Skills and Strategies for Forensic Evaluations and Negotiating Common Treatment Issues as a Forensic Social Worker

9:00am to 3:30pm ET

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter:  Robert W. Mulligan, M.P.S., R-LCSW

NASW-NYS Members: $60

NASW Other Chapter Member (Including NYC): $120

Non-Members: $150

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 6.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

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Workshop Description
This program will focus on negotiating frequent issues as a forensic social worker and considerations when preparing and conducting a forensic social work evaluation. The presenters will discuss ways to manage clinical information, both prior and post-sentencing. In addition, the presentation will describe the preparation needed and the skills used to complete a forensic social work evaluation. Presenters will use case examples to describe the process and important considerations for completing a forensic social work evaluation.

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify strategies to navigate the criminal justice system
2. Describe clinical defenses that may prevent entanglement in the criminal justice system.
3. Explain discriminatory practices in the criminal justice setting
4. Describe strategies for negotiating frequent treatment issues as a forensic social worker
5. Describe the preparation needed and the skills used to complete a forensic social work evaluation 
6. Identify the components of a forensic social work evaluation
 

This workshop is approved for 6.0 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), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Robert W. Mulligan, M.P.S., LCSW-R. Robert W. Mulligan acquired his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Long Island University before earning his Masters of Professional Studies in Criminal Justice at Long Island University in 1981. He also obtained a Master in Social Work in 1985 from the Adelphi University School of Social Work, specializing in casework and community organization. Robert spent over seven years working at the Nassau County Treatment Alternative to Street Crime of the Education Assistance Center in Port Washington, New York, and has also been working as an adjunct professor of Forensic Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Work of LIU since 2011. Robert has simultaneously maintained his private practice since 1985 specializing in Psychotherapy and Forensic Social Work where he has participated in thousands of criminal and juvenile cases with charges ranging from Petit Larceny to Murder.