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Managing Professional Grief
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
1:00-2:00 EST, 1 CEU offered

Presenter:
•  Elizabeth Clark,PhD, ACSW, MPH

Moderator(s):
•  Tracy Whitaker,DSW, ACSW

Social workers understand the importance of maintaining good boundaries when dealing with client issues. Yet witnessing suffering in any form is difficult, and when a client dies, we can experience professional grief. This teleconference will cover the concepts of vicarious traumatization, recognizing the clues of compassion fatigue, and maintaining professional hope in high loss practice settings.

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Credit Hours: 1 CEU(s)

Presenter:
• Elizabeth Gould,MSW
• Daniel Kuhn,MSW

Moderator(s):
• Maria Jackson,MSW, MPA

Inconsistent symptoms, uncertainty about the diagnosis, and a number of challenges to autonomy are distressing aspects of this growing personal and public health problem. This teleconference will describe how social workers can respond to individuals and families and will identify useful resources.