompanied Youth In School: What Helps, What Hurts, and What Works, Vicki Sokolik. Beyond The Classroom: Navigating Higher Levels Of Care For Student Mental Health - This Workshop Will Be a Lecture and Interactive With Panel Discussions and Take-Home Materials, Stephanie Breedlove, MBA and Robert Kennedy, FDLRS Organizational Systems and Executive Functioning Dr. Genese Lapaix Ph.D.; Rhonda Bachmann M.Ed, Enhancing Student Access to Behavioral Health Services, Victoria Bartow, MPH, CHES; Lindsay Gamboa-Thompson, BS; Angie Yarbrough, BS, After the Baker Act: From First Contact to Step-Down Care Juan Velez Captain with Lauderhill Fire & Rescue, Flourishing After Trauma: Rebuilding the Lives of Unaccompanied Youth, Vicki Sokolik, Where I Was Meant to Be, Stephanie Breedlove, MBA, Mental Health Advocate and Clinical Outreach with Discovery Behavioral Health, Connecting with Children HEALING Adverse Childhood Experiences Through the POWER of the Science of HOPE! Kirsten, Social Media and AI: Everyone's Problem, Every School's Challenge Jane Kim, BA in Political Science, MPP, SPACE in Schools: A Practical Parent-Based Approach for Anxiety, School Avoidance, and OCD, Christina Sullivan LCSW, Building Strong Foundations: Attendance and Tiered Interventions for School Social Workers, Krissa Ericson MSW & Joanne Labossiere LCSW, Innovation in Action: How SCPS Transformed School Social Work by Creating Pathways to Clinical Licensure Aja Smith, LCSW-QS; Natiria Vazquez, LCSW-QS; Makeba, Dorival LCSW; Ivan Fontanez, MSW, RCSWI, In Their Backpacks: Grief and Loss in Kinship and Foster Care Students, Jane Dugan MA, MFTC, AI in Schools: Helpful Assistant or Hidden Hazard? Tasha Kozak LCSW, MSW, Show Me the Measures: Managing a Successful School-Based Mental Health Grant Sophia Loubeau-Griggs, LCSW-QS, Enhancing Student Access to Behavioral Health Services Victoria Bartow, MPH, CHES; Lindsay Gamboa-Thompson BS; Angie Yarbrough. BS, Dr. Elizabeth Edwards, LCSW-QS, Pushing Past Self-Care to Accomplish Self-Preservation.