101375: Social Work Today May/June 2008

About the Course:

Success With Couples Therapy—A Step-by-Step Approach Couples therapy isn’t individual therapy times two. Learn some special techniques for working with couples in a struggling relationship.

Work Space as Sacred Space—Creating a Comfort Zone Transforming a work area into sacred space involves thoughtful selection and placement of design elements with the intent to nurture clients and clinicians.

Surviving Childhood Cancer—Growing Up Too Fast Find out how social workers can address the special issues and needs of childhood cancer survivors.

Traumatic Brain Injury—The Game of Rehab Learn about the obstacles patients with TBI and their families face and how social workers play a key role on the psychosocial treatment team.

Therapist’s Notebook: Case of Carlo A clinical learning experience featuring a case presentation and two discussants who review the case history and initial phase of treatment and offer observations and recommendations

Journal/Publisher:

Great Valley Publishing

Publication Date:

May/June 2008

Authors

Camielle Call, LCSW; Ann M. Callahan, PhD; Lynn K. Jones, DSW; Lorraine A. Lewis, MSW, LSW; Jon Meyerson, LCSW; Mila Ruiz Tecala, MSW, ACSW, LICSW, DCSW; Donna Ulteig, LCSW

About the Authors:

maintains a consultation and contract supervision practice in Sitka, AK.

is an assistant professor of social work at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN.

is a freelance writer and an executive coach and organizational consultant in Santa Barbara, CA. As a specialist in organizational culture, she supports leaders and organizations in developing mission-driven cultures.

works at the MossRehab Drucker Brain Injury Center in Philadelphia.

practices with his wife, Beverly, a relational coach, in Bethesda, MD, and Sarasota, FL, and they are the coauthors of After the Glass Slipper: 8 Proven Steps to Lasting Love.

is an expert on loss, bereavement, and thanatology. She founded the Center for Loss and Grief in Washington, DC.

works at Psychiatric Services, SC, in Madison, WI.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for healthcare professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and therapists who seek knowledge about traumatic brain injury, couples therapy, and childhood cancer survivors. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Describe techniques for working with couples to achieve the goal of teaching them a method of communication to resolve their own issues during and after therapy.

2. Recognize the psychosocial and developmental issues faced by survivors of childhood cancer and how professionals can help.

3. Explain the major challenges for patients with traumatic brain injury and their families and how the rehab treatment team works with them to prepare for discharge.

4. Discuss research and theory on how the physical elements of work space can enhance emotional health, interactions, and therapeutic outcomes.

5. Describe the issues in the “Case of Carlo,” a young teenage gang member with traumatic brain injury, and the recommendations of the two case discussants.