Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II
Friday, July 24, 2026
In-person at the UConn Hartford Campus
9:30 am – 3:30 pm (ET)
5 CECs

Registration Fee: $125
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Room location will be included in your confirmation email.

This is an essential training for supervisors dedicated to fostering ethical excellence in their mental health teams. This program provides the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to effectively teach and model ethical practices to clinicians. From navigating complex ethical dilemmas to upholding professional standards, this course empowers supervisors to guide their clinicians in making sound, ethical decisions. Perfect for those committed to cultivating integrity & professionalism within their supervision practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the vital components to successful supervision.
• Examine the 5 keys to an ethical practice.
• Explore the most common pitfalls to an ethical practice.
• Learn strategies to manage common scenarios that challenge the interview.

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II
Friday, June 26, 2026
In-person at the UConn Hartford Campus
9:30 am – 3:30 pm (ET)
5 CECs

Registration Fee: $125
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Room location will be included in your confirmation email.

Designed for supervisors eager to enhance their ability to teach and guide mental health clinicians in the art and science of diagnosis, this specialized training provides practical tools, strategies, and insights to help supervisors effectively support their clinicians in mastering diagnostic skills.

From understanding diagnostic frameworks to navigating complex cases, this program ensures supervisors are equipped to foster confidence and competence in their teams.

Learning Objectives

• Examine core of the supervisory relationship and the needed tools.
• Learn how to direct and redirect the path of the clinical interview.
• Explore common diagnostic mistakes clinicians make.
• Practice diagnosis using DSM5 through clinical vignettes.

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II
Friday, June 12, 2026
In-person at the UConn Hartford Campus
9:30 am – 3:30 pm (ET)
5 CECs

Registration Fee: $125
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Room location will be included in your confirmation email.

Whether you are currently a supervisor, or interested in becoming one, this is a must-have training for mental health professionals looking to build a successful and impactful clinical supervision practice. 

This seminar provides a comprehensive toolkit, including essential strategies, frameworks, and resources to enhance your supervisory skills. From navigating challenging supervisory relationships to fostering professional growth and ensuring ethical compliance, this program will equip you with everything you need to confidently guide and support clinicians under your supervision.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the current state of supervision and needed improvements.
• Gather effective theoretical orientations and models of supervision.
• Examine the core components of the supervisory relationship and the needed tools.
• Troubleshoot common challenges in supervision and how to address them.

Colleen Webb, LCSW, LICSW and Qur-an Webb

Monday, June 22
Virtual
10 am – 12 pm (ET)
2 CECs, including cultural competency

Registration Fee: $50
10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and current SSW Practicum Instructors

Webinar link will be included in your confirmation email.

This training focuses on the practice areas of cultural competence, race, and ethnicity by looking at the lived experiences of mixed-race individuals and the judgments they often encounter. The session will explore common assumptions, stereotypes, and racial misidentification and pressures to “choose a side” and how these experiences affect identity development and mental health.

Participants will be able to reflect on how language, documentation practices, and personal bias can unintentionally invalidate a client’s self-defined racial identity. Also addressed will be accepting how individuals identify themselves without judgment and centering their lived experience of pain, confusion, resilience, and strength. Practical tools, advocacy and culturally responsive strategies for participants to implement will be discussed and explored.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and critically look at common assumptions, stereotypes, and microaggressions directed toward mixed-race individuals, and explain their impact on identity development and mental health.
• Demonstrate culturally responsive communication skills by applying strategies that affirm client self-identification, use inclusive language, and avoid racial misclassification in clinical, school, and community practice settings.
• Develop actionable strategies to challenge and transform agency policies, documentation practices, and service delivery models that reinforce racial binaries or invalidate multiracial identities.

Anthony Gay and Qur-an Webb
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Live Webinar
6 pm – 8 pm
2 CECs

This webinar is a safety-intensive training designed to equip child protection professionals, outreach workers, and community-based staff with the knowledge and situational awareness needed to work safely and effectively in gang-impacted neighborhoods. Building on the foundation set in Unmasking Gang Culture, this follow-up session shifts focus from gang education to real-world application, giving professionals the tools to recognize early warning signs, de-escalate tension, and preserve personal safety without compromising youth engagement.

Participants will examine how gang dynamics shape both individual behavior and neighborhood environments, and how those dynamics affect the safety of staff working in the field. Through detailed strategies, scenario practice, and visual identifiers, this training centers the reality that safety is not just about physical presence it’s about psychological readiness, cultural competence, and relational intelligence.

Learning objectives:

• Identify street-level gang indicators in high-risk environments.
• Understand how to enhance engagement with gang-involved individuals.
• Recognize environmental red flags and safety planning.
• Develop trauma-informed safety strategies, de-escalation and exit protocols

Lauri Goldkind, Phd, MSW
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
10 am – 11:30 am ET
1.5 CECs

Registration Fee: $38
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Webinar link will be included in your confirmation email.

Large Language Models, such as ChatGPT, have captured the attention of the country as their ability to write jokes, poetry, and prose — in seconds and for free, has bedazzled anyone who works with the written word. Educators have seen that it can write realistic student papers, including citations and personal anecdotes. Professionals have seen that it can generate realistic work-related writing such as progress notes, grant proposals and organizational newsletters.

What are the implications for social workers and social work practice? In this session, social workers are invited to learn about what AI is, what it can do for practitioners and how to think about ethical practice with AI tools. We will discuss our experiences, concerns, and emerging practice applications. Participants will receive a live demonstration and have the opportunity to consider how these tools can enhance their practice.

Participants will:

• understand the opportunities and challenges of integrating large language models into social work practice
• gain practical skills in integrating large language models into social work practice through case studies and hands-on exercises
• explore best practices for ensuring ethical and responsible deployment of language models in social work contexts, with a focus on transparency, informed consent, and ongoing evaluation to address ethical challenges specific to the field

Shane M. Scott, LCSW
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
9:00 am – 12:00 pm (ET)
3 CECs
Virtual

Registration Fee: $75
10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current SSW Field Instructors

This interactive webinar will allow participants to deepen the understanding of individuals who are neuro-divergent, how it impacts their lives, as well as the intersection between neuro-divergency and the LGBTQ identity and what social workers can do support their clients. This training will also provide insight the high prevalence in both identities, as well as a review of both identities, risk factors, and how to best support this population. The session will include lecture, activities, media presentations, and case studies.

Participants in this webinar will:

• learn and/or reinforce what is neuro- divergency, and review of the components of gender and sexuality
• discuss the concepts of intersectionality and the overlap of both identities
• examine the high prevalence of Autism and ADHD in the LGBTQ population
• learn risk factors, protective factors, best practices, interventions, as well as gain self-awareness and how to recognize provider biases and limitations

Donald F. deGraffenried, LCSW, EMDRIA Senior Trainer
Friday, August 8, 2025
In-person at the UConn Hartford Campus
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
7 CECs
*Also approved for 7 EMDRIA Credits (Approval #08012-22). Please see the note at the bottom of the page

Registration Fee: $175
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Classroom location, driving directions and parking details will be included in your email confirmation

This one-day hands on training will provide a comprehensive refresher on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in both theory and practice. Areas covered include predictors for success, demonstration of the mechanics, forms of bi-lateral stimulation, review of the eight phases, cognitions, and supporting optional processing.

Multiple case examples will be presented including working with victims of violence, especially crime victims and survivors of homicide. In addition, participants will watch two client videos and there will be a live demonstration of the EMD Protocol which is helpful in crisis and emergency situations.

Trainer deGraffenried is looking for one volunteer to work with him using the EMD Protocol during the training. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact him before the training at donald@traumatreat.com.

At the conclusion of this one-day refresher, participants will be able to:

• complete a simple self-evaluation of their skill base
• briefly summarize the Eight Phases of EMDR
• effectively describe how to perform the demonstration of the mechanics
• state the advantage of using eye movements as the form of bi-lateral stimulation
• state two advantages of using EMD as a protocol
• define an overactivated and underactive client
• describe three major components of the Recent Event Protocol
• plan for and incorporate the use of the Visual Assessment Tool in support of gathering information needed for the Recent Event Protocol with crime victims
• state two or more of the advanced go to the body techniques
• list two or more spiritual cognitive interweaves
• exhibit the ability to analyze which of the EMDR models will best serve the needs of clients who are survivors of gun violence

* EMDRIA Credits have been approved for this training.  Participants who have completed Basic Training in EMDR will receive 7.00 EMDRIA Credits at the end of the training. You must be present for the entire training to receive the credits.

 

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II
Tues, July 15, 2025
Virtual
9:00 am – 12 pm
3 CECs

Registration Fee: $75
UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount

Link to webinar will be included in your email confirmation