Workshops for Social Work Professionals


Speaker Series for Social Worker Professionals

The annual Speaker Series at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls joins youth care service providers on their path to transforming young lives of suffering into lives of hope and promise. Through professional development, these series of workshops are designed to enthuse and further prepare social service providers with the research-based learning and field-work experience of prominent leaders in the field. Speaker Series enhances the quality of care that youth receive, creates a sense of cohesion among youth care service providers and believes in:

  • Inspiring new ideas and applying innovation to the complex urban challenges we encounter.
  • Sparking creativity to discover solutions to currently relevant issues.
  • Nourishing and rejuvenating social workers. 
  • Offering continuing education units at no cost.


Speaker Series 2008


February 13 - Dr. Gary Hill
Trauma, Anxiety and PTSD: The Attachment Connection

March 11 - Dr. Marc Atkins
Links to Learning: A School Based Mental Health Service Model for Urban Children

April 17 -Mary Jo Barrett, MSW
The delicate energy balance: Compassion Fatigue Caring for Yourself and Others

May 13 - Dr. Carl Bell
Strategies for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Chicago Public Schools

June 11 - Dr. Froma Walsh
Strengthening Family Resilience in Multi-stressed Families

Itinerary

2:00 p.m. Introductions
2:15 p.m. Featured Lecture
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Featured Lecture
4:45 p.m. Q & A
5:00 p.m. Dismissal

CEUs

2.5 Continuing Education Units will be offered for each workshop for the following licenses: LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC. The cost of each workshop and its CEU's is covered by Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. CEU certificates will be mailed following the workshop.

RSVP

Please contact Karen Matts at karmat@mercyhome.org or 312.738.6364 to reserve your seat at the workshop. *Space is limited!

Parking

A limited amount of parking will be available on the day of the workshop.  Workshops are expected to be at maximun capacity causing parking limitations.  Please make an effort to carpool or take the CTA's Blue line to the Racine stop. If you are driving, it is strongly advised that you plan to arrive early in order to secure a parking spot. Mercy Home has two parking lots where you may be able to find a spot. Click here for a map of parking lots. Those who are driving should first go to reception at 1140 W. Jackson Boulevard to sign-in and receive a parking pass. Street parking is available on Jackson Blvd. or Racine.  However street parking on Adams is only available until 4 p.m.