NASW-NYS Suffolk and Nassau Divisions Presents:
"Self-Esteem" - A Tool and A Gift to Give to Clients
NASW-NYS Region 5 (Suffolk and Nassau Divisions) invites you to join them for a night of networking, continuing education, and to meet with the Division and Board Leadership of Long Island!
Come meet your Division Chairs and Board Member and network with your fellow social workers starting 5:30PM at the Comfort Inn (Syosset), before joining us for a very special continuing education workshop, "Self Esteem - A Tool and A Gift to Give to Clients" by Silas W. Kelly, LMSW from 6:30PM - 7:30PM. Be sure to stay after the program for another hour of (fun!) networking with your peers and colleagues.
This workshop is open to all social workers. We look forward to seeing you there!
MEET YOUR REGION 5 LEADERSHIP
Suffolk Division Chair - Mara Kasdan, LCSW
Mara Kasdan is a graduate of the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare and is currently a LCSW and a Certified Trauma Professional. In December 2016, she received her SDL/SBL post-masters leadership degree from Stony Brook University. In 2014, she was an appointed member of the NASW Task Force to promote school social work and has been a member of the Suffolk County NASW Steering Committee since 2015 where served on the nominating subcommittee, scholarship committee, and brunch committee as well. She has worked for the Brentwood School District as a social worker since 1991, and has experience in Wyandanch schools.
Nassau Division Chair - Eileen Moran, LCSW
Eileen Moran is a social worker with over twenty years of experience in mostly the healthcare system. She began working in the field providing counseling and concrete services to terminally ill patients (both adults and pediatrics) and their families. After several years, Eileen transferred to the children’s bereavement where she provided group and individual counseling to bereaved children. I also did community outreach to schools, funeral homes, and houses of worship. Following her work at hospice, Eileen worked for a counseling center with marriage and family, individual and mandated clients in recovery. I recently published a children’s bereavement book, You Wouldn’t Understand.
Region 5 Representative - SIlas Kelly, LMSW
Silas Kelly is an experienced mental health and substance abuse Social Worker. He presently serves as a Mental Health Social Worker at Concern for Independent Living in Medford, and a Substance Use Disorder Social Worker for the Town of Smithtown’s Horizons Counseling & Education Center. He is a skilled public speaker and a self-described “E-Journalism Social Work Specialist” who always promotes the Social Work Profession and Social Workers. Previously, he served a two-year term as the Suffolk Division Chair. Silas is proud of the active member participation in the Division, especially the student engagement that has developed.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Self-Esteem - A Tool And A Gift to Give to Clients
This presentation will address “Self-Esteem” as a tool and a gift that we, as social workers, can and should give to our clients. Additionally, the presentation will discuss the importance of self-esteem in relations to a person achieving their goals. Included in the presentation will be the origins of self-esteem and the effects of low self-esteem as opposed to the effects of high self-esteem. Discussion of ways to boost self-esteem and exploration into developmental influences.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Location: The Comfort Inn
24 Oak Drive at Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY 11791
NYSED Approved for 1.0 CE Credit Hours*
NASW Member Fee: $5 | Non-Member Fee: $15
Presenter: Silas W. Kelly, LMSW, Region 5 Representative, NASW-NYS Board of Directors
*This workshop is approved for New York State Continuing Education for licensed social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed mental health counselors.
24 Oak Drive at Jericho Turnpike
Syosset, NY 11791
NASW Member | $5.00 |
Non-Member | $15.00 |
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