Friday, June 02, 2006
SSWI workshop will address adolescent self-harming
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Adolescent self-harming (such as cutting and burning) is one of the most challenging problems parents, social workers, and therapists face today. Many self-harming youth feel emotionally disconnected from family members and peers, and come from families experiencing difficulties with marital or post-divorce conflicts, invalidating family interactions, or family secrets. In “A Day with Matthew Selekman,” part of University of Southern Indiana’s Eighth Annual School Social Work Institute (SSWI), the author of Working with Self-Harming Adolescents will present “Living on the Razor’s Edge: Brief Therapy with Self-Harming Adolescents.” In the information-rich workshop, Selekman will present examples of major therapeutic strategies, techniques, and skill-building exercises. The SSWI will be held June 13-16 at the New Harmony Inn Conference Center in New Harmony, Indiana. “A Day with Matthew Selekman” is offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the conference center, and would be of interest to anyone who works with adolescents, including educators, therapists, medical personnel, and parents who are coping with symptoms in their own children. Selekman is the founder and co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions. He is a certified addictions counselor and an Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. He is the 1999 and 2000 winner of the Walter S. Rosenberry Award offered by The Children's Hospital of Denver for having made significant contributions to the fields of behavioral sciences and psychiatry. Selekman has published numerous family therapy articles and four professional practice-oriented books: Living on the Razor's Edge, Working with Self-Harming Adolescents: A Collaborative, Strengths-Based Approach, Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents, and Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescent Substance Abusers. Since 1985, he has presented workshops and provided consultation to mental health and addition professionals, healthcare and social service organizations and others throughout the world. Registration for Selekman’s workshop, due by June 8, is $145, including refreshments, lunch, and materials including a copy of one of Selekman’s books. Continuing Education hours and Certification Renewal Units are available. Sponsored by the USI Department of Social Work, with the support of the Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana School Social Work Association, the SSWI attracts school social workers from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, and Missouri, and Master of Social Work students with a school social work specialization. It includes presentations by nationally-known experts, USI faculty, and experienced practitioners, as well as fresh perspectives from advanced students. School social work is a specialized area of practice within the broad field of the social work profession. School social workers are employed by school systems or agencies that go into the schools full time. They supplement the work of the school psychologist and counselor and are a link between the school, home, and the community. For more information about the workshop or the SSWI, call USI Extended Services at 812/464-1989. |
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