The Fundamentals of Neuroscience for Clinicians 2.0 (Self-Study)
Self-Study
Self-Study Webinar
This webinar is clinically-based for anyone invested in improving their skills.
For New York State Licensed LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, and CASACs
2 CEUs are available once the post-test and evaluation are completed.
Conscious growth is key to a successful and satisfied career, and learning is required for conscious growth. During this period of pandemic there are concrete tools that we can provide our clients with, that are rooted in Neuroscience, and having a deeper understanding of the brain can help us maximize the use of these tools.
AT THE END OF THIS WEBINAR, YOU WILL:
- Learned the framework of the Socratic Motivational Practice to increase the effectiveness of your work in Understanding the Brain and Neuroscience.
- Learned the Principles, Techniques, Steps, and Do's and Don'ts of the Socratic Motivational Practice to understand the brain and Neuroscience.
- Increased your tools to talking with patients and clients by identifying at least one thing you will start doing differently, at the end of the webinar, as a result of the Socratic Motivational Practice framework.
- Everything you want in one place, including an illustration of how to implement the newly learned skills during our role plays
- Received your certificate by email immediately after your post-test and evaluation are completed.
HERE'S WHAT OUR ATTENDEES ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR SWEET WEBINARS:
"Thank you for being so proactive and adding a lot of content and striving to meet the needs of your members at this time."
– Ginger, LCSW
"I love the fact that I can attend a live webinar from my home office, as I have indicated before. I like the interaction and learning from the attendees too. I love that I can take the test at my leisure and complete the evaluation immediately afterwards and I think it is wonderful that I obtain my certificate within an hour. I like the facilitators so much. They are warm and engaging and show the ability to make everyone feel so welcome. It is a pleasure attending these webinars."
- Mary Grace, LCSW-R
"Applicable to so much of the work that we do. My staff would really benefit from this training. Instructors are both wonderful. Thank you for creating the space and opportunity for this kind of learning."
- Diana, LMSW
- In the State of New York, SWEET Institute is approved by the Office of Professions under Dr. Sidor Psychiatric Services as a CEU provider for social workers (#SW-0471) and mental health counselors (#MHC-0127).
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89% of SWEET Webinar Attendees felt that the course they attended gave them practical information they could use in their everyday life
Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD is a quadruple board certified psychiatrist, with board certifications in Psychiatry and Neurology (General Adult Psychiatry), Child and Adolescent, Addiction, and Forensic, Psychiatry. He has training in public and community psychiatry, psychopharmacology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He also has training in Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, play therapy, and family and couples therapy. He has clinical, teaching, and supervision experience; he has mentorship, coaching, and management, skills; and he has experience as a primary care physician, in public speaking and writing. Dr. Sidor also has skills in leadership, research, program development and project management. His overall goal is to help all health professionals, throughout the United States and globally, access the tools they need to feel empowered to provide excellent patient care while also promoting their own self-care and burnout prevention. He is the main facilitator for the SWEET Institute, and he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University.Dr. Sidor was recently the Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services) where he continues to provide psychiatric care. He speaks and writes fluently in four (4) languages—French, English, Spanish, and Creole, with intermediate proficiency in Portuguese and Italian.
Karen Dubin-McKnight, PhD, LCSW, has wide clinical, teaching, supervision and mentorship experience that spans 18 years. She also has a vast experience working in the criminal justice system, in community mental health, in teaching, and in management. Her added passion is in education, coaching, public relations, and mediation. Her goal is to ensure that social workers and other non-medical practitioners feel empowered and have a voice “at the table.” Dr. Dubin-McKnight is the co-facilitator for the SWEET Institute. She was most recently the Court Operations Director at CASES. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She is also a trainer at the CUCS Academy, and Howie T. Harp. She has a private practice for people impacted by loss and trauma and also provides clinical supervision.
"Webinars often feel impersonal and passive; this one did not at all. An effective and memorable learning experience."
-Janice, LMSW
"This webinar broke down a very difficult topic"
-Ellen, LCSW
"Instructors were friendly, acknowledged all participants, answered all questions, spread proportionate time on the various concepts."
-Vito, LMSW
"I really liked the manner and clarity of how the facilitators presented the material. Also, the incorporation of the role play cemented the theories and concepts into practice which further clarified and magnified the core principles."
- Barbara, LCSW