NASW-VT 2011 Annual Conference - Living Wholeheartedly

Featuring keynote speaker, Brene Brown, Ph.D.,
Chapter Awards, and Excellent Workshops!

Friday, September 23, 2011 – Sugarbush Resort – Warren, VT

6 CEUs with 1.5 Ethics

Additional information on this conference to be published as gathered!

Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. Brené spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. She poses the questions:

How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?

Check out our web page on Dr. Brown, here.   Listen to these live-stream videos of Dr. Brene Brown, etc.

Brené is a nationally renowned speaker and has won numerous teaching awards, including the College’s Outstanding Faculty Award. Her work has been featured on PBS, NPR, CNN, and was the topic of two 2010 TEDx talks (Houston and Kansas City).

Brené is the author of The Gifts of Imperfection: Letting Go of Who We Think We Should Be and Embracing Who We Are (Hazelden, 2010) and I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power (Penguin/Gotham, 2007). Her next book, Wholehearted: Spiritual Adventures in Falling Apart, Growing Up, and Finding Joy will be released in 2011. She is also the author of Connections, a psychoeducational shame resilience curriculum that is being facilitated across the nation by mental health and addiction professionals. 

Brené’s current research focuses on authentic leadership and wholeheartedness in families, schools, and organizations.

Brené lives in Houston with her husband, Steve, and their two young children, Ellen and Charlie.

 For more information about Brene Brown, Ph.D. go to www.brenebrown.com

Author of Life in a Jar, Middlebury pediatrician Dr. Jack Mayer will address the 2011 NASW-VT Conference in the first plenary session.  Life in a Jar is the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II. Her story is an inspiration to all of us. Dr. Mayer will show slides of the Warsaw ghetto and tell Irena’s story, followed by a reading from his book.  We send special thanks to NASW-VT member Theresa Gleason for telling us about this exciting work.

Check out our web page on Dr. Mayer, here.

Dr. Mayer will join Brene Brown on the program line-up. Dr. Brown is a thrice-trained social worker (BSW, MSW, PhD) who will provide a keynote address on “Living Wholeheartedly,” the theme of this year’s conference.

Afternoon Workshops-

Choose one of three workshops running concurrently in the afternoon, including:

LIVING WITH COURAGE AND INTEGRITY:  WEAVING NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION INTO INNER FAMILY WORK with Jane Burgess, LICSW-- In this workshop you will learn: the fundamentals of NVC and inner family work; to link feelings to needs – old and present, met and unmet; ways to empower clients to identify unwanted patterns and heal the younger parts of self that drive those patterns; and tools to adopt and adapt these rich resources to your work.

RECEPTIVE LISTENING© : HOW UNDERSTANDING AND USING THE ROLE THAT EMOTIONS PLAY IN LISTENING CAN TRANSFORM THE CLINICAL, MEDICAL AND HUMAN SERVICE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORKERS.  with Ron Ceppetelli, LICSW, Ph.D. In this experiential workshop you will learn, discuss, and practice the concepts, skills and techniques of Receptive Listening © using interactive group process; how to transforming interdisciplinary team members that “help” into clinical experts that train, consult and analyze clients, caregivers and other providers; the theory and research behind our understanding of the critical role emotions play in communications. Case presentations will show how Receptive Listening© motivates the client toward independent, client centered thinking.

HONORING THE COURAGE OF YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE  with Lynda Schoenbeck. LICSW and Panel of Experts – Features the new Vermont-made film “Ask Us Who We Are” and highlights programs helping youth meet the challenges of growing into adulthood.

Workshop details coming soon.

All workshops will cover issues of courage and ethical dilemmas that arise in practice. You will be notified of all workshop choices  once development is concluded.  Choices will be made as first come, first  signed up for conference.

Lodging Options: Special ONE-NIGHT lodging rates are available for Thursday, September 22. Come with friends and share the costs! For more information, call 1-800-53-SUGAR and mention you will be attending the NASW-VT conference. 

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6 CEUs with 1.5 Ethics

Also:  Volunteers needed: Click on this WORD link to see what is available and to sign up to help:  Volunteer Opportunities

NASW-VT is offering a special HALF DAY registration for anyone interested hearing our nationally recognized speakers.

Morning program will be over by noon.

NOTE: HALF DAY registration will include morning snacks, ticket to hear morning speakers, no lunch, no CEUs.  

Click here for more information and half day registration form.

NEEDED:  Raffle and Auction Items that will Raise $1000 for social work student scholarships. Click here for more information on what is needed and how to help!