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Priority early registration is available only to NASW members until Tuesday, January 16th.

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Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates because we are uncomfortable and/or lack the skills and experience to engage. This workshop highlights the importance of engaging in social and political action. Knowledge vital to interacting with various levels and systems of government will be provided. Communications with elected and non-elected officials will be explored. Coalition building will be highlighted. We will brainstorm advocacy areas ripe for professional involvement of mental and behavioral health professionals, make a plan for social and political action, get the work started, and prepare for future action.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explain ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
• Understand how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
• Identify policy advocacy topics that further a professional or personal interest.
• Demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
• Perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.

NASW-NYC Member: $54 | Other Chapter Member: $68 | Non-Member: $81

3 SW CE Contact Hours

Kathryn S. Krase, PhD, JD, MSW is a social worker, lawyer, researcher, educator, and expert on professional ethics. She has significant experience as a family law practitioner, social work supervisor, along with more than 20 years of experience in faculty and administrative roles in undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level social work programs in and around New York City.  Dr. Krase is the Principal Consultant for Krase Consulting, in Brooklyn, New York, where she focuses on educating mental and physical health professionals on their general legal and ethical obligations.

*Please note that new members take up to 3 business days to transfer information to NASW-NYC's system. Please plan accordingly to allow enough time for registration.

NASW-NYC is happy to try and fulfill any reasonable special accommodations requests following NYS laws, submitted in writing to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org at least  fifteen business days prior to the workshop date. Requests received after the deadline may not be able to be processed or fulfilled in time for the event.

NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

NASW-NYC's policy and practice is to email a post-workshop evaluation link to each attendee within 1-3 business days after the workshop date. The evaluation will be open for a minimum of 30 calendar days and is sent to the email address attendees provided to NASW-NYC upon registering for the workshop(s). Once an attendee completes their evaluation, their certificate is automatically generated by the system and emailed to them. Completing your evaluation also allows NASW-NYC to receive a copy of the certificate. Please ensure that your registration and evaluation information is accurate (name, e-mail, license type and number) as this will impact your continuing education certificates as your certificates will reflect the information you provided.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. 

NASW-NYC will re-issue continuing education certificates for a fee of $10.00 per certificate.

NASW-NYC Refund Policy

All refund requests must be submitted in writing to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org no later than four business days prior to the workshop date. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. If a refund is requested later than four business days prior to the workshop date, NASW-NYC has the right to refuse the request.

- All refunds are subject to a fee of 25% for administrative processing fees

- Refund requests typically take 1-2 weeks processing time

- Refunds ONLY. Credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

Notice of Filming and Photography

Please be advised that photography, and audio and video recording of participants at NASW-NYC events may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, and video recording (referred to as the “Recordings”) and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction for promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose reasonably related to the mission of the National Association of Social Workers.

You release NASW-NYC, its officers, employees and agents from any liability connected with such use of the Recordings and waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with such use of the Recordings. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by NASW-NYC or the person or entity designated to do so by NASW-NYC.

Virtual Code of Conduct

NASW-NYC is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), nationality, level of experience or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of program participants in any form, nor do we tolerate behavior that would reasonably lead to another participant being made to feel unsafe, insecure, or frightened for their physical or emotional well-being. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience. Program participants, including stakeholders, violating these rules may be expelled from the program without a refund at the discretion of the organizers. By registering, you are agreeing to follow the code of conduct.

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For any questions or issues, please contact workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org

NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.