NASW Arizona Annual Conference March 21st, 2025

NASW Arizona

Join us in-person ONLY  for our annual conference on Friday, March 21st! Tentative timeline is below. Note there is NO VIRTUAL option.

Desert Willow Conference Center

Location: Desert Willow Conference CenterTotal CEUs: 67:15am: Registration Check In and Breakfast8:00am: Keynote Speaker, Catherine Alonzo, CEO Javelina, “How to Prepare for and Respond to Change”9:00am-9:15am Break9:15am-10:15am (1 CEU)A1: Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot, “Best practices in working with parents with disabilities”A2: Teri Krull, LCSW, “Ethical Considerations When Working with Parents/Caregivers”A3: Aleesha Gosal, LMSW, “Building a Healthy Identity Beyond Achievement: Supporting High-Performing Children in Discovering Who They Are”10:15am-10:30am: Break10:30am-11:30am (1CEU)B1: Britni Gibbs, LCSW, “Empowering Dying Clients and Their Families: The Vital Role of Social Workers in Advanced Care Planning”B2: Debbie Mueller, LCSW, “Balancing Organizational Pressures and Ethical Social Work Practice”B3: Francine Sumner, “The Penny Pledge - Shattering the Stigma that surrounds mental health.”11:30am-12:45pm Awards Luncheon Cottonwood Ballroom12:45pm-1:45pm (1CEUs)C1: Ginka Conrey, LCSW, PMH-C, “The Evolving Professional Role of the Perinatal Social Worker in a Complex Political and Legal Landscape.”C2: Erica Mantel, LCSW, “Working With Children and Adolescents Experiencing Chronic Illness and Their Caregivers.”C3: Dr. Adrian Mancera Cota, "Case Study of Mexican Youth Sentenced to Life Imprisonment”1:45pm-2:00pm: Break2:00pm-3:00pm (1CEUs)D1: Ryan Sheade, LCSW, “How Differentiation Will Save the World.”D2: Sydney Gonzales, LMSW, “Bridging the Gap: Grief Informed Care for Traumatically Bereaved Children in Social and Educational Settings”D3: Cassie Urbie, LICSW, MPH, “Late-diagnosed Women with ADHD: How to recognize the signs and support our clients in getting the treatment they deserve.”3:00pm-3:15pm: Break3:15pm-4:15pm (1CEUs)E1: Terri Waibel, LCSW, FT, “Grief Affirming Practice™ (GAP): An integrative non-pathological approach to grief therapy.”E2: Dr. Amber Abila, “Advocacy for Ourselves and our Communities”E3: Jamie Valderama, MSW, “The Neurobiology of Stress: Becoming the Responsive Leader in Your Life”

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