INSSWA will be back in person hosting the 2022 Spring Seminar free to members. Please register using your current INSSWA account. When signing in, use the email address associated with the email address you receive the monthly email on. A confirmation will be sent once you have registered.
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Seminar Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Registration, Breakfast offered
8:30-10:30 (2.0 CEU’s) Dr. Kand McQueen “Through a Different Lens: Reconceptualizing Sex, Gender, Humanity, and the World.”
Speaker is virtual for now
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 (1.5 CEU’s) Jennifer Haston-Maciejewski in person
“Be it to Teach it” You might be ready to dive into the world of mindfulness, or maybe you can see the benefits that mindfulness has for your students and you are ready to pioneer a program in your school or classroom. Remember the place to start is with yourself. This is an introduction to creating and incorporating an effective and ongoing mindfulness practice and how to fit it into our already jam-packed school day and life. We start by learning to be mindful, then move into how to teach mindfully, and finish with how to start teaching mindfulness!
12:15-2:00 Lunch on own
2:00-4:00 (2.0 Ceu’s) Kelly Petersohn LCSW “Support for grieving students”
In person
Supporting Grieving Students:
Educate and clarify common myths related to death, dying and grief that negatively impact grieving youth.
Highlight the prevalence of students grieving the death of a parent or sibling in the state of Indiana.
Provide education on contributing factors, symptoms and long term effects of grief
Discuss, by age group, youth’s concept of death, typical grief responses and signs of distress
Provide guidance on how to support grieving youth. Special attention on what to say, what not to say and ways to connect with students who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Recognize the impact of caregiver compassion fatigue and establish the need for accountability in prioritizing self care .
Identify specific scenarios for referring out for additional grief support or mental health therapy.
4:00-4:15 closing- evaluations, CEU instructions
