Trauma and Homeslessness

6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Billye Jones, LCSW

NASW Members: Free | Non-Members: $30 | NASW Member (Non-NYS): $15

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Workshop Name:

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Presenter: Billye Jones, LCSW
NASW Member Fee: Free
Non-Member Fee: $30
NASW Member (Non-NYS): $15
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The majority of people experiencing homelessness we encounter are living with the impact of traumatic events. Trauma is often mistaken for resistance and non-compliance, which may impact how we work with our clients. People experiencing trauma can be better assessed, engaged, and supported during times of homelessness using specific interventions taught in this session. This workshop will address assessment, establishing trust and safety, and interventions that may help our clients deal with trauma triggers.  

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this webinar, participants will learn:

• How a history of trauma can lead to homelessness
• The most common types of traumatic experiences homeless clients experience
• Understand some principals of trauma-informed care
• How to recognize trauma triggers
• How to de-escalate trauma triggers when dealing with clients

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Billye J. Jones, LCSW is an experienced clinician, supervisor, field instructor, administrator, program developer, and relationship builder. Billye incorporates her passion of child sexual abuse treatment, prevention and developing trauma informed programs in her multiple roles. She has performed extensive work with sexually abused children and adults as well as sexually reactive and aggressive youth. In addition, Billye has trained therapists, students, parents, teachers, child welfare staff, attorneys, social workers and many others about issues relating to child sexual abuse. She was involved in all activities related to child sexual abuse prevention, which included panels, newspaper, radio, and television and even appeared in a documentary. Some of the topics of her trainings include: Treatment, Prevention; Identifying signs and symptoms; How to increase protective factors; Using the arts to break the silence around abuse; How to handle disclosure; How to safeguard a home after the occurrence of child sexual abuse; and the long term impact of childhood sexual abuse. Billye has a Master of Social Work degree from New York University (NYU). She attained a Post Master’s Certificate in Clinical Practice from NYU, an Advanced Certificate Program in Non-profit management from New York Medical College/Fordham University. She is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and has been a member of the National Ethics Committee for 8 years. Billye is the Co-chair of the Whitney M. Young Multicultural Affairs Committee (Westchester Division) and has been a member of the committee for 14 years.