Renaissance Hotel.  The Fall Conference is a meeting for the entire profession.  Everyone from the social work student to the LCSW in private practice can benefit from the presentation offerings.  The Fall Conference is designed to focus on professional development, social worker physical and mental self-care, alternative practices and therapies, as well as issues related to the practice of social work in general.    For more information, click:  http://www.naswnc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=61

This one day conference, to be held on November 9, 2012 in Cromwell, CT at the Crowne Plaza Hotel will address Evidence Based Practices. In the past 20 years, EBP has gone from a fledgling concept to a fundamental basis for clinical practice worldwide. EBP values and builds upon clinical expertise, individual patient values and needs, as well as the best research evidence which can result in better care for clients. Evidence Based Practice is poised to play a key role in social work mental health care education, training, and treatment and this conference will focus on some of the EBP work being done in Connecticut now—as well as practices that are promising for the future. Contact Patricia Hartman, NASW/CT at phartman@naswct.net or http://www.naswct.org/ for additional information

The NASW Wisconsin 2012 annual conference takes place on October 29-31,2012 at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel, Brookfield, Wisconsin. The workshops include topics such as “Negotiating with Managed Care Companies”, ”Treating Latinos with Depression” “Social Work Entrepreneurs”, “Reframing Grief” “Clinical Supervision” “Borderline Personality Disorder”, and “The New DSM”. NASW General Counsel Carolyn Polowy and NASW Senior Practice Associate Mirean Coleman will speak at the “Negotiating with Managed Care Companies” workshop. 16 hours of continuing education hours will be available to conference attendees. For more information, please click here: http://www.naswwi.org/2011-annual-conference-a-meeting-of-the-profession-igniting-our-spirits/

NASW-TN’s 2012 Fall Professional Development Conference will be in Nashville on Oct. 26, 2012. Please see our website for more information www.naswtn.com. This conference will have 3 tracks to address the needs of multiple levels of social work practice. We will have a clinical track which will focus on brain development with the workshop Epigenetics: Knowledge for the 21st Century; an administrative track that will cover topics of Non-profits and Lobbying as well as Using Social Media in Social Work Practice for your Organization. Our third track will be focused on Social Work Essentials and will address the changing wrok environment for social workers and the need to address safety concerns and strategies. Our final workshop is “Highly Ethical Organizations” where ethical issues will be discussed from every level of a typical non-profit organization. 6.5 CEs (with 3.0 Ethics) will be available.