New Strategies for Writing Effective Court Evaluations
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 - 12:00PM to 2:00PM (EST)
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LIVE WEBINAR
September 12, 2018
12-2pm EST
2 CEU for LMSWs, LCSWs, and LMHCs
In this online webinar, you are going to:
- Learn and Master critical thinking in clinical care
- Learn and Master the principles and techniques for new strategies for writing effective court evaluations
- Master the do's and don'ts of new strategies for writing effective court evaluations
- Role play, practice, and implement new strategies for writing effective court evaluations
- Identify your areas for improvement and feel empowered to start implementation in your clinical practice
- Learn and Master the Why of new strategies for writing effective court evaluations (It’s beyond what you may think!) and be inspired
- Learn and Master How to think multidimensionally, accounting for the patient/client; clinician/advocate; and agency/system, related factors.
- Learn and Master the secret of leveraging group dynamics for collective learning and opportunities to reflect on our daily work while learning and mastering new skills
- Immerse yourself in the Socratic Method, the Desire Method, and the Collective Learning experience and enhance your ability to provide excellent care, prevent burnout and promote self-care
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886783231-0319) for 2 continuing education contact hours. Additionally, Dr. Sidor Psychiatric Services, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work and Mental Health Counseling as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0471) and licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0127)
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84% of people reported feeling more empowered after participating in a SWEET seminar
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.
"Learned about how to be concise and how to use an outline to help with my report. This training was great. Hope to do more and learn more to help me do a better job for my clients."
- Cynthia, Legal Aid Society
"I appreciated going over all of the 10 elements/questions to be included in the reports. The explanation of aggravating vs. mitigating factors. This was a great training, glad to have been a apart. This training should be an imperative part of new social work training."
– Ebonie, Legal Aid Society
"The presentation was clear and concise. The presenter was animated and engaging throughout the seminar, this was very interactive."
- Keith, Legal Aid Society
"Facilitator identified important elements of an effective report and got a lively discussions going."
- Deborah, Legal Aid Society