HEALTH ED Continuing Education Program:
AS, HFA, NLD: From Early Identifying Markers Through Assessment
September 10, 2008 Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 11, 2008 Tucson, Arizona
September 12, 2008 Scottsdale, Arizona
Presenter:  John Ortiz, PhD
www.health-ed.com   800.839.4584
 

Issues in Aging Conference: Dementia Driving & Hoarding: Initiating Intervention Without Diminishing Independence

Thursday September 18th, 2008 9:00am-3:30pm

Tucson Jewish Community Center

Presented by: Home Instead Senior Care

The Dementia Driving & Hoarding Conference will offer 3 CEUs in ethics to social workers, public and private fiduciaries, nursing care institution administrators, assisted living facility managers, and other health professionals. Speakers will present several tips, tools, skills and methods that will work to assist health professionals in tackling the touchy issues of dementia driving and hoarding. This dynamic panel includes: Peter Santini, Public Fiduciary, Dr. John Pifer, Geriatrician, Jenny Nordine, Driving Rehabilitation Specialist, OT, Patricia Mehrhoff, Senior Assistant Prosecuting City Attorney, Mike Duffey, Animal Cruelty Investigator, and Kevin Kinghorn, Attorney at law. Cost for attendance is $25.00. Lunch, certificate of completion and CEU costs included. Contact Susan Howard at Home Instead Senior Care to RSVP.

Office: 520.770.9943 Fax: 520.770.9945 Email: Showard@homeinstead.com

Sept 18 and 19, 2008

The Infant Toddler Mental Health Coalition of AZ

presents

From Risk To Resilience: The 13th Institute on Infant Toddler Mental Health

The conference program is designed to focus attention on bringing progressive, research-based information to Arizona to promote thought, discussion, and understanding of the early development and mental health of very young children, the factors that jeopardize healthy development such as abuse and neglect, and strategies for prevention and intervention.

Visit www.itmhca.org for registration information!

The Arizona Public Health Association fall conference, Celebrating 80 Years: Portraits of the Past, Visions for the Future will be held at the Marriott Tucson University Park September 17-19, 2008 with a Tribal Public Health Forum held on September 16, 2008.

This year's conference will celebrate the accomplishments of Arizona's public health community over the past 80 years, recognizing the present public health workforce and programs, and the contributions of many individuals and organizations that were part of our ongoing success stories.

CEUs with NASWAZ Chapter are pending. Last year the tribal forum was approved for the cultural compentency requirement for social workers. Participants were truly appreciative for the genuine dialogue. Come join your colleagues and learn how the Arizona Public Health Association is The Voice For Public Health In Arizona. Registration entitles you to one year's membership. AzPHA.org for more information.

"Outside the Bars: Working with Families of the Incarcerated"

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, September 25 

Radisson Suites Tucson
6555 E. Speedway Blvd.

The keynote presentation, "Reunification and Interrupting Cycles of Incarceration", will be given by Dr. Joseph Crumbley.
Additional presentations include "Arizona's Response to Children of the Incarcerated" by Claire Scheuren, M.A., Pima Prevention Partnership
and "Children at Arrest Scenes: A Police Response" by Kathleen Robinson, Assistant Police Chief, Tucson Police.

You can register online at http://www.arizonaschildren.org/conference.htm.

Sponsored by: Kinship, Adoption, Resource and Education, Department of Economic Security, Primavera Foundation,
American Friends Service Committee, Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, Pima Prevention Partnership,
Casey Family Programs and Arizona's Children Association.

For more information, contact Felice Cohen-Joppa at felice@igc.org or (520)603-3524.

Body, Mind, & Soul: Trauma and Mourning After a Child's Death

September 25-28, 2008

Phoenix, AZ

Please see: www.missfoundation.org for more information and enrollment.

American Hospice Foundation

is sponsoring the following workshop:

“Symptom Management for End-of-Life Patients”

Date: September 30, 2008

Location: John C Lincoln Hospital, North Mountain 250 E Dunlap Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85020

Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.

Speaker: Marion Kendall, RN, MSN, AHN-BC

Social workers who work in a hospital or hospice facility will benefit from this presentation. It will enable you to provide better psychosocial support to patients and their families regarding End-of-Life symptom management.

For additional information, please contact Ann Papagalos at (602) 279-2933 ext 105

American Hospice Foundation is sponsoring the following workshop:

Social Work Values, Ethics and End-of-Life Practice

September 30, 2008
10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

 John C Lincoln North Mountain Hospital
250 E Dunlap
Phoenix, AZ 85020

Speaker: Sandy Jones-McClintic, MSW, ACSW, LCSW

Sandy’s presentation will provide a review of the relevant values and ethical standards that underlie social work practice with vulnerable populations at the end of life, with an emphasis on self-awareness and maintaining appropriate boundaries. There is no cost to attend. For additional information, please contact Ann Papagalos at (602) 279-2933 ext 105 or ann@papagalos.com

PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR LEASE

Beautiful, roomy, midtown Phoenix mental health or allied professional office for lease.

Converted historic home - peaceful environment.

Covered parking space. Walking distance for light rail. 3 year lease. $600 mo.

Contact Howard at 602-265-5918 or Carol at 603-264-0169.

American Hospice Foundation is sponsoring the following workshop:

“Coping with Grief, Death and Loss in the Medical Profession –

How to Break Bad News to Patients, Friends and Families”

6:00 P.M – 7:00 P.M., October 9, 2008

Freedom Inn at Scottsdale

15436 N 64th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Speaker: Sandi Howlett, Ed.D

The presentation focuses on how to effectively cope with death and loss in the medical profession, including how to break bad news to patients, friends and families. For additional information, please contact Ann Papagalos at (602) 279-2933 ext 105

Southern Arizona Employee Assistance Professionals Association

presents:

“Do the Right Thing – Developing Cultural Sensitivity and Maintaining Ethical Practice.”

Viscount Suite Hotel
4855 E. Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ,

Friday, October 10, 2008

The focus is ethics and cultural diversity training. Conference speakers and topics are Jerry Harmon, CADAC, LISAC, ICRC – “Personal Bias: Its Impact on Providing Care to Culturally Diverse Clients”; Connie J.A. Beck, Ph.D. – “Resolving Ethical Issues in Mental Health Practice and Social Science Research”; and Minnie Almader, M.Ed., Ed.D. – “Case Studies: Hispanic Families in Modern Times.”

Cost includes continental breakfast and lunch. EAPA members - $90.00, non-members - $100.00, Group rate (3 or more) - $85.00, and Student with current ID - $70.00. For information, contact Ellen Jue, President, at (520) 331-7869 or Nena Semko, Vice-President, at (520) 661-3872. If necessary, please leave a message and your call will be returned.

OFFICE SPACE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Spacious new office suites available for lease in North Peoria. 

Suitable for use by psychiatrists, psychologists, LCSW's. 

Competitive rates. 

Adjacent to the future site of Peoria Regional Medical Center (N. Lake Pleasant Pkwy, ½ mi. north of Happy Valley Rd). 

For information on availability and office features, contact D. Reed at LifeView Counseling, 623-825-1777.
 

               TITLE:  ARIZONA MENTAL HEALTH & THE LAW                  

PRESENTERS: John H. Arron, III, JD; Mary Miller, JD; Terry J. Dalke

     10/24/08
 Scottsdale, AZ

FEE: Pre-registration: $169.00 per person
Group Discount: $159.00 per person for 2 or more

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: To ensure your place in this course, please register as
early as possible. *Pre-registration and group discount rates apply until 12:00 noon CT the
day before the program.* PLEASE NOTE: Group discount rates apply for pre-registration
and pre-payment only and must be submitted at the same time. Attach all registrations with
total payment.

Contact: HEALTH ED

Phone: 800.839.4584
Email: custserv@health-ed.com

Website: www.health-ed.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: SOCIALWORKERS: 6.0 Hours.
The NASW, Arizona Chapter has approved this program. Certification #1528

 

 

 

Addressing the Health Effects of Climate Change

A continuing education conference on 11/15/08 at DuVal Auditorium, at the U of A Health Sciences Center in Tucson, will focus on health professionals' and public officials' responsibilities to become better educated about and plan for a preventively oriented response to the impending community health challenges of climate change. The full day conference will address specific health and environmental issues in Tucson and the region related to climate change. The emphasis will be on solutions and prevention, with the objective of inspiring the health community to begin planning that will mitigate or eliminate the potential impacts of increased temperatures, evolving new infectious disease epidemics, food insecurity, and water quality and scarcity. This area related to climate change is under reported and inadequately addressed in our communities.

Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH representing the Office of Environmental Health of the CDC (U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia) will address the background of global warming and the ensuing health effects of climate change. Kristin Welker-Hood, ScD, MSN, RN, is a nurse and environmental health scientist and the Director of the Environmental and Health Programs at Physician's for Social Responsibility in Washington DC. She will address the needed public health response to these challenges and call for adaptation and organization in our communities to help prevent health problems of climate events.

Registration for this event will soon be available on line. For further information, you can contact Dr. Barbara Warren at 520-325-3983.