Jean Tucker-Mann Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in Social Work

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NASW-MD, through advocacy, education and collaboration with diverse stakeholders and guided by its Code of Ethics will: Promote social justice, promote the social work profession, support professional development of social workers and advance professional social work standards. Maryland Chapter Spearheads Several Social Work Month Events Annual Conference a Success; Chapter Participates in Eastern Seaboard Shout-Out

rom the 2011 Social Work Month An- Pre-Conference program was sponsored by fession. Students and representatives from nual Conference to a “Social Work the Chapter’s Private Practice Committee, the Schools of Social Work at the Univer- F Shout-Out” day, the Maryland Chap- chaired by Sheryl Silberman. sity of Maryland-Baltimore, the University ter made the most of the 2011 celebration of of Maryland/Universities at Shady Grove National Professional Social Work Month. A Lighter Side of Social Work Month “Yes, we are social change agents!” The Annual Conference, held on Friday, Celebrations CONFERENCE RECAPContinued on page 2 March 25, brought together over 200 social workers from around the state to partici- The Maryland Chapter also participat- pate in workshops with topics ranging from ed this year in the first-ever “Social Work Binge Eating Disorders to Marginalized Shout-Out” Day on March 31 to help make Families; Treating the Dually-Diagnosed the profession more visible in the commu- to Suicide Prevention; Alternative Ways of nity and to get the word out about the good Working with the Aged to Ethical Dilem- the profession does to help others. The mas in the Workplace and more. A special event, the concept of which was the out- Friday keynote panel presentation this year, come of meetings between School of So- provided by foster care alum LaTasha Watts cial Work deans and directors from up and and Tanisha Cunningham, brought to light down the Eastern corridor, was coordinated the trials, tribulations and eventual triumphs by Dean Gelles at the University of Penn- of young people in the foster care system sylvania’s School of Social Policy and Prac- and after they age-out of the system. Their tice. The day saw social workers and social compelling and poignant stories of struggle, work students strategically placed at train survival and later success offered insights stations, bus stops, red lights and, in Balti- that touched conference attendees. The Fri- more, at Lexington Market, to make contact day Annual Conference was preceeded on with the public, answer questions and dis- Promoting Social Work Month on WJZ-TV. Thursday by the Chapter’s second year of tribute literature about the social work pro- its Pre-Conference program which focused this year on abuse reporting and the various aspects of identifying abuse, issues rela- tive to adult and elder abuse and the legal aspects of abuse reporting in Maryland; the Jean Tucker-Mann Recognized for Lifetime

Baltimore, MD 21228 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100 Chapter Maryland Social Workers of Association National Achievement in Social Work he Nation- 2005, Ms. Tucker-Mann held the position son Can Make a Difference Award – The al Associa- of Administrator/Director of the Depart- Jean Tucker-Mann Diversity Award,” to T tion of Social ment of Social Work for the University of honor her legacy of service. Workers (NASW) Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) for Prior to her work with the University has named Mary- ten years. During this time, she instituted of Maryland Medical Center, Ms. Tuck- land Chapter mem- an innovative, hospital-wide palliative care er-Mann also held positions in the pri- ber Jean Tuck- program. Upon her retirement from the vate, non-profit sector, including the po- er-Mann, ACSW, hospital, UMMC President and CEO, Jef- LCSW, recipient of frey A. Rivest, established the “One Per- TUCKER-MANN Continued on page 4 the National 2010 Lifetime Achieve- Jean Tucker-Mann ment Award in So- cial Work. She is being recognized for her longstanding commitment to medical social work and community-building in Maryland. Ms. Tucker-Mann has specialized in t da Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit U.S. POSTAGE U.S.

Baltimore, MD Baltimore, personal and relationship counseling, and Permit #5507 p ed l in palliative care support counseling for PAID ease t ma caregivers coping with end-of-life issues; ru e she also specializes in bereavement coun- r ia s h seling. Before her official retirement in l Page 2 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

on the Chapter’s Facebook page); and has now concluded, and NASW-Mary- you’ll find a spotlight on Chapter mem- land was very active in advocating for ber Jean Tucker-Mann, who was recently both the profession and for the vulnerable President’s honored with the NASW National Life- among us. To see some of the work that Report time Achievement Award, and more. the Chapter has done during the 2011 leg- NASW-MD Board of Directors There were many special highlights islative session, visit our website at www. during Social Work Month; one I would nasw-md.org. Once on that home page, Tyler Betz By Tyler Betz like to focus on is the “Social Work Shout- scroll over to the “Advocacy” header. Un- President Out” initiative. This program was con- der this header, the dropdown menu of- DEBRA HAMMEN ceived by the University of Pennsylvania fers access to testimony that the Maryland Vice President School of Social Policy and Practice (the Chapter offered this session, a bill chart school is also, coincidentally, highlighted that was updated weekly during the ses- he Maryland Chapter of the Nation- in this issue’s The History Column), and Veronica Cruz sion, outlining the status of the bills that al Association of Social Workers is was adopted by our chapter. The initia- Treasurer NASW-MD has taken a stance on, and working for you, the social workers tive consisted of social work profession- T PAULETTE HENDRICKS of Maryland, as well as advocating for the more. als and students “taking to the street” to Recording Secretary most vulnerable among us. Over 4,000 celebrate social workers and the work that NASW-Maryland is active, efficient, responsive, and hard-working for Mary- social workers belong to NASW-MD, they do. Social work students and pro- CHARLES HOWARD land’s social workers and for the advocacy and those of us who work directly with fessionals from across the state took part Michael LUGINbiLl the Chapter take that very seriously. In in this celebration to raise awareness of of the vulnerable populations in Mary- Southern MD Representatives this issue, you’ll find our legislative wrap- the effects of the work that social work- land. I will, as per my standard practice, up authored by our lobbyist, Ann Ciekot; ers do; the slogan on the back of the tee- conclude this column with a call-to-arms: Gail Spessert read about our Social Work Month ef- shirts distributed says it all: “Social work- Let’s work together to strengthen and im- Western MD Representative forts, including a rousing rendition of ers strengthen the fabric of society.” prove the Maryland Chapter. Consider Manic Monday that aired on WJZ-13 at On another important note, the Mary- joining a committee, encourage member- Christine garland the end of February (see the performance land General Assembly legislative session ship; it is together that we can succeed. Suburban MD Representative CAROL MASDEN Eastern Shore Representative necessary, they will post a date for the re- Treatment,” the program addressed “as- Executive vised Code of Ethics to go into effect. sisted” or “mandated” outpatient mental CHERYL MAROCCO • I represent social workers on a body called health treatment in various states where Barbara Merke Director’s the Maryland Joint Commission on In- legislation has been passed to allow for Metro Baltimore Representatives terprofessional Affairs (MJCIA). This is this option. The legislators, agency di- JESSICAL DOMINGUEZ Report a group made up of equal numbers of so- rectors, academics, consumer represen- Graduate Student Representative cial workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, tatives, etc. which had gathered for this By Daphne McClellan, mental health nurses and licensed profes- meeting divided into small groups to con- STACIE HERING Ph.D., MSW sional counselors. Each group has the op- sider if this sort of legislation would be a Undergraduate Student Representative portunity to be represented by its execu- valuable resource for those suffering from tive director, its president and one other mental illness in Maryland. NASW-MD Office Staff epresenting the members of our practitioner. Just last week this group met • Last month, your Chapter President, Tyler chapter at a number of state and na- with the new director of the Maryland Betz, and I traveled to Washington D.C. Daphne McClellan, Ph.D. tional meetings and workgroups is a Department of Health and Mental Hy- for the Annual Leadership meeting of R Executive Director distinct privilege. I would like to tell you a giene (DHMH), Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, to NASW. We joined the executive direc- discuss his goals for the agency and ways bit about the activities I am involved in on tors and presidents of all the other chap- John Costa your behalf: that we can work together to best meet ters to discuss the issue of building leader- the mental health needs of Marylanders. Director of Membership and Finance • Of course, you know that along with ship and membership in our organization. • Two weeks ago, I was invited to repre- the chapter lobbyist, I represent NASW- Though we did not have to travel nearly Peggy Powell sent NASW at a stakeholders meeting Maryland in Annapolis every winter. as far to this meeting as most of the oth- Director of Public Relations & Marketing with Assistant Secretary of DHMH, Re- This year I testified on a number of bills, er participants, we returned to Maryland nata Henry. There is much to be done as did members of our various practice just as pumped up and full of new ideas Gail Peters in Maryland in the area of health care re- committees. as those coming from Hawaii and Alaska. Administrative Secretary • Two years ago, I served on a Mary- form over the next few years. How can we best serve the whole person? How can I am not the expert on all things relat- land Board of Social Work Examiners’ ed to social work in Maryland. Many of the (BSWE) workgroup which wrote legisla- our health care system best meet the so- groups I attend would benefit from some- tion to allow for reciprocity for seasoned, matic health care needs, the mental health ■ CONFERENCE RECAP one with much more clinical expertise. licensed social workers moving to Mary- care needs and the social service needs of from page 1 And in spite of being a policy person, I still land from other states. Last year, I served Maryland residents? What is the differ- and the University of Maryland Bal- have a lot to learn about the ins and outs of on a workgroup to rewrite the BSWE ence between coordinated services and timore County all participated. Free healthcare reform. While I represent you in Code of Ethics. The draft Code of Eth- integrated services? Which do we want tee-shirts for the event were gener- a number of venues and strive to keep you ics which resulted from this workgroup to strive for in Maryland? These are the ously provided by the University of informed, I would love to have some com- was available for public comment until issues which were discussed in this par- Pennsylvania. pany in this endeavor. If any of the groups this past week. The next step is that the ticular meeting. • Just recently, I attended an all-day con- I mentioned above interest you, please give BSWE will review the comments from Another Manic Monday the public and if necessary will make ference at the University of Maryland, me a call. I would really like to have your some changes to the proposed Code and School of Law. Entitled “Balancing Pub- expertise and more members of our associa- Maryland Chapter representatives, will re-post them for more public com- lic Health and Individual Liberties: Ex- tion involved with these issues. Consider including students from McDaniel ments. If no changes are deemed to be ploring New Options in Outpatient this an open invitation to become involved. College, along with McDaniel professor, Dr. James Kunz, also made their way to Fells Point on a cold Feb- ruary 28 morning — at 5:45 a.m. — to promote Social Work Month on WJZ-Channel 13’s “Manic Monday” segment. Learn more. If you would like to share your ideas for the 2012 celebration of So- cial Work Month, please contact the Visit www.nasw-md.org Chapter office at 410-788-1066. Let us hear from you! SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 3

Legislative Wrap-Up 2011: NASW-MD’s Effort The 2011 Maryland General to Limit Corporal Assembly In Review Punishment of Children: A Look Back By Ann Ciekot Public Policy Partners Submitted by Steve Zepnick Maryland Chapter Lobbyist Children, Youth and Families Committee

he 2011 Maryland General As- he mission of the NASW-Maryland’s Children, sembly Session was dominated Youth and Families Committee (CYF) is to seek T by issues surrounding the state’s T the improvement of the lives of vulnerable chil- fiscal year 2012 budget. Starting the dren in the state of Maryland. This year, the CYF Session with a budget deficit of almost Committee reviewed several legislative proposals and $2 billion, the legislature decided that presented Maryland Chapter positions via testimony in addition to closing this year’s bud- in Annapolis. get deficit, it would also set a goal to In the recent 2011 legislative session, the Committee reduce the long-term structural defi- focused primarily on the development of Senate Bill cit by one-third per year during this 594 and its counterpart House Bill 1019-Reasonable term in order to bring revenue and ex- Corporal Punishment, Definition and Limitations. penditures in line with each other. In Present Maryland law allows parents and step-parents the end, they closed this year’s budget to use corporal punishment. For the record, NASW- gap and the long-term structural bud- Maryland supports parent education and programs de- get deficit by 42 percent by making signed to increase knowledge of child development, as significant changes to state employ- well as positive and constructive disciplinary methods ees’ health and retirement benefits, other than physical punishment of children. increasing numerous fees, increasing In Maryland, the definition of corporal punish- the sales tax on alcoholic beverages, Temporary Limited Guardian and ment discrimination against people ment is vague and unclear, leaving the term “reason- and reducing funding in health care HB 1188/SB 822–Maryland Com- based on gender identity or expres- able” open to interpretation by parents, Child Protec- and human service programs. munities for a Lifetime. Additionally, sion passed the House but died in the tive Services (CPS), police, prosecutors and judges. A the Aging Committee, as a result of Senate. This bill, supported by the parent could either inadvertently or intentionally in- Children, Youth and Families its testimony, expects to be included Maryland Chapter, will also be revis- jure a child and legally justify the action by declaring In the spring of 2010, NASW in a workgroup to help develop the ited in the coming years. that the injury occurred during an act of legal cor- Maryland’s Children, Youth and instructions and education materials poral punishment. To better protect children from Families Committee decided to take contemplated by the passage of HB Private Practice risk of serious bodily harm, the proposed bills were the reins on a failed bill related to 82/SB 203-Health Care Decisions revised by a legislative alliance workgroup formed by The Private Practice Committee limiting corporal punishment, bring- Act–Medical Orders for Life-Sustain- the CYF Committee to clarify the definition of rea- of NASW-Maryland weighed in on a ing together a group of experts to ing Treatment. sonable discipline and to focus on the injury and not number of bills, including a success- craft a bill that would protect children on such ambiguous concepts as parent(s) “intent” or ful one that will require carriers to and be politically palatable. Despite “reckless behavior.” The bills attempted to clarify that Behavioral Health acknowledge receipt of a provider’s the workgroup’s best efforts, along- when corporal punishment results in injury or sub- NASW Maryland was part of a complete application to participate in side the bill’s lead sponsors Sen. Jamie stantial risk of injury to a child’s health and welfare, large group of organizations advocat- the carrier’s panel (HB 444/SB 710). Raskin and Del. Sheila Hixson, Sen- the act is no longer reasonable. Further, child abuse ing for funding for various health care Another one, that failed, would have ate Bill 594/House Bill 1019 failed should include corporal punishment that results in an programs by increasing the state’s tax required reimbursement by carriers in the face of fierce opposition from injury regardless of whether the injury is unintention- on alcoholic beverages. While the for certain services to people with au- legislators from both parties who be- al or inadvertent. anti-tax fervor throughout the coun- tism spectrum disorders. lieve parents should have the right to The revision process was grueling. After hours of try is strong, the one tax that polls discipline their children by physical intense discussion around appropriate wording and have shown is the least unpopular in What’s Next? means. What was accomplished was various compromise proposals, a very modest bill was Maryland is the tax on alcoholic bev- a great deal of education of lawmak- With the end of the legislative ses- erages. On the last day of the Gener- completed. Senator Jamie B. Raskin of Montgom- ers on the subject, and the gaining of sion, attention is turned to other is- al Assembly Session, a bill was passed ery County graciously offered to sponsor the bill and a greater understanding of the kind of sues that will be worked on in the to increase the sales tax on alcoholic led the presentation before the Senate Judicial Pro- effort required to make this kind of coming months. Chief among the beverages to 9 percent. The revenue ceedings Committee. Delegate Sheila E. Hixson of issue successful in the future. highest priority health care issues will generated will increase funding for Montgomery County sponsored the House bill. The The committee also worked with be the continuing efforts to imple- the developmental disabilities waiting Maryland Chapter’s able lobbyist, Ann T. Ciekot, di- Del. Dana Stein on a bill to remove ment federal health care reform. The list and education. rected the presentation and advocacy efforts. Howev- a significant barrier to foster care legislature passed legislation to create er, the House Judiciary Committee voted unfavorably youth applying for a driver’s license a Health Benefit Exchange (HB 166/ and the bill died, demonstrating how difficult it is to LGBT Rights or photo identification from the Mo- SB 170) and there will be ample op- balance the prevention of child abuse while maintain- tor Vehicle Administration. House Regarding marriage equality for portunity for social workers and in- ing parents’ legal right to use reasonable punishment. Bill 789 provided a wonderful learn- same-sex couples, 2011 saw the great- dividuals to engage in the process to And, many legislators, like many others, who were ing opportunity for several foster care est advancement of the issue in the determine how Maryland’s health recipients of corporal punishment as children believed youth who testified in support of the Maryland General Assembly ever. A care system will function in the fu- that they were not permanently injured and therefore bill that would allow the designee of bill granting full civil marriage equal- ture. There will also be an effort to parents should have the right to discipline without a local Department of Social Servic- ity passed the Senate, traditionally the integrate the state’s mental health and outside interference. es to co-sign an application. The bill more conservative of the two Mary- substance abuse systems, led by De- Despite frustration with the process, it was still re- eventually passed the House and Sen- land chambers. The bill, unfortu- partment of Health and Mental Hy- warding to collaborate with so many other dedicated ate unanimously. nately, did not have enough votes in giene (DHMH) Secretary Joshua child advocates. Oftentimes, legislators are reluctant the House of Delegates and, despite Sharfstein. Social workers, advocates, to make changes to existing laws, particularly when Aging passing out of the Judiciary Commit- and anyone with an interest in these the issues are so emotionally complex. Kudos to the The Aging Committee provided tee, a procedural move re-committed parts of the health care system should dedicated supporters of the CYF Corporal Punish- written testimony on a select num- the bill before it was defeated by a ma- be prepared to participate in meetings ment Legislative Workgroup! The CYF Committee ber of bills and departmental hear- jority of votes. That move keeps the and forums where significant changes will now review this year’s efforts, learn from the les- ings this session. The Committee issue alive and will allow advocates to these systems will be decided. sons, and regroup for next year. Adults have the right brought a significant level of exper- and allied legislators the opportunity to live free from the risk of physical harm and our tise to two bills in particular this ses- to raise it again next year. To become involved, please contact children should have the same consideration: Disci- sion: SB 726 — Hospitalized Adult For the transgender community, a Daphne McClellan, Maryland Chapter pline means to teach; it does not have to hurt. Disabled Persons — Appointment of bill to prohibit housing and employ- Executive Director at 410-788-1066. Page 4 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011 A Social Worker Joins the Army: A Look at Social Work in the Military Environment

By Elaine Belson, LCSW-C outside force makes it impossible to ignore stories of suicides among soldiers (and also which, I believe, will only come when the that change is necessary. I can provide an Marines) reaching alarming rates. After Army reconsiders who it recruits and pro- hen people ask me why, at the age example from my own experience in the comprehensive education and training, the motes. Progressive ideas are not necessarily of 42, I joined the Army, I still Army. While working in an Army hospi- Army began to see a decline in suicides in something to stifle and mold into existing W hesitate. The answer is compli- tal, I frequently butted heads with the ci- 2010 from January through May. How- norms. Rather, norms themselves need to cated, as I’m sure it is for most soldiers, and vilian Clinical Director of the Social Work ever, in June 2010, the Army reported the allow for the integration of new ideas, and not necessarily for the reasons you think. Department. Our weekly supervision con- highest increase in suicides ever in a single new ideas come from recruiting people of Despite the requirements and screening sisted of her going through my files to make month, at a rate of one per day. varying backgrounds. The change in atti- process, most of the enlisted soldiers that sure all the paperwork had been completed The Army has been attempting to ad- tude toward gays in the military is a good came to see me had a history of drug abuse, and organized correctly. When I tried to dress this through suicide prevention edu- example of this. Too bad the military had physical abuse, psychiatric treatment or in- have a clinical discussion, any attempts at cation and training. In July 2010, the Army to lose thousands of valuable personnel in volvement with the law. Being new to the collegiality were construed as a challenge. released the report Health Promotion, Risk the process. Army myself, I felt a kinship with these Then, after serving in the position for many Reduction, and Suicide Prevention (HP/RR/ When I was in basic training, a new- men and women. I discovered that their years, the hospital discovered that the Clin- SP) Report, based on 15 months of study. ly commissioned Lieutenant Colonel sat lack of “book smarts” was well replaced ical Director was a Licensed Professional According to a press release from the Ar- down next to me and began talking about with “street smarts” and a more accepting Counselor (LPC) and, therefore, not quali- my’s Chief of Public Affairs, there are no the differences in thinking that he observed attitude of human frailty. If I could change fied to supervise social workers. universal solutions to addressing the com- between medical soldiers like ourselves, one thing about the Army, it would be to In her book, The Change Monster, Cor- plexities of personal, social and behavioral who came in from “off the streets,” versus take under better consideration the human- porate Consultant Jeanie Daniel Duck ex- health issues that lead to suicide. medical personnel who are commissioned ity behind the soldier. Perhaps that sounds plains that “for change to succeed, emo- Just as corporations rely on middle man- through the ranks. Small differences made like a contradiction, but human nature is a tional and behavioral aspects must be agement to execute changes in policy and us stand out like sore thumbs. For exam- reality. You cannot ignore it anymore than addressed as thoroughly as the physical as- deal with the emotional aftermath, so does ple, asking questions or engaging in colle- you can ignore the sun up in the sky. pects.” In a kinetic environment like the the Army rely on higher level NCOs and gial discussion during one of the multitude In many respects, the Army is like a cor- military, this can be a challenging task to Field Grade Officers to carry out orders of power point presentations was highly re- poration. There is bureaucracy and poli- say the least. Unlike mergers or downsiz- and manage the behavioral issues that arise sented. tics. Decisions are often made that put ing, which have a defined timeframe and from these orders. It recognizes that these I would often comment that I felt like the middle management (Non-Commissioned are looked upon as an anomaly within a mid-grade NCO’s and officers are in the emperor with no clothes. Once the Cap- Officers, called NCOs, and Field Grade company, change in the military is a fluid best position to recognize, intervene, and tain’s bars were slapped onto my chest, I Officers, LTs and CPTs) in the precari- and necessary part of military success. So address signs of distress. In my experience, was suddenly expected to behave in ways ous position of defending policies they had why then is the military so unprepared to however, it is these same leaders who ex- that I had no knowledge or understanding no role in formulating, while empathiz- deal with the emotional impact of change? hibit the most resistance to a change in phi- of. There was very little acceptance or ap- ing with the reactions of lower level per- Duck points out that “dynamics can be losophy. For example, a 1st Sergeant, (the preciation for contributions or sacrifices a sonnel (enlisted soldiers) affected by these subtle and much more difficult to man- senior NCO of an Army company who acts 45-year-old professional with no military policies. Corporate culture (Army tradi- age than events.” Reactions can vary from as advisor and manager for enlisted per- background might add outside of what was tion) takes precedent over change until an person to person. We have all heard the sonnel), reportedly called one of my male expected. This is just part of military cul- clients a “whiney [expletive]” for seeking ture. As the Department Deputy Chief treatment. Another 1st Sergeant apolo- once told me, “Don’t talk about your per- gized for one of his soldiers “wasting my sonal sacrifices until you’ve deployed.” time” while in the soldier’s presence. The Of course, the military, by necessity, will Company Commander of this same soldier always require strict conformity in cer- ordered three evaluations because he re- tain situations. However, off the battle- fused to accept our conclusion that the sol- field, when dealing with personnel issues, dier had a developmental disability. the military could learn a lot by looking at These are examples of why changes in the successes and failures of the corporate policy made by leaders of an organiza- world. After all, environments can change, tion need more than just formal dissemi- but people are still human, no matter what nation. They require a change in culture the context.

■ TUCKER-MANN Ms. Tucker-Mann was named Executive from page 1 Aide to Governor Harry Hughes (1980- 1987), serving as the Governor’s liaison to sition of Director of Human Resources the Maryland State Department of Human with Baltimore’s Community Building Resources. in Partnership, Inc. (1993-1995), a unique “Few people have contributed to so partnership between Baltimore City, The many people in so many different practice Enterprise Foundation and James W. areas during a lifetime,” says NASW Presi- Rouse—the pioneering urban planner, dent James J. Kelly, Ph.D., ACSW. “Jean real estate developer and philanthropist. Tucker-Mann has proven to be a tireless This special community initiative was the champion in the advancement of social first neighborhood revitalization program work services in the state of Maryland.” of its kind in the nation. Ms. Tucker-Mann Ms. Tucker-Mann has been the recipi- held posts with the Child Welfare League ent of numerous awards including the of America (CWLA) in Washington, D.C. 1984 Maryland Chapter Social Worker of (1988-1992), where her primary focus was the Year Award; Alumna of the Year by adolescent teen pregnancy and parenting. the University of Maryland School of So- Her work would later grow to encompass cial Work (1986); the Medal of Distinc- cultural diversity issues. tion from the Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden, Ms. Tucker-Mann also served Balti- Germany (1984); was named one of Mary- more and the state of Maryland in sever- land’s “Top 100 Women” (1998) and “In- al capacities. During the administration novator of the Year” (2002) by The Dai- of then-Mayor William Donald Schae- ly Record (1998), and more. She was also fer, Ms. Tucker-Mann served as Executive named the Maryland Chapter’s 2010 Life- Aide to the Mayor and as Deputy Direc- time Achievement Award winner. tor of Human Development for Baltimore Ms. Tucker-Mann’s commitment and City (1976-1980). At the conclusion of her dedication has changed the lives of thou- tenure with the Schaefer administration, sands. SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 5

older authors, someone qualified to make the diagnostic school. While they may added to the effect: beads, leather vest, lace- a comment. The sections of the book span have espoused this in work with clients, less low-cut sneakers, long hair, and a red the School’s history. They are “The Ear- this certainly was not the technique used bandana. My arrogance was matched only The ly Years,” “The Height of the Functional- with students. SaraKay Mullens, in writ- by my ignorance, and both were balanced History ists Era,” “Writings on the Influence of the ing of her experiences as a graduate, de- by my innocence.” This was Jack, given to Functionalist Approach,” “Representatives scribes being upset by a client when she behavioral excess but always aware. He did Column of the DSW Program,” “Contemporaries: was a student. Her supervisor told her to a spectacular job but this was not enough Recent Ph.D.s and Faculty” and “Recent go home and tell her husband to take care to save his academic career. Goffman said, By Harris Chaiklin Former Faculty.” of her over the weekend. The husband did “You not only have to do a good job, you The authors in the early years are foun- not comply. The response of the supervisor also have to create the impression you are dation figures in all of social work. There on being told this was, “I am concerned doing a good job. Jack moved to Martha’s is an article by J. Prentice Murphy who about your marriage. Remember that the Vineyard with his family and established was Executive Director of the Children’s road ahead may call for changes. You are a private [practice] focused around men. 100 Years Aid Society. He started the program that going to need further help along the way, He published several articles on his work, led to the founding of the Penn School. more than we at the School will be able to especially with groups. He was an active of the Mary Richmond, the General Secretary give you. Face your fears and be brave” and productive member of his community of the Philadelphia Society for Organiz- (p.190). Mullens is grateful for this advice. there. ing Charity, taught courses there. Frank Whether it was appropriate is another mat- This is a collection of articles well worth Pennsylvania D. Watson was a professor of sociology and ter. The point here is that there was a dif- reading. The grouping of articles gives a social work at Haverford College and also ference between what the School espoused good picture of the School’s history. What directed the School for a few years. It was for practice and the way students were is most striking is that the principal con- School he who hired Karl DeSchweintiz, Kenneth treated. During the height of the function- cepts of functional casework are main- L.M. Pray, Ruth Smalley, and Jesse Taft. al era, it appeared that suffering was a man- ly represented in the era that reflects the he University of Pennsylvania School This set the future of the School. An ar- datory requirement for finishing school. height of its influence. Today its other tra- ticle by DeSchweinitz is also in this first of Social Policy and Practice, or SP2 Those who write in this section are usu- ditional interests, still under the name of section. He started as Executive Secretary T as it likes to be known, acquired this ally at pains to compare what they con- functionalism, are in the forefront. This of the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society sider the virtues of functionalism and the name in 2005. It has a long history of name includes an emphasis on public social ser- and had a distinguished career as an agen- negative features of terms of the diagnostic changes. In 1908, the Children’s Bureau vices where the stress is on agency function cy executive and scholar. Finally, there was school. Helen Harris Perlman, who is con- of Philadelphia, in cooperation with the and freedom of choice. The School thinks Porter Lee who pioneered the case method sidered one of the people who tried to make University of Pennsylvania, developed a these principles and others from their lexi- and organized the first academic program peace between the warring schools, said in course on “Training in Child Helping” con have become a part of all social work. at Penn and went on to lead the Colum- a review of a book by Anita J. Faatz that, (Austin 1990, p. 2). In 1910, it became the They are right but whether their source bia School. What characterizes these ear- “As the contest between the two points of Philadelphia Training School for Social can be attributed solely to Penn is anoth- ly contributions, most of which were pre- view is pitched, each side conceives of the Work. The first class graduated in 1911. In er matter. Since 1970, the school has made 1916, it was the Pennsylvania School for sented at the National Conference, is their other as a being something of a monster— racism a major emphasis in the curriculum. Social Service and in 1922 it was the Penn- high level. These were people who were one hydra headed, the other headless. Miss sylvania School of Social and Health Work. leaders in the Charity Organization So- Faatz, by her distrust and negation of the In 1990, Austin (Austin 1990) list- In 1934, the name became the Pennsyl- ciety movement. Their style of work was value of experiential knowledge, furthers ed nine principles of the Penn approach. vania School of Social Work and in 1948 to have a few skilled leaders supervising this conception” (Perlman 1953, 99. 431- These are: the University of Pennsylvania School of many friendly visitors. The emphasis was 432). Social Work. In 2005, it took its present on reality and meeting current needs. This After the Taft-Smalley era, something • Client Empowerment name of the University of Pennsylvania foundation of the functional approach has happened to the fervor of functional case- School of Social Policy and Practice. In ad- remained constant. work. The section of writings that show • Mutual Respect between Practitioner dition to being one of the first schools of The pieces in the section on the height the influence of the functional approach and Client social work it probably has had more name of the functionalist era reflect the more has only three selections. The next section • Attention to Group-Based Social changes than any other school. The chang- familiar and controversial aspects of the switches to contributions from the DSW Inequalities es in name reflect the development of the functional approach. Here Jesse Taft, Ruth program with six articles, and the one af- school’s philosophy. E. Smalley, Virginia P. Robinson, Har- ter that on contemporaries, recent Ph.D.s • A Structured Solution-Focused Process The Penn School has been identified old Lewis, Louis H. Carter, Howard Ar- and faculty has 13 articles. They reflect the • Agency Purpose and Function nold, Tybel Bloom, and Kenneth L. M. changing direction of the School. There is with the functional approach to social • Planned Social Change work. It is one of the few schools known Pray are represented. It is in this group little on traditional functional casework. for a clear identification with a particu- that the Rankian view of personality is There are articles on policy, multi-cultur- • Monitoring Change lar mode of practice. The polar opposite most strongly represented. The empha- alism, international issues, evaluation and • Advocating for the Redistribution of of this is known as the diagnostic school. sis is on the present and not history. What other issues common to the field. The fi- Social Resources No discourse in social work has generated is called the birth trauma features promi- nal section on recent and former faculty more heat than that between the functional nently in his psychology. The trauma fo- has three articles that are similar to those • Fostering a Climate of Inquiry and diagnostic schools. Smalley says they cused on the conflict between the will to of the current faculty. What is striking about this list is that differed in “Their understanding of the na- live and the will to die. Will is a central The one exception is Jack Sternbach’s concepts which were part of the bitter dis- ture of man. …Understanding of the pur- concept in Rank’s thinking. Other con- “Lessons Learned About Working with pute with the diagnostic school are either pose of social work. … [and] Understand- cepts that formed part of the functional Men: A Prison Memoir.” I am grateful muted or not mentioned. Time, birth ing process itself” (pp. 76-77). This has orientation are time and agency function. that he was included. I first met Jack when trauma and a theory of personality are not particular relevance to Maryland since for In functional casework the emphasis is on I was in the School of Social Work at Wis- on the list at all. In fact, other than the gen- a long time many Maryland social work- the present with the worker not dictating consin and he was an undergraduate. We eral principles that all in social work sub- ers went to the Pennsylvania School. Har- client activities but rather working collab- worked together at night in the mail room scribe to, there is not anything distinctive old Lewis once told me he was glad when oratively with the client toward their goals. of the Wisconsin State Journal. He was one about the Pennsylvania approach to case- the University of Maryland School start- The external constraints keep the relation- of the most brilliant and committed social work that is projected here. After 100 years ed because he didn’t have to worry about ship balanced. In her article on time, Taft workers I have known and, until middle the Penn School is now very much a part of starting his class on time if the 9:00 [a.m.] summed it up this way, “We cannot change age, given to extremes of behavior. He mainstream social work. train from Baltimore was late. When the the fundamental biological and psycholog- embraced every cause known to radical Maryland School first started, there was a ical conditions of living for others, nor for social work. The prison articles deal with References lot of resentment that a functionalist dean ourselves, but somewhere within each in- his teaching a class that mixed students and Austin, M. J. (1990). The Penn approach: an was not hired. dividual is this same life process which can inmates. This is his description of his in- evolving philosophy of education for social work prac- To celebrate the [Penn School’s] anni- go on for and of itself, if the fear which has troduction in the early 1970s: “The whole tice. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania versary, three faculty members put togeth- become excessive in birth and the earlier situation was a bit bizarre — I felt the ghost School of Social Work. er an edited volume that spans the school’s experiences can be decreased in quantity of generations of tough (mostly white) se- history (Cnaan, Dichter et al. 2008). There to permit the inherent normal ambivalence curity-minded officers wailing in the walls Cnaan, R. A., M. E. Dichter, et al., Eds. are 38 articles, most by people who are or to function and, hence, to provide its own as Superintendent Ed Henry, a few years (2008). A century of social work and social welfare at Penn. Philadelphia, University of Pennsyl- were faculty members and students. An checks and balances”(p. 66). older than myself, and I walked down the vania Press. interesting feature is that each article has This reflects the non-directive approach halls of the main corridor together on my a commentary attached. This was usually that functionalists take to casework. They first visit to the prison. The fact that I was Perlman, H. H. (1953). The Social Service Re- by one of the authors, or as in the case of stress that this is one way they differ from decked out in my finest hippie splendor view 27(4): 431-433. Page 6 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

lies as the adoptive parent of older-placed This charming adoption children. In private practice since 2006, story is written for she is the founder of Anchor Counsel- children who have ing & Training, LLC, located in Wood- Member experienced early trauma and family stock, Maryland (Howard County). An- disruption. All children chor Counseling provides psychotherapy, Spotlight and young readers can training and consultation services with readily identify with a focus on family dynamics, trauma, be- the lovable dog, Rufus, havior management, adoption, older child as they champion his placement and more. From 1998 through cause. 2006, Ms. Fleischman was Director of the Louise Fleischman This book may be Center for Adoptive Families at Adoptions Louise Fleischman Authors purchased directly Together in Baltimore. She has also held through the author for positions with The George Washington New Children’s Book $8.99 plus shipping/ University Health Plan in Bethesda, Mary- Maryland Chapter member Louise Fleis- Rufus, The Rapper, written by Louise handling (generally land (1977-1998), where she was Special chman, LCSW-C, has authored her first Fleischman and illustrated by Laurie $3.99). It is also available through Needs Coordinator; the Greenleaf Treat- children’s book, Rufus, the Rapper. The Barrows. Copyright 2010. www.Amazon.com for ment Foster Care Program of the Baptist book, illustrated by Laurie Barrows and re- $9.99 plus shipping/ Home for Children and Families, also in leased in November of last year, tells a story handling. Bethesda, as Program Director (1995- of adoption and the trauma that sometimes 1997) and more. She received her MSW, accompanies the transition to adoption. portant to share both sides of the adoption the main character because most children Magna Cum Laude, from Howard Univer- All too often, stories of adoption only story to help children who may have trou- readily relate to animals.” The book, she sity, Washington, D.C., and her Bachelor highlight the positive side of the transition ble adjusting during the adoption process notes, is written at a second to third grade of Science Degree in Applied Linguistics, to a new home, when, in fact, there are in- and after transition. “…For the thousands level and can be read to children by thera- Cum Laude, from Georgetown Universi- stances when children and families experi- of children who spend time in orphanages pists or parents. ty. She speaks several languages including ence upheavals in making the adjustment and foster care prior to adoption, there are Ms. Fleischman, a family therapist who Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, French, Ger- as a new family unit. The book tells the few children’s books that address the ef- specializes in childhood trauma and at- man and some Russian. story through a lovable dog by the name fects of abuse and neglect on the develop- tachment and bonding issues, under- The Maryland Chapter extends its con- of Rufus. Fleischman says that it is im- ment of trust,” she says. “I chose a dog as stands well the issues facing adoptive fami- gratulations!

NASW - MARYLAND CHAPTER Call for Nominations

It is that time again: Time to elect new people to the Maryland Chapter Board of Directors and the Chap- ter Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (CNLI). Please go to our website (www.nasw-md.org), look to the right hand side and click on “Leadership Opportunities” for more information and nomination forms. If you have any questions please call Daphne McClellan at (410) 788-1066 ext. 16. The deadline to nominate yourself or someone else (get the nominee’s permission), is May 20, 2011.

The following positions are open:

Board of Directors

• President-Elect • Branch B Representative • Treasurer Western MD • MSW Student Representative • Branch C Representative Suburban MD • BSW Student Representative • Branch D Representative- Eastern • Branch A Representative Shore Southern MD • Branch E Representatives Metro Baltimore (2)

All positions are for two years: July 1, 2011-June 30, 2013, except for the student representatives to the board and the President–Elect which are for one year: July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012. The President-Elect will then become President for a two year term beginning July 1, 2012.

Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification We need five new members for this committee — one from each branch. This committee will meet as needed to nominate people for office and to select the Awardees for the Annual Conference. We are also looking for a person to chair this committee.

PACE Finally, we are looking for members of PACE (Political Action for Candidate Election) from each of our five branches.

To complete a nominations form please go to www.nasw-md.org, click on “About Us” in the masthead and then click on “Leadership Opportunities.” SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 7

By Sherri Morgan information and enter the specific pur- LDF Associate Counsel pose in the blank space OR check the and Carolyn I. Polowy second box if a separate services agree- NASW General Counsel Disclosing ment is attached which details the purpose of the business associates’ use of © March 2010 National Association of Social protected health information and enter Workers. All Rights Reserved. Confidential the name of that document in the blank space. Introduction Information •• Section 2.2 – Check all options that ap- Clinical social workers have raised many ply. questions regarding the disclosure of cli- •• Section 2.6 – Review with the busi- ents’ confidential mental health informa- to Social ness associate how state social worker tion to business associates who use the in- confidentiality laws are also applicable formation to assist in the operations of a and may restrict disclosure of protected social work practice. This Legal Issue of Workers’ health information more than HIPAA. the Month article will review the newest •• Have each party sign and date the agree- changes to the status of business associates ment. according to the Health Information Tech- Business •• Make a copy and store the agreement nology for Economic and Clinical Health with HIPAA compliance documents. (HITECH Act), which amended HIPAA, Associates This guidance is not a substitute for the as well as the applicability of state social advice of legal counsel in the state where worker confidentiality laws and the NASW the social work practice is operating and Code of Ethics (National Association of So- NASW does not intend to create a social cial Workers, 2008). Business Associate Disclosures without Client Consent worker–lawyer relationship by offering Confidentiality Agreements documents as an example. HIPAA Definition of Business In some circumstances social workers may need to disclose confidential client in- Associates The HIPAA regulations address con- Analysis and Conclusions cerns about client privacy by requiring formation to a third party when client con- Clinical social workers periodically raise written agreements between health care sent is not available. An example would be Although HIPAA compliance may ini- questions about how to handle situations providers and their business associates when a client files a legal complaint against tially seem daunting, periodic training and where there is a need to disclose confiden- before confidential information may be the social worker and the social worker sample forms and policies are available to tial client information to another entity or used or disclosed. Recent amendments needs to consult legal counsel. In such sit- make the task approachable. New enforce- professional in order to resolve a business to HIPAA have increased the responsibil- uations it is particularly beneficial to have ment standards for willful neglect of the matter or a practice-related problem. On ities of HIPAA business associates, so that a signed business associate agreement to HIPAA requirements create a new incen- a more routine basis, social workers and they are directly responsible for comply- demonstrate that appropriate precautions tive for social workers who use electronic social work agencies rely on a variety of ing with the regulations and subject to are being taken to protect client informa- insurance billing to take specific and im- vendors, technical support staff and profes- HIPAA enforcement; however, a written tion. Not all disclosures made without cli- mediate steps to comply with the regula- sionals to assist in carrying out the business agreement is still required between pro- ent consent will be to business associates, tions. Use of business associates makes the functions of a social work practice. These viders and their business associates. but it is valuable before making a disclosure operation of a social work practice more may include lawyers, accountants, billing Business associates are also responsible to first analyze whether a business agree- efficient and assists the busy clinician with companies, computer support technicians for complying with HIPAA’s security ment is needed. By itself, a business associ- many functions to increase the professional and other individuals or companies. Col- standards that apply to client information ate agreement is not a substitute for client appearance of the business. Using a busi- lectively, these may be considered “busi- that is in electronic form. The business consent; however, it is a useful tool and a ness associate agreement will increase the ness associates,” as the term is defined associate agreement should specify that required element of HIPAA compliance. social worker’s confidence in the use of under the HIPAA privacy and security the business associate agrees to comply outside entities and provide documenta- regulations (45 C.F.R. § 160 and 164). with the HIPAA security regulations, NASW’s Sample Agreement tion in the event of a HIPAA complaint or concern. NASW’s Legal Defense Fund as well as the HIPAA privacy regula- Since 2003, NASW’s Legal Defense The HIPAA regulations define a business tions and that they agree to issue noti- provides a small set of sample forms and Fund has made available sample HIPAA policies without charge to members; how- associate as: fications directly to any clients affected forms and policies for members of NASW. ever, additional policies may be needed and •• An individual or company that performs by a privacy or security breach as nec- These included a sample business associ- local legal counsel should be consulted as business functions for an entity that is essary in accordance with HIPAA and ate agreement; however, since then the needed. subject to HIPAA and that the business entity will take respon- HIPAA security standards were imple- sibility for mitigating the harm from any •• In the performance of those functions, mented and more recently, the HITECH Sample 2010 HIPAA Business Associate breaches for which it is responsible. the individual or company necessarily Act amendments. Social workers who Agreement Available to NASW members at has access to clients’ protected health in- have been using business associate agree- www.socialworkers.org/hipaa/sample.asp formation. State Confidentiality ments to meet HIPAA obligations should The business associates requirements ap- Requirements and the NASW Code revise them so that they are consistent with ply to non-employees who perform func- of Ethics current HIPAA standards. References The NASW Legal Defense Fund has tions for clinical social workers, usually in Many states’ social worker confidenti- 45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164, subpart C (“Se- updated the sample Business Associate curity Rule”). a contractual role. ality laws and regulations require client Agreement on the NASW website. The consent before clients’ information can form is provided as an example of the re- 45 C.F.R parts 160 and 164, subpart E (“Pri- Identifying Social Workers’ be disclosed to a third party. This is also vacy Rule”). quired HIPAA elements and may need to Business Associates a standard in the NASW Code of Ethics be revised based on the specific needs of (NASW, 2008). Having a signed busi- Morgan, S. and Polowy, C. (2010). HIPAA Social workers are encouraged to review a social work practice or agency. Sugges- ness associate agreement adds a layer of amendments for a new decade: 2010 and be- and identify all those entities that are used tions for use of the sample document are yond. Legal Defense Fund, National Associa- privacy protection for clients’ informa- in the regular course of operating a so- offered as follows: tion of Social Workers [Online]. Available at cial work practice and then to determine tion, putting business associates on no- https://www.socialworkers.org/ldf/legal_is- tice that this information has a special sue/2010/201002.asp (last visited March 5, which of those entities needs access to •• Delete the word “Sample” in the docu- status and that they should understand 2010). confidential client information (known as ment title. “protected health information” or “PHI” the HIPAA requirements before taking responsibility for the agreed tasks. •• Enter the business name of the social Morgan, S. and Polowy, C. (2010). HI- under HIPAA). Examples of some likely TECH HIPAA for social workers. Legal Defense A well-drafted agreement will include work practice in the spaces designat- business associates are: ed for the “covered entity” (for a solo Fund, National Association of Social Workers provisions for compliance with state laws [Online]. Available at https://www.social- practitioner this may be the name of the •• Outside Billing Companies that may be more protective of privacy workers.org/ldf/legal_issue/2009/200903.asp clinical social worker). (last visited March 5, 2010). •• Accountants or Tax Preparers than HIPAA. It is also valuable for a social worker who contemplates a business •• Enter the name of the business associate •• Collections Agencies associate agreement with a business en- in the spaces designated. National Association of Social Workers •• Computer or Information Technology (1996, rev. 2008). Code of Ethics. Wash., DC: tity to review with that entity the social •• Section 2.1 – Check the first box to Author [Online]. Available at http://www. Specialists workers’ confidentiality requirements specify the purpose for the business asso- socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp (last •• Answering Service Personnel under state law. ciate’s access to clients’ protected health visited March 4, 2010). 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ed income, as documented by residents and ever, has not yet been determined, indicat- verified by PHAs. MTW allows innovative ing a need for additional research. Moving rent models that disallow all or a portion of earned income in setting the rent amount, Encourage Self-Sufficiency turning employment and self-sufficiency MTW challenges housing authorities to into incentives. Alternative rent systems are to Work design supportive services for residents of acceptable if they do not impose excessive public housing that take a holistic approach burdens, costs, or hardships on renters or ith the 1999 implementation of to the issue and foster self-sufficiency. They administrators and are within program pa- HUD's Moving to Work (MTW) may combine federal funds, collaborate with rameters. Researchers found several promis- W demonstration program, partici- community-based organizations, and other- ing approaches, tailored to local conditions, pating public housing authorities (PHAs) wise be innovative in how they help resi- for future rent reform design. One hous- have had greater leeway to design and test dents move beyond a need for housing assis- ing authority in Cambridge, Massachusetts strategies that fit local needs. In authorizing tance. This might include combinations of MTW in 1996, Congress sought approaches uses a tiered rent structure in which a flat services, case management, classes in litera- for providing and administering housing as- rent is set at 30 percent of income at the cy and budgeting, work requirements, time sistance that are cost effective, help low- and low end of an income range. As a house- limits, rent in escrow accounts, and other ac- very low- income families with children be- hold’s income increases within that range, tivities. Among the many different practices come financially self-sufficient, and expand the rent burden constitutes a smaller portion the range of housing choices. At just over of a family’s budget, freeing money for oth- implemented, the researchers found vouch- halfway through the demonstration peri- er necessities. Other housing authorities are ers for supportive services and programs that od that will end in 2018, researchers have experimenting with models featuring time serve special needs groups, such as prisoners studied the experiences of 33 PHAs to learn limits, flat rents, minimum rents, and mini- re-entering society and homeless families. what strategies might shape future rental re- mum earned income requirements. The full MOVING TO WORK form and public housing assistance policies. effect of these alternative rent systems, how- Continued on page 18 This inquiry found a number of promising strategies enacted by individual agencies that fell into four general categories.

Preserve and Revitalize Public Housing At the time MTW was implemented, the public housing stock was in dire need of an estimated $22 billion in upgrades and preservation measures. Yet, the growing need for capital repairs was not adequately met within the necessary federal capital funds, causing a significant inventory loss of public housing units. With the preservation and modernization of public housing, MTW agencies have been able to expand housing choices for low-income families while also improving the appearance of their communities and neighborhoods. The flexibility built into MTW allows PHAs to use demonstration funds to develop new units, with greater freedom to streamline processes, coordinate and intermingle funds, leverage in- vestment, and employ private-sector business practices while being responsive to area markets and opportunities. For example, the Atlanta Housing Authority leveraged MTW to revitalize its distressed public housing stock with mixed-income, mixed-finance developments, resulting in additional market rate rentals, Tax Credit rentals, public housing with Tax Credit units, Tax Credit with Project-Based Rental Assistance units, market-rate homes for sale, and affordable homes for sale.

Streamline Operations No new allocations accompany an MTW designation. Rather, these PHAs may combine their Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), public housing capital, and public housing operating funds for MTW activities. Thus, they avoid duplicated administrative costs, save money, establish reserves, fund social services, and can add to a development account. This streamlining appears to make obtaining housing assistance an easier, less burdensome process for appli- cants. For example, the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority has been able to combine their public housing and HCV program waiting lists, resulting in quicker turnaround times and fewer revenue losses attributable to vacancies.

Test Rent Reform Public housing and HCV rents are traditionally calculated at 30 percent of adjust- SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 9

Join the Public Join the Team: National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk Coming in May Education Campaign: You can help support the National Al- Submit Stories for liance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in its efforts to continue the important work National NASW’s of providing services to the thousands of Consumer Website! individuals and families affected by mental illness by taking a walk. The NAMI Work Cares;” Maryland Chapter member from the Maryland Walk will be used to Walks event, a nationwide fundraising Sue Diehl and Debra Hammen are spear- fund NAMI Maryland programs. Walk- ooking for a way to make a contribution to the Na- and mental health awareness program, is heading the team effort. You can regis- ers raising $100 or more will be given a L tional NASW Public Edu- scheduled to take place in Baltimore and in ter on-line for the walk by going to www. special NAMI Walks tee-shirt. Each walk- cation Campaign? --The answer communities around the nation; the Balti- nasw-md.org and clicking on the NAMI er for the NASW-Maryland Chapter team lies in your fingertips. The Na- more NAMI Walks is scheduled for Satur- Walks link on our home page. On NA- will be given a special tee-shirt to wear the tional Office is looking for articles day, May 21, 2011 and will kick-off from MI’s website at www.nami.org/walk/md, day of the event. written by social workers to place Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The Mary- you can enroll as a walker, support the Join NAMI Maryland for this special on the Public Education Cam- land Chapter is forming a team to join team or donate online. There is no reg- event to walk-the-walk in support of those paign’s consumer website, an in- the walk under the team name of “Social istration fee for the walk and all proceeds so much in need of support. tegral part of the Campaign. The website, HelpStartsHere.org, con- tains hundreds of pages featuring articles, resources and more on a broad range of social work issues. It is one more way NASW is attempting to educate the public on Southern Maryland Branch A Sponsors “Lunch n’ Learn” Events the depth and breadth of the social work profession. The goal for the February “Lunch n’ Learn” a Black History Month and the legacy of of 2009. site is to create an avenue for con- Success Dr. Martin Luther King, and 50 oth- Next, Donna Bennett, LCSW-C, dis- er important figures in Black Ameri- cussed her new “life coaching” enter- sumers to find desired information Eleven social workers met at Ledo’s can History such as Frederick Douglass, prise; Elaine Belson, LCSW-C, also on an expansive array of psycho- Pizza in Charlotte Hall, Maryland back social issues. Currently, the site W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary McCleod Bet- provided information on her newly-es- on February 18 at the second regional has 30 content categories. Social hune and others. He then led a group tablished private practice in Waldorf, workers can submit articles in any meeting of Southern Maryland/Branch discussion about contemporary attitudes A social workers. Joining the group was specializing in women’s issues including of the following four areas: Current toward African-Americans and oth- eating disorders, domestic violence, life Trends in a Particular Area of Practice Arianna Day, the Veterans Regional Re- er minorities. The group also focued transitions, depression and anxiety. (800-1200 words); Your Options source Coordinator, who discussed her on the progress and obstacles hindering [Services Available to Help Indi- Veterans Mental Health Pilot Program, Also joining the meeting were NASW- President Barack Obama’s administra- MD members Belinda Anderson, of St. viduals] (800-1200 words); How which is funded by the Mental Hygiene tion. Participants also talked about di- Social Workers Help in a Particular Mary’s Hospital; Pam Brookbank, Cin- Administration through Mid-Shore versity in the context of their own pro- Area of Practice (800-1200 words); dy Parlin and Esther Palma of St. Mary’s Mental Health Agency. Ms. Day works fessional and personal experiences. Mike and Tip Sheets on Various Condi- Hospital Hospice; Georgia Kenney of closely with staff of the Veterans Admin- Luginbill, the Chapter’s other Branch A tions (500-800 words). Another the St. Mary’s Public Defender’s Office; istration, health care providers, active representative, discussed legislative bills special feature of the website is a Jennifer Vorhaar of the Charlotte Hall duty military and other groups to help that were before the Maryland General “Call for Stories” from the pub- Veteran’s Home; and Sharman Warrick, lic about their real-life experiences veterans address a broad range of social Assembly during the Session pertaining of Calvert Memorial Hospital. with social workers; social work- and mental health issues. Currently, she to child welfare, aging, marriage and so- ers are also encouraged to submit is working with local housing advocates cial service delivery. The group then dis- The meeting was strongly supported their own success stories about to address issues of housing and home- cussed the implications of the proposed by the Maryland Chapter, which provid- their professional experiences. lessness. Ms. Day is a St. Mary’s College “Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining ed publicity, CEUs, lunch and adminis- On another note, the web- of Maryland graduate and is a graduate Treatment” bill, telemedicine and the trative help. The first meeting of Branch site is also a good tool for assist- student in social work at the Catholic Lorraine Sheehan Health and Commu- A last November featured homeless ad- ing the public in finding a social University. nity Services Act of 2011. There were vocate Harry J. “Lanny” Lancaster, Di- worker directly, as it provides the Charles Howard, Ph.D., one of the also questions and comments about the rector of the Three Oaks Center, Inc. pubic with access to the National Maryland Chapter Board of Directors proposed federal Social Work Reinvest- and Dr. Howard, who discussed the So- Social Work Finder registry. The Branch A Representatives, discussed ment Act and the Affordable Care Act cial Work Reinvestment Act. site, for instance, has been advertised in O, The Oprah Magazine, which reaches millions of readers and is sure to increase traffic to the son, LCSW-C, Director of the Calvert Although lunch is being provided site and, therefore, access to social Don’t Miss the Upcoming May 20th County Department of Social Services; by the Chapter at no charge to par- work professionals. Members who “Lunch n’ Learn” Event would like to be included in the Mr. Anderson will discuss “Creating a ticipants, it is important that we have National Social Work Finder can Branch to Host Calvert County Positive Working Environment in a a lunch count to inform the caterer. do so for a nominal fee of $25. DSS Director and NASW Time of Limited Resources.” Next on Please RSVP by return e-mail if you For more information on how to National Office Rep the agenda will be Elizabeth Hoffler, plan to attend, to the e-mails noted be- submit an article about your prac- MSW. Ms. Hoffler is the Executive low, to guarantee food numbers for the tice area or to find out more about Event Date: Friday, May 20, 2011 Assistant to NASW National Execu- caterer. the National Social Work Find- Networking Lunch: Begins at 12:30 p.m. tive Director Betsy Clark and will take Many thanks to Charles Howard, er, go to www.HelpStartsHere. Presentations: Begin at 1:00 p.m. a look at the working relationship of Ph.D., who arranged for Ms. Hoffler to org. For specific information on the National Office and NASW chap- speak and to. Chapter member Jenni- submitting articles, click “submit The Southern Maryland Branch ters. fer Voohaar, LCSW-C, who made ar- an article” on the HelpStartsHere of the National Association of Social This program will be hosted by rangements for the facility and lunch. home page; for specific informa- Workers-Maryland Chapter will meet Maryland Chapter Board of Direc- Jennifer is the Director of Resident tion on the social work registry, on Friday, May 20th at the Charlotte tors Branch A Representatives Mike Services at the VA Assisted Living click “Find a Social Worker,” then Hall Veterans Home. The meeting will Luginbill and Charles Howard. The Unit. She can be reached at 301-884- click the second “Find a Social be held in the D-Wing Conference light lunch of sandwiches, salad, chips, 8171, ext. 429. The Veteran’s Home Worker,” then click “Attention Room on Assisted Living at 1:00 p.m. drinks and desserts will be catered by address is 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Social Workers.” The first speaker will be Gary Ander- the Veteran’s Home. Charlotte Hall MD 20622. Be a part of movement! Help tell the social work story! Page 10 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

2011 Lifetime University’s College Park campus and his to turn. For many at Harbor City Services, cord’s Healthcare Heroes Award (March Achievement Award: MSW and Doctorate at the University of this may be the first time that anyone has 2008); the Distinguished Service Award, Maryland-Baltimore. He has been the re- truly believed that they could overcome the Maryland Rehabilitation Association Stanley Weinstein, Ph.D. cipient of numerous awards including ci- the many obstacles in their lives. His phi- for Harbor City Services (2004); the Social Dr. Weinstein tations from the Governor of Maryland losophy at Harbor City Services is a simple Enterprise Alliance Showcase Award for is well-known and the Maryland Secretary of Health and one: To help people where they are, to help Harbor City Services (Minneapolis, Min- in the Balti- Mental Hygiene (1985); recognition from them on the way to where they want to be. nesota 2002); Professional of the Year, Na- more commu- the Maryland Occupational Therapy Asso- For John Herron, this work is more than tional Alliance for the Mentally Ill (1994), nity for his love ciation (1989); the 1995 Social Worker of just a job, it is just one way he lives out his and many more. of helping others the Year award from the Maryland Society life commitment to helping see and treat turn their lives for Clinical Work; and he has twice been the whole person, to see beyond the ve- The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have around. As Pres- named Social Worker of the Year by the neer, to empower those who are confront- John Herron as its 2011 Social Worker of the ident and Chief Maryland Chapter (1988 and 1979). ing the biggest challenges of their lives. Year. Executive Offi- Dr. Weinstein is the ultimate example of With research interests in schizophrenia, cer of Baltimore’s good works in motion. Because of his car- service system design and implementation, W o o d b o u r n e ing and commitment, he has changed the and community economic development Center since 1999, lives of so many. He has never shied away and workforce development, among other Dr. Weinstein has never hesitated to open from a challenge and has spent his long and areas, Mr. Herron received his MSW at the Only a live lived for others himself to helping children and families. exceptional career working with the most University of Maryland-Baltimore (UMB), The Woodbourne Center, a private non- vulnerable, no matter where they hail from and his MBA and BA at Loyola College in is a life worthwhile. profit established in 1938, works with some or what their circumstances. His founda- Baltimore. In addition to his long associa- — Albert Einstein of the state’s most traumatized and neglect- tions and convictions are strong. He is a tion with Harbor City Services, Mr. Her- Maryland Chapter Recognizes 2011 Social Work Month Annual Award Winners ed children. Also a private practitioner and man of passionate concern who upholds ron is also an Assistant Clinical/Research Clinical Associate Professor in psychia- and lives out principles of the social work Professor with the University of Maryland Service, perseverance, dedication: try at the University of Maryland School profession to the fullest. School of Medicine’s Department of Psy- of Medicine, Dr. Weinstein specializes in The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have Dr. chiatry’s Maryland Psychiatric Research These are but a few words that so aptly describe the Maryland the areas of juvenile justice, child psychia- Stanley Weinstein as its 2011 Lifetime Achieve- Center (MRPRC) on a voluntary level; he Chapter’s 2011 Social Work Month Annual Award winners. try, depression, eating disorders and more. ment Award winner. has also acted as a Field Work Instructor for He began his long and exceptional career UMB, sharing his knowledge and wisdom From a Lifetime Achievement winner who has dedicated his career to in 1964 as a Probation Officer for the Bal- with countless social work students. Dur- service to a Public Citizen Award winner who is devoted to both music timore City Juvenile Court System. From 2011 Social Worker ing his time at the MRPRC, he also served and community, the 2011 Award winners more than surpass the ordi- that humble beginning, he would go on to of the Year: as Director of Patient Recruitment for its nary. Each award winner represents the best of the principles of the serve in leadership positions with the Uni- Outpatient Program and as the primary social work profession by living a life of quiet determination to improve versity of Maryland Department of Psychi- John D. Herron, MSW, MBA clinician (1979-1985). Ever on the move, the lives of others. Joining the ranks of honor this year are: 2011 Life- atry (1968-1979), where he was Director Life can be full Mr. Herron also operates Herron and As- time Achievement Award winner Stanley Weinstein, Ph.D.; John Her- of the SIDS Counseling and Information of daunting chal- sociates, LLC, a small-business consulting ron, MSW, MBA, 2011 Social Worker of the Year; James Kunz, Ph.D., 2011 Project and Intake Supervisor and Director lenges for those interest where assignments have taken him Educator of the Year; Debra Ramsey, MSW, LCSW-C, 2011 Field Instruc- of Family Therapy for the Children’s Resi- who battle daily to interim positions as CEO of ReVisions tor of the Year; Pamela Parnell, 2011 MSW Student of the Year; Adrianna dential Service; the Maryland Mental Hy- with mental ill- Behavioral Health Systems, Christian Ser- Overdorff, 2011 MSW Student of the Year; Stacie Hering, 2011 BSW Stu- giene Administration (1979-1995) where ness, addiction or vice Charities, Medical Research Charities dent of the Year; and Marin Alsop, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mu- he served as Director of the Office of Hu- both. 2011 Social and Human Service Charities of America. sic Director, 2011 Public Citizen of the Year. man Resource Development, Director of Worker of the In 1989, he founded “Mocktails,” a non- the Office of Manpower Development, un- Year John Herron alcoholic nightclub for those with men- helps those strug- der the Public Health Services Administra- tal illness, under an RSA grant from the 2011 Educator of the Year: tion, and Director of Social Work Servic- gling through United States Department of Education- es/Workforce Management Specialist; and life’s challeng- Special Recreation Services for the Dis- James L. Kunz, Ph.D. finally, at Mercy Medical Center (1986- es find their way abled. From 1996 to 1999, he was Region- 2011 Educator of 1999) where his work included Consul- out of the darkness. This innovative en- al Director of the Division of Community the Year, Dr. James tant and later Clinical Administrator for trepreneur took his concern for those on Psychiatry for the University of Maryland Kunz, makes so- the Center for Eating Disorders, Executive the brink to the next level when he found- Medical System. Since 1978, he has served cial work educa- Director for Fellowship House, and Direc- ed Harbor City Services in 1987, a business as a consultant to or worked in various cation more than tor of Psychiatric Services. Even with this with a social mission which provides em- pacities with a host of organizations, in- textbooks and class long list of responsibilities, he nonetheless ployment to those on the road to recovery. cluding time as a consultant to the Gover- assignments — he found time to open a private practice in This socially-enterprising, non-profit, self- nor’s Task Force on Mental Health (1978); takes the ordinary 1980 to expand his efforts to help those in sustaining program, affiliated with Harbor a member of the Baltimore Mental Health and makes the ed- need. In his work with The Woodbourne City Unlimited at the University of Mary- Directorate (1985-1990), where he also ucational expe- Center, Dr. Weinstein oversees a staff of land Medical Center, provides a safety net served as Vice President from 1986-1987; a rience one that for those who might otherwise not make it 300, helping children to realize that com- member of the Greater Catonsville Cham- helps students to through. When traditional employers may passion married with the right therapeutic ber of Commerce; a member of the Maxie see how policy and be unwilling to take a chance on employ- tools can create the safety nets they need Collier Scholars Program (1999-2000); as practice can combine to positively change ing these individuals, John Herron steps and crave. He is the co-author of the study, a consultant to the Howard County Of- the lives of those served by the work of the in to fill the void; he is in the business of The Restorative Healing Model: Implementa- fice of the County Executive, Adolescent social work profession. Currently Associ- second chances. Because of his foresight Substance Abuse Prevention and Treat- tion at the Woodbourne Center (with Juyong ate Professor and Program Director with in establishing this well-respected pro- ment-DELTA Project (2000) and so much Park, MSW, George Carlson, Ph.D., and McDaniel College’s Department of Social gram, participants are able to learn criti- more. His work has garnered a host of sup- Bethany Lee), which gives readers an in- Work, Dr. Kunz has made policy prac- cal job skills, how to manage their finances port grants through the years, and he has side look at this special therapeutic model tice the focus of his work as an educator and how to navigate the stormy waters of been published in journals and other pub- which aims to help youth regain balance in and community leader. He holds a passion life. More than that, they learn to believe lications ranging from The Journal of Ner- their lives by reaching beyond traditional for helping students understand the criti- in themselves; this is the story of John Her- vous and Mental Disease to Psychiatric Services. models to deep within their spirit. cal nature of how the choices we make for Dr. Weinstein has long been a member ron. He is a man with a mission to better His work has not gone unnoticed: He has our communities can affect those most in of the University of Maryland family, hav- the lives of others, particularly those truly been the recipient of numerous awards in- need in the most important ways. Dr. Kunz ing received his Bachelor’s Degree from the down on their luck and with no where else cluding the Top Winner of The Daily Re- has also served as an Assistant Professor at SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 11

the University of Maryland-Baltimore’s time to Chair the Maryland Chapter’s Stu- the classroom a Field Instructor a true passion that is re- (UMB) School of Social Work where his dent-Faculty Liaison Committee, helping setting and help- flected in the many success stories she has teaching responsibilities included Social to plan the Chapter’s annual Social Work ing social work been a part of as she has helped to prepare Welfare Policy (Master’s level), Children Student Advocacy Day in Annapolis, an students to apply another generation of social work students and Social Services Policy (a Master’s lev- important event that takes social work stu- that knowledge entering the challenging world beyond the el advanced course), Legislative Processes dents to the seat of Maryland political pow- to real life situa- walls of the classroom. Her motivation and (Master’s level advanced policy course), er to see first-hand policy in the making tions, that is the inspiration have helped countless students and Social Policy (a doctoral level course). and to learn what an important role social critical job of the on their way as they make their way to be- He also served as Academic Advisor for a workers can play in helping to develop pol- field instructor, coming astute, successful and caring social joint UMB program in social work and icies that benefit all on so many levels. Dr. and, according work professionals. law. Dr. Kunz also helped to develop new Kunz is also frequently called upon to lend to her colleagues, The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have student field placements at UMB, includ- his expertise on policy matters by legisla- no one does this Ms. Debra Ramsey as its 2011 Field Instruc- ing placements at Health Care for All and at tors and others in government and in the better than 2011 tor of the Year. the Job Opportunities Task Force, provid- community at large. On the national lev- Field Instructor of the Year Debra Ramsey. el, Dr. Kunz currently serves as Chair of A field instructor with the University of 2011 MSW Student the Washington, D.C.-based Biennial So- Maryland-Baltimore’s (UMB) School of of the Year: cial Work Policy Practice Forum. In 2010, Social Work since 1981, Ms. Ramsey has Only a live lived for others he was appointed by Maryland Governor shepherded hundreds of social work stu- Adrianna Overdorff Martin O’Malley to serve as one of two ac- dents through this important segment of 2011 MSW Student of the Year Adri- is a life worthwhile. ademic representatives on the Governor’s their social work training, encouraging anna Overdorff is a remarkable and talent- — Albert Einstein Task Force to Study the Procurement of them, motivating them, supporting and in- ed young woman known by her professors Social Service, Health and Education Pol- spiring them. She has also served since 1996 and fellow students for her drive, focus and Maryland Chapter Recognizes 2011 Social Work Month Annual Award Winners

icy. That same year, Dr. Kunz also served as a Field Placement Coordinator for UMB determination. Service, perseverance, dedication: on the Maryland Board of Social Work and five other universities, having coordi- An MSW student Examiners’ (BSWE) Ethics Regulations nated placements for over 400 students in in the University These are but a few words that so aptly describe the Maryland Committee, helping to develop changes to UMB’s Master’s Program alone, a task that of Maryland-Bal- Chapter’s 2011 Social Work Month Annual Award winners. the Board’s Code of Ethics, which hold the requires diligence, creativity and foresight. timore’s (UMB) guiding ethical principles for licensed so- Additionally, Ms. Ramsey serves as UMB’s School of So- From a Lifetime Achievement winner who has dedicated his career to cial workers in Maryland. Additionally, instructor for the program’s field instruc- cial Work, slated service to a Public Citizen Award winner who is devoted to both music he is currently a member of the Planning tors, sharing her knowledge and wisdom as to complete her and community, the 2011 Award winners more than surpass the ordi- Committee for the Rape Crisis Interven- they venture out to help shape the future. studies in May, nary. Each award winner represents the best of the principles of the tion Services of Carroll County’s “Walk a A known innovator, Ms. Ramsey five years 2012, Adrianna social work profession by living a life of quiet determination to improve Mile in Her Shoes” program; an Advisory ago developed and was the first instruc- brings much to the lives of others. Joining the ranks of honor this year are: 2011 Life- Council Member of the Maryland Budget tor for the University’s Advanced Gradu- the fore in her time Achievement Award winner Stanley Weinstein, Ph.D.; John Her- and Taxation Policy Institute; a member ate Clinical Methods course. Ms. Ramsey, work as social ron, MSW, MBA, 2011 Social Worker of the Year; James Kunz, Ph.D., 2011 of the Government Relations Committee who received her MSW from the Univer- work student. Fluent in spoken and writ- Educator of the Year; Debra Ramsey, MSW, LCSW-C, 2011 Field Instruc- for Health Care for the Homeless in Balti- sity of Maryland-Baltimore and her B.A. ten Spanish, Adrianna maintains a keen tor of the Year; Pamela Parnell, 2011 MSW Student of the Year; Adrianna more, and has served a bevy of other local in Sociology (Summa Cum Laude) from interest in working with immigrant com- Overdorff, 2011 MSW Student of the Year; Stacie Hering, 2011 BSW Stu- and state organizations through the years. Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, cur- munities, particularly with the burgeoning dent of the Year; and Marin Alsop, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mu- Dr. Kunz received a joint Doctoral De- rently serves as the Social Work Supervi- Latino communities in Maryland, consis- sic Director, 2011 Public Citizen of the Year. gree in Social Work and Economics from sor for the Baltimore City Public Schools, tently seeking opportunities to learn more the University of Michigan in Ann Ar- a position she has held since 2008. In this about and understand the cultural nuances bor, Michigan; his M.A. in Economics also position, she is responsible for the super- of our Latino brothers and sisters and other ing even broader opportunities for students from the University of Michigan; his MSW vision and hiring of school social workers; immigrant populations. A research scholar to apply and hone their skills. In recogni- from the University of Maryland-Balti- provides clinical assistance to City Schools’ under Dr. Nalini Negi at UMB, Adrian- tion of his work and efforts, Dr. Kunz was more, with a Concentration in Commu- department directors and coordinators who na has diligently engaged in extensive re- awarded UMB’s Exemplary Faculty Award nity Organization and Social Administra- require social work services; coordinates search, data analysis and writing to enhance in 2007. At McDaniel, where he teaches tion; and his B.A., with Distinction, from the clinical response for the Baltimore City her knowledge, with the end goal of help- courses in policy, macro practice and re- the University of Virginia, with a major in Schools Crisis Team; collaborates with ing to improve the quality of life in immi- search, his students are drawn by his ability Economics. He has been the recipient of a special education staff; helps guide area grant communities. She has most recently to make philosophy concrete and his en- host of awards including the Society for So- principals on issues related to social work authored a soon to be published manu- thusiasm and vast knowledge. His efforts in cial Work and Research’s Outstanding Re- needs in City schools and so much more. script for The Journal of Immigrant and Minor- the department have helped to strengthen search Award (1997); the Annual Research She began her long and successful service ity Mental Health. Her interest in working the macro program, helping to ensure that, Competition Award from the University with the Baltimore City School System with marginalized populations also extends in 1991, where she began as a School So- by the conclusion of their time at McDan- of Maryland School of Social Work (1987) to her work with dually-diagnosed, home- and others. From 2000-2001, he served cial Worker; she would later move on to iel College, students leave with a greater less individuals who might otherwise not as a Visiting Scholar with the University become the City Schools System’s Social sense of the need for a society that values its have access to a helping hand; she has also of Chicago/Northwestern University; in Work Coordinator/Facilitator in 1996, members not only by words but by creat- worked with ex-offenders as they try and 1996, he received a Rackham Dissertation a position she held until ascending to the make their way back into the communi- ing the communities and policies that help Grant at the University of Michigan and position as Social Work Supervisor. Prior ty. A native of Tucson, Arizona, Adrianna them to thrive and grow. Dr. Kunz is also was the recipient of a Rackham Graduate to her association with the Baltimore City received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political known by his students for his work under School Research Partnership Grant from Public Schools, Ms. Ramsey was as a thera- Science from the University of Hawaii- the McDaniel Plan as student advisor and 1995-1996. pist for the Family Life Center in Colum- Manoa in 2008 and notes that her interest as a field liaison for senior students in field The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have Dr. bia, Maryland; was a Medical Social Work- in social work, public policy, advocacy and placements, offering sage advice and wis- James L. Kunz as its 2011 Social Work Educa- er for the University of Maryland Medical research tie-in well with her background in dom to guide them on their way. Beyond tor of the Year. System; served as Program Manager for the political science. Able to balance her edu- the classroom, Dr. Kunz puts his knowl- Jubilee Association of Maryland in Silver cational pursuits and such a full schedule, edge and philosophy at the fore, always Spring; and served as a Patient Counselor this tireless and exuberant young woman working to help students, legislative lead- 2011 Field Instructor of for Anne Arundel General Hospital. also found time to study abroad in Bil- ers and others better understand the need the Year: Ms. Ramsey’s commitment to children, boa, Spain from 1999-2000 and in Seville, for programs that support the most vulner- Debra Ramsey, MSW, LCSW-C families and to the social work profession able of our communities. For the past three Building on the knowledge gained in is unwavering. She brings to her work as AWARD WINNERS years, for instance, Dr. Kunz has taken the Continued on page 12 Page 12 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

■ nator for the Social Work Community compassionate and astute young woman while helping countless underprivileged AWARD WINNERS Outreach Services Agency’s Financial has also excelled academically, having children see that their full potential lies in from page 11 Literacy Volunteer Initiative, a program maintained a 4.0 average while also front of them. The program, modeled af- Spain in the Spring of 2007. She is cur- affiliated with the Baltimore City Public working part-time as an Undergraduate ter Venezuela’s El Sistema, provides music rently an MSW Intern with Baltimore Schools, which helps to promote financial Assistant for UMBC/USG and as education, tutoring and instruments to Crisis Response where she works with a literacy. She also works as a Case Worker a Writing Fellow at the Centers for Baltimore youngsters at no cost to their team of social workers, nurses, psychia- with the Anne Arundel County Depart- Academic Success. In recognition of her families or their schools. While read- ment of Social Services’ Family Preserva- trists and others in planning treatment for solid academic work, Stacie is the current ing, writing and arithmetic are no doubt tion Unit. An excellent student, Pamela recipient of the prestigious Camille and mentally ill adults in the community and the traditional cornerstones of education, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Ameri- Clifford Kendall Endowed Scholarship. where she co-facilitates psycho-educa- music and the arts also help children to can Studies and Russian Studies from St. This spring, Stacie will also be recognized tional groups for homeless adult clients. develop and grow in myriad ways to be- While with AmeriCorps VISTA from Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, as USG’s Academic Achievement where she was a member of the Nation- Award Winner for the Social Work come well-rounded students. All too of- 2009-2010, Adrianna served as a Public ten, the first sacrifice in tight budgetary Safety Coordinator where she worked al Slavic Honors Society; she graduated Department. Stacie seeks to bring out times are extracurricular activities such as with the Maryland Department of Parole Cum Laude. From 2007 to 2008, Pamela the best in others, always offering an music instruction. Programs like Orch- and Probation on re-entry programming served in the Peace Corps as a Teacher encouraging word to fellow students. for ex-offenders needing assistance and of English as a Foreign Language Volun- A multi-faceted and motivated student, Kids help to bring the arts back to their teer in Geghhovit, Armenia; she speaks worked with neighborhood community Stacie has also organized many other rightful place in the classroom and into several languages, including Armenian, groups to enhance public safety. From events while at UMBC/USG including the hands of our children who hold the Spanish, and Russian, and is fluent in sign 2001 through 2002, Adrianna worked a Conflict Resolution Seminar for USG keys to the future. Programs like Orch- language. with AmeriCorps National Service as an students in the AmeriCorps Program Kids, and other BSO programs, help to The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have Early Head Start Teacher’s Assistant in in collaboration with the Montgomery make classical music accessible to young Ms. Pamela Parnell as one of its two 2011 the Denver, Colorado area. County Conflict Resolution Center and people and to ensure that future genera- MSW Students of the Year. Adrianna Overdorff is a special indi- has led the way in organizing this year’s tions will carry the torch. vidual who possesses the drive, vigor and Social Work Day at the United Nations. Ms. Alsop, a native of New York City, 2011 BSW Student intellect to become as outstanding a pro- Even with all of these activities, Stacie attended Yale University and received of the Year: fessional social worker, as she is as a social nonetheless manages to find time to serve her Master’s Degree from The Julliard as a member of the University Systems of work student today. Stacie Hering School. She is renowned the world over Maryland Student Council, representing The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have as one of the world’s premier conductors Stacie Hering the Universities at Shady Grove. Adrianna Overdorff as one of its two 2011 exemplifies the and holds the title of Conductor Emeri- MSW Students of the Year. Stacie Hering is a young woman of words diligent, great promise whose drive, dedication tus with the Bournemouth Symphony in e x e m p l a r y , and commitment will undoubtedly be of the United Kingdom, where she served 2011 MSW Student o u t s t a n d i n g as Principal Conductor from 2002-2008. of the Year: benefit to the social work profession and and many other the many lives she will touch in the com- In 2005, Ms. Alsop was named a MacAr- Pamela Parnell superlatives that ing years. thur Foundation Fellow, making her the could be ascribed The Maryland Chapter is pleased to have first conductor to ever receive such rec- 2011 MSW to a young wo- Stacie Hering as its 2011 BSW Student of ognition. Recognized and well-know for Student of the man whose the Year. her vision and innovativeness, in 2006, Year Pamela Par- dedication to nell is a talented her work is she was the only classical musician in- young woman exceptional. 2011 Public Citizen vited to be a part of the annual meeting who carries an Currently in her senior year at the of the Year: of the World Economic Forum held in endless list of re- University of Maryland Baltimore Marin Alsop, Music Director, Davos, Switzerland, where she sat arm- sponsibilities as County (UMBC) Universities at Shady the Baltimore Symphony to-arm with world leaders and powerful she makes her Grove (USG), Stacie is a Social Work Orchestra CEOs. In 2008, Ms. Alsop was inducted way to complet- major with a minor in Sociology. She as a fellow into the American Academy Music brings ing her MSW at is well-known by her professors and all of Arts and Sciences and was honored the beauty to life. the University who come in contact with her as a self- previous year with a European Woman of Maryland- It enriches us all motivated, inquisitive and giving person of Achievement Award. She was named Baltimore (UMB) in May. Currently, in untold ways. who never hesitates to go beyond the call Conductor of the Year in 2009 by Musi- President of the University of Maryland’s of duty to lend a hand to others. Without It is the uni- Student Government Association (SGA), versal language cal America. Despite her heavy schedule, asking, Stacie is almost always the first Ms. Alsop continues regular guest con- this tireless young woman takes her pas- to answer the call when help is needed, that brings peo- ducting with the New York Philharmon- sion for life and turns it to action through be it in the academic environs or in the ple together ic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los her many student and community activi- community. Currently the BSW Student whether they ties. Even with her busy schedule, Pa- Representative on the Board of Directors hail from the Angeles Philharmonic; she also continues mela nonetheless finds time to volun- for the Maryland Chapter, Stacie has the Upper Eastside her association in various capacities with teer with the Heart’s Place Shelter and at leadership skills and enthusiasm that will of Manhattan other orchestras here in the United States the Union Memorial Hospital where she carry her far in the social work profession. or the down- and abroad. is a social work volunteer. She also vol- During her junior year at UMBC/USG, town streets of anytown. It is a unifying Ms. Marin Alsop is a visionary and a unteers on a weekly basis with Project Stacie served as Vice President of the tool and a gift. Marin Alsop is one who citizen of the community who has the Jump Start, a program housed in UMB’s Social Work Student Association, where truly believes in the uplifting and unify- heart to make music with a conscience, SMC Campus Center. This special pro- she took the lead in organizing a host of ing qualities of music, and she believes, who has the compassion to see the con- gram works to sponsor food drives to special events, including the Association’s most of all, that classical music should necting power of music, and who has help homeless individuals and families in first-ever Spring Fundraiser, which be the music of the people, for the peo- the will to uplift others. Much like so- ple and available to the people. As Mu- need in the UMB surrounding commu- raised over $1200 to aid Haiti’s Save the cial workers around the world, her work nity. Through her work with SGA af- sic Director for the Baltimore Symphony Children efforts. This year, as President touches the lives of many in ways that filiate groups such as the Christian Social Orchestra (BSO)----the first woman to of the Social Work Honor Society, Phi serve to enrich the soul and lift the mind Work Fellowship, the Lesbian-Gay-Bi- Alpha, Stacie took part in a canned food lead a major American orchestra---Ms. to greater heights; her tool, however, is a sexual Transgender Allies Union, People drive to benefit an area homeless shelter Alsop has made it her personal priority conductor’s baton. of All Abilities are Capable of Achieving and helped spearhead the group’s efforts to ensure that the wonderful gift of mu- Anything and other groups, Pamela has to collect school supplies for needy sic is accessible to many, particularly our The Maryland Chapter is proud to have helped to sponsor National Hunger and foster children for the Baltimore County children. Since coming to Baltimore in Ms. Alsop as its 2011 Public Citizen of the Homeless Awareness Week. Pamela also Department of Social Services. Stacie 2007, Ms. Alsop has initiated and spear- Year. volunteers with the University of Mary- has also worked with UMBC’s Shriver headed educational initiatives with the land School of Medicine’s (and other Center, where she volunteered with the BSO that have now reached more than Many congratulations to all of UMB Schools) Project Feast, which pro- Court Appointed Special Advocates for 60,000 Baltimore City students, even at our 2011 award winners!! vides support and dinners for needy fami- Montgomery County and has participated the pre-school level. In 2008, Ms. Alsop Wishing you all continued lies during the Thanksgiving holiday. In as a volunteer working with refugees partnered with the BSO to launch Orch- success. the little spare time that she can muster, through UMBC’s Alternative Spring Kids, a year-round, after-school program Pamela also serves as Program Coordi- Break Program. This generous-hearted, designed to marry music and mentorship, — By Peggy Powell SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 13

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SOUTHERN MD - BRANCH A Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties We welcome your ideas or suggestions for future workshops. If you are interested in presenting a workshop, or know of a possible presenter or topics of interest, please contact John Costa at 800-867-6776, ext. 11. We welcome your ideas or suggestions for future workshops. If you are interested in presenting a workshop, or know of a possible presenter or topics of interest, please contact John Costa at 800-867-6776, ext. 11. BRANCH NETWORKING LUNCHEON FROM 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Register for one or both workshops, and attend lunch as our guest! BRANCH NETWORKING LUNCHEON FROM 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Register for one or both workshops, and attend lunch as our guest! #1606 Ethics and Personal Disclosure Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 106 West Church Street, Frederick, MD, 21701 #1604 Social Workers As Ethical Professionals Location: Presenter: Louise A. Fleischman, LCSW-C Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Synopsis: The NASW Code of Ethics codifies many aspects of a social worker’s role vis-à-vis their Location: Charlotte Hall’s Veteran’s Home, 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 clients. However, there is little information that addresses the personal information that social workers may Presenter: Mary Raphel, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Private Practitioner or may not choose to share with each of their clients. This seminar will explore the dilemma of personal Synopsis: Becoming a therapist doesn’t make you perfect or superhuman. As a social worker, you have disclosure within the framework of the Code of Ethics. or will make some mistakes. This workshop will help you to ethically reflect on what you are doing and Learning objectives: 1. Participants will review relevant portions of the NASW Code of Ethics that apply to whose needs are primary. Through discussion, case examples and interactive exercises, we will explore the personal disclosure; 2. Participants will explore the pros and cons of sharing personal information with their most common client behaviors as sources of therapist stress, social worker impairment, and staying alive clients; and 3. Participants will learn how culture, venue, and personal style factor in one’s decision to impart professionally. This workshop will have the following objectives: personal information. Leaning Objectives: 1. Define the impaired practitioner; 2. Review various codes of ethics which *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour address practitioner impairment; 3. Explore the stresses of being an over-responsible therapist; 4. Identify ethics requirement for licensure renewal. and become aware of possible causes of burn-out; 5. Recognize signs that indicate you are becoming CE: 3 Cat. I professionally depleted; and 6. Develop a method of self-assessment for danger signs leading to Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members impairment. *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour #1607 launching Youth into the Real World Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 2:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. ethics requirement for licensure renewal. Location: All Saints Episcopal Church, 106 West Church Street, Frederick, MD, 21701 3 Cat. I CE: Presenter: Louise A. Fleischman, LCSW-C Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Synopsis: Parents (and other caretakers) often struggle with the decision to launch their adult children into the ‘real’ world outside their household. As a result, many young adults remain at home longer than #1605 understanding the Nature of Relationship Addiction necessary and fail to learn the necessary skills to make it on their own. Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Learning objectives: 1. Participants will learn the demographics and historical/cultural factors involved in Location: Charlotte Hall’s Veteran’s Home, 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 family; 2. Participants will learn about current ‘rites of passage’ that move children forward; 3. Participants Presenter: Mary Raphel, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Private Practitioner will explore the barriers to independence; 4. Participants will acquire practical tools to help children gain Synopsis: Relationship addiction perpetuates compulsive patterns of involvement in painful, destructive autonomy; and 5. Participants will learn about community resources to assist their adult children. ties to another. Emotional “bombing,” hanging on to past failed relationships as “rain checks,” and losing CE: 3 Cat. I one’s ability to choose, can keep the client trapped. This workshop is intended to clarify and address the Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members underlying factors that sabotage client success in achieving and obtaining an intimate, nurturing relationship that works. Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the core beliefs and fears of the relationship addict; 2. Explore and SUBURBAN MD - BRANCH C understand the differences between addictive and healthy relationships; 3. Recognize the role that Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties perfectionism plays in relationship addiction; and 4. Learn how to assist clients in letting go of their obsession and break the pattern of relationship addiction. #1608 What is Ethics? CE: 3 Cat. I Date: Sunday, June 5, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Costs: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Presenter: Edward Geraty, LCSW-C WESTERN MD - BRANCH B Synopsis: Have you even had an ethical dilemma? Wondered if you made the right ethical decision? Is Garrett, Allegany, Washington & Frederick Counties Continued on next page Page 14 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

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ethics just a way of thinking to use in professional practice or a way of life? When do individuals begin to think #1613 the Trauma of Sexual Abuse: Exploring Ethical, Cultural, Policy and Treatment ethically? Defining what ethics is and is not in daily practice can be difficult for the practicing social worker. Modalities Oftentimes ethical decisions have to be made quickly. This workshop focuses on a variety of processes to Date: Sunday, October 9, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. help us define what ethics is and is not, reviews the sources used to determine an ethical point of reference, Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, as well as proposes a series of questions to help determine ethical responses to daily decision-making. 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Learning Objectives: Participants will: 1. Define what ethics is and is not; 2. Learn the sources generally Presenter: Veronica E. Cruz, MSW, LCSW-C used to determine an ethical point of reference; 3. Learn the stages of moral development; and 4. Create a Lead Forensic Social Worker, Office of the Public Defender, Rockville, Maryland process for ethical decisions in daily life. Synopsis: This workshop will explore the trauma of sexual abuse from a systems and clinical perspective. *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour Issues to be discussed include the role of ethics, cultural competency, policy and direct treatment modalities. ethics requirement for licensure renewal. Current literature will be discussed and participants will be able to articulate the importance of exploring CE: 3 Cat. I sexual trauma and the diverse components that are integral for program implementation. The presenter Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members is a bi-cultural, forensic social worker specialized in criminal defense mitigation, dual diagnosis, crisis intervention, addictions, trauma, and working with diverse ethnic groups. This is an interactive workshop #1609 Quick Can Still Be Thorough: Clinical and Risk Assessments where case vignettes will be presented and participants will work in group settings. Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Define what sexual Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, trauma is and articulate the importance and need for cultural competency in the assessment process; 2. 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Increase participant’s knowledge of various cultural barriers that should be taken into consideration when Presenter: Elizabeth Wexler, LCSW-C, assessing and treating diverse populations; 3. Understand the connection between sexual abuse and policy Synopsis: We rarely have the luxury of all the time we need to perform an in-depth assessment, and implementation for successful treatment outcomes; and 4. Articulate essential clinical skills needed to assessing risk for danger is non-negotiable for social workers. How can you hit all the notes you need to conduct a sexual risk assessment. make a solid clinical assessment, including lethality risk, without clearing your whole day's schedule? Learn CE: 3 Cat. I how to cover all of the bases of assessment, learn the subtle distinction between rushing the client and Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members "helping them along" (while still feeling heard). Most importantly, learn how to plan for a next step without having all of the pieces in place. #1614 Ethically Identifying, Correcting and Taking Responsibility for Healthcare Mistakes Learning Objectives: Participants will: 1. Learn to conduct a thorough clinical assessment, including Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. assessment for danger to self and/or others; 2. Learn techniques for thorough assessment, including Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, helping the client feel “heard”; and 3. Learn how to craft a next-step plan with the client that flows from the 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 assessment. Presenter: Jennifer FitzPatrick, MSW CE: 3 Cat. I Synopsis: This three hour ethics program focuses on how both serious and minor mistakes happen in Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members healthcare; how to prevent many common mistakes; and how to ethically handle situations when despite our best efforts mistakes occur. Why are healthcare mistakes covered up? What is the correlation between #1610 Shame, Guilt and Fear: Working with Clients who Self-Harm and Self-Mutilate lawsuits, grievances and being honest about healthcare mistakes? A review of NASW Code of Ethics is Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. included. Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to identify the most common healthcare mistakes; 2. 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Participants will be able to identify the repercussions of covering up healthcare mistakes; 3. Participants will Presenter: Sue Cox, LCSW-C be able to identify the NASW Code of Ethics values and principles that can assist in working with healthcare Synopsis: There is a population of people who engage in harmful acts that need to be treated by mistake dilemmas; and 4. Participants will be able to identify communication strategies for improving client competent providers. Many providers are afraid of working with clients who self-harm or self-mutilate as this relations after a healthcare mistake has been disclosed. often brings up within the therapist the difficult feelings of inadequacy, discomfort and fear. This workshop *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiner's’ 3-hour will provide information on the assessment and treatment of clients who engage in acts that are harmful ethics requirement for licensure renewal. to the self. Evidence-based treatment modalities and their application to this population will be explored in CE: 3 Cat. I depth. Case examples will be provided to analyze examples of successes of and challenges to the treatment Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members modalities. In addition, the workshop will identify potential therapist pitfalls and care of oneself when working with this difficult population. #1615 You’re Driving Me Crazy: Surviving the Emotional Hazards of the Workplace CE: 3 Cat. I Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 #1611 Getting to the Point! Methods and Applications of Solutions-Focused Brief Presenter: Jeffrey Davidson, LCSW-C, LICSW Therapy Synopsis: The workplace throws together people who did not choose each other, but were hired to Date: Sunday, September 11, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. work towards a common goal. We often find ourselves working with people whose habits and work styles Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, absolutely drive us crazy. Additionally, in many work settings we don’t have the opportunity to choose the 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 clients that we are assigned to work with. This dynamic creates challenges for employees as they struggle Presenter: Jeffrey Davidson, LCSW-C, LICSW to achieve their own goals while meeting the goals and expectations of the organization. Yet, working with Synopsis: Pioneered by therapists at the Palo Alto Mental Research Institute, Solutions-Focused Brief difficult people also affords social workers an opportunity to hone their clinical skills while learning to work Therapy (SFBT) principles have been applied to situations as diverse as, school settings, couples therapy, out unique challenges. drug abuse, and suicide prevention programs. Unlike classical psychotherapists, SFBT practitioners don’t go This highly interactive training will help social workers understand effective methods for working with difficult looking at a client’s past to search for the root of the problem. Instead, they ask a series of questions. They people and gain a personal serenity that will allow them to thrive while working through workplace challenges. help their clients find out what is going right and build on those successes. The simple yet profound methods Drawing on some excellent (but often overlooked) literature, this training will tie together a number of useful of SFBT have been shown to be affective in working with even highly dysfunctional clients and families. This approaches to coping and thriving while working with difficult people. Participants will learn key principles for interactive training will familiarize social workers with the principles of SFBT and help them understand the building “thriving” skills. implications of this highly effective therapy in working with their clients. Participants will learn to: 1. Identify their own work personality and how it affects others; 2. Identify Participants will learn: 1. Principles of SFBT and how to apply them to their various work settings; 2. when and how people are able to “hook” them; 3. Learn and practice the skill of “unhooking” and how to set The types of questions that practitioners of Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy often ask that help their client appropriate boundaries; 4. Step out of their comfort zone and learn methods for coping with and thriving from begin to change; 3. Approaches such as asking the Miracle question (“If a miracle occurred overnight and all interactions with difficult individuals; and 5. Learn how to avoid negative work roles. of your problems were solved, what differences would you notice in your life?”); 4. Practice techniques for CE: 3 Cat. I finding successes that the client can replicate; and 5. How these principles can be used even with clients that Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members have been dysfunctional and system involved for years. CE: 3 Cat. I Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members EASTERN SHORE – BRANCH D Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset & Worcester Counties #1612 Social Workers As Ethical Professionals We welcome your ideas or suggestions for future workshops. If you are interested in presenting a workshop, Date: Sunday, September 18, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. or know of a possible presenter or topics of interest, please contact John Costa at 800-867-6776, ext. 11. Location: The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 We are in the process of planning fall workshops for this area the Eastern Shore Hospital Center Presenter: Mary Raphel, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Private Practitioner in Cambridge, MD. Please check the continuing education section of our website Synopsis: Becoming a therapist doesn’t make you perfect or superhuman. As a social worker, you have at www.nasw-md.org for updates. or will make some mistakes. This workshop will help you to ethically reflect on what you are doing and whose needs are primary. Through discussion, case examples and interactive exercises, we will explore the most common client behaviors as sources of therapist stress, social worker impairment, and staying alive METRO BALTIMORE - BRANCH E professionally. This workshop will have the following objectives: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties and Baltimore City Learning Objectives: 1. Define the impaired practitioner; 2. Review various codes of ethics which address practitioner impairment; 3. Explore the stresses of being an over-responsible therapist; 4. Identify We welcome your ideas or suggestions for future workshops. If you are interested in presenting a and become aware of possible causes of burn-out; 5. Recognize signs that indicate you are becoming workshop, or know of possible presenters, please contact Peggy Powell at 410-788-1066, ext. 13. professionally depleted; and 6. Develop a method of self-assessment for danger signs leading to impairment *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour #1576 the Use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Addictions ethics requirement for licensure renewal Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CE: 3 Cat. I Location: NASW-MD Office, 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Mikulski Center for Continuing Education Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Presenter: Mairi MacRae, MSW, LCSW-C, Social Worker, Jewish Community Services Synopsis: While many factors may contribute to the development of addiction, anxiety and poor self- SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 15

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esteem are nearly always present. And as the addiction progresses, the persistent experience of anxiety an individual; 2. Define brutalization; 3. Recognize the harbingers to potential acting out conduct; and 4. and self-esteem become central to the maintenance of ongoing addiction. Hypnotic interventions designed Know prevention strategies in the community to buffer the violentization of individuals in the community. to address anxiety, poor self-esteem, and to support people as they try to change addictive behavior, can CE: 3 Cat. I be extremely helpful in the treatment of addiction. In the context of learning how hypnosis can be helpful Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members in the treatment of addiction, participants will have an experience of group hypnosis, listen to a recording of a hypnotic session focused on helping a client struggling with addiction, and practice a hypnotic induction #1599 Social Workers As Ethical Professionals designed to reduce anxiety. Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CE: 3 Cat. I Location: PLEASE NOTE SITE! Best Western - Baltimore West Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members 1800 Belmont Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21244 Presenter: Mary Raphel, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Private Practitioner #1577 Social Work & Social Media: To Friend or Not to Friend – That is The Question Synopsis: Becoming a therapist doesn’t make you perfect or superhuman. As a social worker, you have Date: Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or will make some mistakes. This workshop will help you to ethically reflect on what you are doing and Time: 9:30am-12:30pm whose needs are primary. Through discussion, case examples and interactive exercises, we will explore the Location: NASW-MD Office5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Mikulski Center for Continuing Education most common client behaviors as sources of therapist stress, social worker impairment, and staying alive Presenter: Megan Mayforth, LCSW-C professionally. This workshop will have the following objectives: 1. Define the impaired practitioner; 2. Synopsis: "What do I do if a client tries to friend me?" This is a question that many social workers Review various codes of ethics which address practitioner impairment; 3. Explore the stresses of being an are currently facing. Social workers have long understood the value of relationships in their practice. The over-responsible therapist; 4. Identify and become aware of possible causes of burn-out; 5. Recognize signs expansion of the use of social media in recent years has created unique opportunities for new and different that indicate you are becoming professionally depleted; and 6. Develop a method of self assessment for types of relationships. Social workers interested in utilizing social media for personal communication can find danger signs leading to impairment it challenging to navigate this territory without blurring professional boundaries with clients. This presentation *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour will explore the risks and benefits of social workers using social media in their personal and professional lives. ethics requirement for licensure renewal The presentation will also feature a panel of social workers who will share personal experiences relating to CE: 3 Cat. I their use of social media. Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Learning Objectives: 1. Enhance participants understanding of social media. 2. Expand participants’ knowledge of risks and benefits of social media as it relates to their social work practice. 3. Promote #1601 thriving after Trauma understanding of potential boundary crossings when using social media. Date: Friday, September 16, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CE: 3 Cat. I Location: PLEASE NOTE SITE! Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members The Education and Therapy Center, the Oakland Center (Business Park) 8940 Route 108, Suite E, Columbia Maryland 21045 # 1593 Social Work Ethics Checklist Presenter: Peggy Montgomery, LCSW-C, Psychotherapist in Private Practice Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Synopsis: Sexual abuse occurs during childhood of one of four females and one out of six males in the Location: PLEASE NOTE SITE! Catonsville United Methodist Church United States of America. The statistics are likely higher, but many cases go unreported and undetected for 6 Melvin Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228 a variety of reasons. Clinical professionals must be cognizant of the impact of trauma, recognize the physical, Presenter: Anna Agnew, LCSW-C emotional and spiritual symptoms in order to provide effective treatment. Clients have already survived when Synopsis: Risk management is of increasing concern in the direct delivery of social work services. Each they appear in our offices, our goal should be to help them thrive. Those who attend this workshop will: 1. practice setting is unique. The NASW Code of Ethics will be reviewed and participants will personalize a Identify the symptoms that appear in adulthood when a person had been sexually abused as a child; 2. Learn checklist of strengths and weaknesses related to the areas of direct practice, office procedures, and policies. effective techniques for intervention; and 3. Become cognizant of the importance of self care when treating Identifying ethical risks and applying corrective action will be explored. this population. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop: 1. Participants will have an increased ability CE: 3 Cat. I to recognize risky ethical issues related to their direct practice or policy that place them at risk for an ethics Cost: $40 for NASW members; $60 for non-members complaint and take corrective action; 2. Participants will apply ethical standards to their current style of professional practice and correct any identified ethical risks; and 3. Participants will see samples of #1602 understanding the Nature of Relationship Addiction standardized forms that could decrease liability risk. Date: Friday, October 14, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CE: 3 Cat. I Location: NASW-MD Office Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, The Mikulski Center for Continuing Education *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour Presenter: Mary Raphel, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Private Practitioner ethics requirement for licensure renewal. Synopsis: Relationship addiction perpetuates compulsive patterns of involvement in painful, destructive ties to another. Emotional “bombing,” hanging on to past, failed relationships as “rain checks, and losing #1594 Anxiety Disorders: What Are They So Afraid Of? Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. one’s ability to choose, can keep the client trapped. This workshop is intended to clarify and address the Location: NASW-MD Office underlying factors that sabotage client success in achieving and obtaining an intimate, nurturing relationship 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Baltimore-Mikulski Center for Continuing Education that works. Presenter: Jennifer Fitzpatrick, MSW Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the core beliefs and fears of the relationship addict; 2. Explore and Synopsis: Everybody has anxiety. Anxiety is a normal human response to perceived danger. But if a understand the differences between addictive and healthy relationships; 3. Recognize the role that person is experiencing anxiety when there is no real threat, there may be an anxiety disorder diagnosis that perfectionism plays in relationship addiction; and 4. Learn how to assist clients in letting go of their obsession requires treatment. This interactive workshop will discuss the different types of anxiety disorders including and break the pattern of relationship addiction. generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Symptoms, causes and CE: 3 Cat. I treatment options will be covered extensively. Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members CE: 3 Cat. I Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members #1603 Ethical Dilemmas and The Digital Age Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. #1595 Defusing Potential Crisis Situations Location: PLEASE NOTE SITE: Best Western Baltimore West, Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1600 Belmont Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224 Location: NASW-MD Chapter Office Presenter: Anna L. Agnew, LCSW-C, Private Practitioner 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Mikulski Center for Continuing Education Synopsis: Increasing reliance on communication and information technology has led to changes in the Presenter: Ed Geraty LCSW-C way we treat patients. The development of new techniques of practice present new challenges in ethics and Synopsis: Clinical social workers in agency settings are often called upon to intervene in crisis situations. moral thinking. While the computerization of counseling is productive and cost-effective, ethical dilemmas This workshop will assist social workers in learning how to safely de-escalate potentially volatile client arise from the friction between the goals of efficiency and the principles of autonomy and confidentiality. situations. In this workshop, participants will understand the stages of a crisis development, learn verbal de- *Please Note: This workshop qualifies for the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ 3-hour escalation techniques, and learn the steps in a staff-defusing process. ethics requirement for licensure renewal Leaning Objectives: Participants will: 1. Learn how to identify the stages of verbal crisis escalation; 2. CE: 3 Cat. I Learn appropriate responses to deescalate each stage; 3. Develop skills to reduce potential crisis situations; Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members and 4. Learn basic methods to safely avoid physical strikes and kicks. (Note: Please wear comfortable and loose fitting clothing as participants will be involved in some physical #1600 Change and Transition: Crafting a New Chapter in Your Life activity). Date: Friday, November 4, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CE: 3 Cat. I Location: NASW-MD Office, 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Mikulski Center for Continuing Education Cost: $40 for members; $60 for non-members Presenter: Deborah Levinson, LCSW-C, Private Practitioner, Author Synopsis: In a chaotic world, how do we reframe who we are and develop a new identity that is more #1596 resolving Trauma: Why They Kill useful for us in a new world? This workshop focuses skills and tools we can use to facilitate personal change Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and transition in a changing environment. All of us play a number of roles in our everyday lives. We define Location: NASW-MD Office, 5750 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Mikulski Center for Continuing ourselves by those roles. Some roles are more basic to us and our core identity than others. This workshop Education is designed to help clinicians facilitate their clients or patients making change in a new and different changing Presenter: Anna Agnew, LCSW-C world. This workshop is useful for clinicians who have patients who are experiencing change both in their Synopsis: In view of recent events, we will explore the psycho-social make up of the perpetrators of personal lives and in their work lives. catastrophic homicidal/suicidal events. There is a clinical progression of violentization as an antecedent to Learning objectives: At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 1. Identify the roles they play; the actual event. Violentization is a four-stage process where all of the four stages must be experienced 2. Identify the way they present themselves to their own environment; 3. Identify several tools they can use to conclude in a catastrophic act. There are clinical indicators of danger that clinicians might identify and to reframe several roles; 4. Identify several skills they can use to change a part of their own identity; and 5. intervene in prior to acting out. There are proposed community prevention and intervention plans that might Apply this technique to their patient or client population. offset another incident. CE: 3 Cat. I Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. 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Directions to Workshop Locations NASW-Maryland Office - 5750 Executive Drive, Suite follow directions asterisked above for Route 695…Or Take Catonsville United Methodist Church, 6 Melvin Avenue, 100, Baltimore, 410-788-1066 Route 295 North to Route 695 West toward Towson, then Catonsville, Maryland 21228 follow directions asterisked above for Route 695. (Workshop in the Parish Hall in Ground Level) From the Baltimore Beltway I-695: Take exit 15A for From the Beltway: Take the 695 Beltway to exit 13/ Route 40 East. Prior to reaching the second traffic light, make Directions to the Best Western-Security/Belmont, 1800 Frederick Road toward Catonsville. Go about three (maybe a right turn onto Ingleside Avenue (Day’s Inn and Checkers Belmont Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21244, 410-265-1400 more than three blocks) or so blocks and make a right turn at Restaurant will be on your right). Proceed about 1 1/2 blocks Melvin Avenue (the church is at this corner). Then make another (passing a church and cemetery). **Turn right onto Executive From the South on I-95: Take I-95 north to the Baltimore right onto the church’s back parking lot and enter the Parish Hall Drive (the Beltway West Corporate Center), then bear left (stop Beltway I-695, take I-695 west towards Towson (exit is on left- at the red canopy that says “Social Hall.” If you go to the next sign there) for the parking lot. The 5750 building faces the hand side of I-95). *Take exit 17, Security Blvd., Follow signs to door, you will have to be buzzed in. There is also a lot across parking lot, next to Adoptions Together. Rolling Road. Turn right at the Exxon Station (This is Belmont the street from the church. You can also access the church’s Avenue). Hotel is well down the road on the left. (It is adjacent parking lot by turning right at Winters Lane (This is before From Baltimore City using Route 40 West (Baltimore to Martin’s West-Martin’s Caterers) Melvin Avenue). Make a left turn into the parking lot, at the National Pike): Take Route 40 West from Baltimore City past sign for “Catonsville United Methodist Church/Revisions.” If the Johnnycake Road (Shirley’s Restaurant is on the right). Make From the North on I-95, take the Baltimore Beltway I-695 west program is to be inside the rectory and upstairs, please go to a left at the next intersection onto Ingleside Avenue. Follow the towards Towson. Follow *. the glass doorway where you have to be buzzed in and take the directions double-asterisked above, elevator to the second floor; follow the signs to the classroom. From the east on the Baltimore Beltway, use I-695. Follow From Washington, D.C. Area: From Route 495/95 *. From the West I-70, the final exit is Security Blvd. Exit onto From Route 40 West/Downtown: Take Route 40 West (Beltway) Security Blvd. Take Security Blvd. west. Turn right at the Exxon until you reach the light at Ingleside Avenue. Make a left at the Take Route 29 North to Route 70 East to Route 695 South, Station by McDonalds. Hotel is well down the road on the left. then follow directions asterisked above for Route 695….Or (It is adjacent to Martin’s West-Martin’s Caterers) Take Route 95 North to Route 695 West toward Towson, then WORKSHOP LOCATIONS Continued on page 17

NASW-MD Continuing Education Registration Form

Please mail this form with your check made payable to NASW-MD, 5750 Executive Drive, SPRING 2011 Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21228. Lunch is not provided for day-long workshops unless otherwise stated. If you would like to receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration, $______1576 Hypnosis and Addiction $______1604 Ethical Professionals please include your e-mail address on this registration form. NASW-MD reserves the right to $______1577 Social Media/Friend or Not to Friend? (Charlotte Hall) cancel any workshop for poor registration. Refunds for workshops canceled by NASW-MD $______1583 Ethics Checklist (Silver Spring) $______1605 Relationship Addiciton shall be mailed within 3 weeks. Registrations MUST be received 2 business days/48 hours $______1593 Social Work Ethics Checklist $______1606 Ethics and Personal Disclosure prior to program date or a late fee of $10 will be charged. Please see full refund/cancellation (Baltimore) $______1607 Youth/Real World polices on the first page of the continuing education schedule. Workshop fee includes $______1594 Anxiety Disorders $______1608 What is Ethics? certificate. $______1595 Defusing Crisis Situations $______1609 Clincal and Risk Assements/Quick PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT FAX REGISTRATIONS $______1596 Resolving Trauma: Why They Kill $______1610 Self-Harm Clients Thank you for your cooperation. Please print legibly. $______1599 Ethical Professionals $______1611 Solutions-Focused Therapy $______1600 Change and Transition $______1612 Ethical Professionals (Silver Spring) Please note: NASW-MD reserves the right to cancel workshops due to low registration. $______1601 Thriving After Trauma $______1613 Trauma of Sexual Abuse $______1602 Relationship Addiction $______1614 Ethical Healthcare Mistakes $______1603 Ethics/Digital Age $______1615 Emotional Hazards of Workplace Name: ______

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MD-NASW offers a secure on-line registration procedure for its Total $______continuing education courses! Go to www.nasw-md.org and click on Continuing Education button for more information or Click the Register On-Line icon on our homepage which will take you directly to Check amt. $______to NASW- MD (Make check payable to NASW-MD Chapter) the ACTEVA on-line registration area!

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(CV # on back of card: ______) Expiration date: ______You are ethically responsible for accurately reporting the number of continuing education hours that you have earned. If you are attending a NASW-MD workshop and you are late, or have to leave early you are responsible for notifying the workshop coordinator. Your CE certificate will be adjusted Name as it appears on the card: ______to reflect the actual hours of attendance. Completing this registration form implies that you have been informed of this policy and your responsibility. Signature: ______Today’s date: ______Questions concerning registration? Call 410-788-1066 or 800-867-6776 (MD only) SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 17

■ WORKSHOP LOCATIONS from page 16 turn signal onto Ingleside. Follow Ingleside (you will cross Edmondson Avenue) until you reach Frederick Road. Make a right onto Frederick Road. Stay on Frederick until you come to Melvin Avenue. Make a right onto Melvin Avenue (church is at this corner). Then make a right onto the church’s back parking lot. Again, you can also access the church via Winters Lane as above (the street sign is obscured). There is also a lot across the street from the church. Please enter the Parish Hall at the red canopy that says “Social Hall.” If you go to the next door, you will have to be buzzed in. If the program is to be held inside the rectory and upstairs, please go to the glass doors where you have to be buzzed in and take the elevator to the second floor; follow the signs to the classroom.

The Education and Therapy Center at the Oakland Center [Business Park] – COLUMBIA SITE-8940 Route 108, Suite E, Columbia, Maryland 21045

From NASW-MD office: Take Route 40 West to 29 South toward Columbia. Take Exit 22 for Maryland Route 100 West (EXIT IS ON THE LEFT Toward Glen Burnie). Take Exit 1C for Centre Park Drive. Go straight and then make a right at the light (Route 108 — You will have passed Burger King, Royal Farms, Ist Mariner Bank, etc).. PASS THE OAKLAND RIDGE Business Center and go straight ahead to the OAKLAND CENTER. Make a right into the Oakland Center. Keep straight ahead and the 8940 building is next at the rear of the center. Make a left for the Education and Therapy center parking lot. Enter the building and the classroom is at the back of the office. Return: Go back to entrance and make a left back on to Centre Park Drive from the driveway. Make a left at the Giant. Then make a left at Columbia 100/Executive Park Drive (there is a gas station right across the street). You will pass through a long business park and by condominiums, etc. Go all the way down until you get to a stop sign. . Make a right and then take a left for 100 West, then you will see the exit for 29 North to 40 East.

The Professional and Community Education Center at Holy Cross Hospital 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Please note that parking costs one dollar per hour. Charlotte Hall’s Veteran’s Home, 29449 pass South toward Leonardtown/St. Mary’s Hall has elevator access for those who need it. All From the Northwest: Follow I-270 South; Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD City. Proceed to Charlotte Hall, MD. Turn right areas of the church may be reached by using this merge to I-495 toward Washington. Follow to 20622 onto Charlotte Hall School Rd. After stop sign, elevator. Parking with direct access to the Great Exit 31A, Georgia Avenue-Wheaton (Route 97); Charlotte Hall Veterans Home is straight ahead. Hall is available weekday evenings, Saturdays and exit carefully (there is no merge area). Go to From Washington Suburbs: Take Capital Sundays by using parking lot 4. the first traffic light and turn right onto Forest Beltway to Maryland Route 5 (Branch Avenue). From Salisbury: Take Route 50 West past Glen Road. Follow several blocks to Holy Cross Take exit away from D.C. Follow Route 5 to Annapolis to Route 301 South toward Waldorf. (PLEASE SEE MAP BELOW) Hospital on the right. Waldorf (this will take 15-30 minutes). Eventually In Waldorf, make left at Route 5 By-pass South it will join U.S. Route 301 South. *When you toward Leonardtown/St Mary’s City. Proceed From the Northeast: Follow I-95 South see Lowe’s get into the left lane. At stop light, to Charlotte Hall, MD. Turn right onto Charlotte toward Washington; merge to I-495 toward Silver Route 5 will make a right angle turn left (Route Hall School Rd. After stop sign, Charlotte Hall Spring. Follow to Exit 31A, Georgia Avenue- 301 continues straight). Follow Route 5 out of Veterans Home is straight ahead. Wheaton (Route 97 North); exit carefully (there Waldorf. About 10 miles later you will reach is no merge area). Go to the first traffic light and Hughesville; keep going through it. Shortly All Saints Episcopal Church, 106 West turn right onto Forest Glen Road. Follow several thereafter, you will cross into St. Mary’s County. Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701 blocks to Holy Cross Hospital on the right. Approximately two miles after crossing into St. Parking is conveniently located within two Mary’s you will reach the turnoff of Charlotte Hall blocks of the church in the public parking decks Metro: Montgomery County Ride On bus Road. Follow it to the Veteran’s Home. indicated on the map. $1 in exact change is service is available from the Forest Glen Metro required to exit the deck. Street parking is limited. to Holy Cross Hospital. Take the #8 bus to Holy From Baltimore: Take I-97 South to Route 3 There are several /handicapped parking spaces / Cross Hospital. Holy Cross Hospital is five blocks South, merging into Route 301 South towards designated in front of the church and in parking from the Forest Glen (red Line) metro station. Waldorf. In Waldorf, make left at Route 5 By- lot 4. The parking lot 4 entrance into the Great Page 18 The Maryland Social Worker SPRING EDITION | 2011

University of Maryland School ■ MOVING TO WORK of Social Work Announces it’s from page 8 2011 Alumni Association Please join the American Family Award Winners Because every MTW project is unique, Therapy Academy (AFTA) success was difficult to define and applicable Congratulations go out to the re- outcome measures were unavailable for this cently announced University of Mary- at the Pre-Meeting Workshops of the its review. Yet, from surveying these projects land School of Social Work Alumni and talking to participating housing author- Association award winners! ities, the researchers came away from this interim evaluation with a sense of the kind of Winners include: 2011 Annual Meeting, agency best positioned to achieve cost effi- Outstanding Contribution ciency and self-sufficiency while increasing to Social Work: “Sex, Gender and Cyberspace: housing choices for disadvantaged families. Judith M. Levy, MSW, MA in Ap- Such an organization would be innovative, able to report on performance, practice strict plied Ethics, UMB 1971 Expanding the Vision fiscal controls, have (or have access to) good evaluation tools, able to count on local com- Outstanding Recent Graduate: of Family Therapy.” munity supports, and understand its role in Kimele M. Carter, MSW, UMB meeting community needs. 2006 Co-sponsored by National Association of Social Workers, the — Article provided by HUD User, an on-line Emeritus Award: June 22, 2011 Workshops feature Tammy Nelson, Ph.D., “Inte- source of housing research provided by the United Regina A. Ritenour, MSW, UMB grating Sex and Couple Therapy: A Clinical Exploration,” and States Department of Housing 1971 Abbie E. Goldberg, Ph.D., “The Emergence of New Family Forms: and Urban Development. Alumni of the Year Award: Research on LBGT Families and implications for Practice.” Steven Rivelis, MSW, UMB 1980 Want to know more about upcoming CEU credits are available. The awards were presented at continuing education courses? UMB’s School of Social Work’s Stay up-to-the-minute on continuing ed Homecoming 2011 held on March Registration now available at www.afta.org. 11. The theme for the program was courses:Check NASW-MD’s website “Helping the Kids: Innovations in So- for frequent updates! cial Work and Education;” keynote Call AFTA at 202-483-8001 speaker for the program was long- if you are interested in AFTA’s complete program for their June time Maryland State Schools Superin- 22-25 Annual Meeting. Go to www.nasw-md.org and click on tendent Nancy Grasmick. Continuing Education SPRING EDITION | 2011 The Maryland Social Worker Page 19

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New Federal Law Expands NASW-MD Calendar of events • MAY - JUNE, 2011

Right to Mental Health Care All meetings held at Maryland Chapter office, unless otherwise noted. he Maryland Parity Project is a new panels or setting rates that are dispropor- initiative of the Mental Health As- tionately lower for psychiatric care. May 2011 T sociation of Maryland. The project An important caveat is that not all com- May 3, 5:00 p.m. Committee on Aging aims to ensure that insured Marylander’s mercially-insured individuals are covered May 3, 6:00 p.m. Children, Youth and Families Committee know of their new rights in accessing men- by the law. Currently, only individuals in- tal health and addiction treatment under sured through large employers (companies May 9, 10:00 a.m. Private Practice Committee The Mental Health Parity and Addiction with 50 or more employees) or government May 10, 5:30 p.m. Behavioral Health Committee Equity Act of 2008. This new federal law are covered. Medicare is also specifically May 11, 6:00 p.m. Legislative Committee requires equity in mental health/addiction exempted in the law. However, people in- May 13, 1:00 p.m. Ethics Committee and medical/surgical benefits offered by sured under individual or small group plans insurance companies. (companies with two to 50 employees) will Here’s how it works: Insurers that offer get relief in 2014 as federal health care re- June 2011 mental health or addiction coverage must form is implemented, because insurance June 8, 5:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting provide benefits on par with medical/sur- products offered through the soon-to-be- June 21, 6:00 p.m. Board of Directors Annual Meeting gical benefits. They cannot implement fi- formed state “insurance exchanges” must nancial restrictions or treatment limitations be parity compliant. Fortunately, Mary- that are more restrictive for mental health/ land already has some protections in place July 2011 addiction treatment than the predominant for these individuals: Maryland’s parity law July 4 Office Closed-Independence Day limitation or restriction applied to “substan- was enacted in 1993 and provides protec- tially all” medical/surgical benefits. tions for people with individual and large To implement this new requirement, six employer policies that are comparable to the categories of benefits have been established new federal parity standard. Small group in federal regulations for all health care ser- policies in Maryland also have a required vices in an insurance plan: inpatient in-net- mental health benefit. You can now earn up to 20 of your work, inpatient out-of-network, outpatient With different state and federal rules in-network, outpatient out-of-network, governing mental health coverage, under- 40 continuing education hours on-line! emergency care and prescription drugs. If standing the system is complex for both in- the insurance plan offers mental health and dividuals and providers. That’s where the Visit the Maryland Chapter’s new CE Institute. addiction benefits in ANY of these areas, Maryland Parity Project comes in: Project Go to www.nasw-md.org and click on continuing education it must offer benefits in ALL of the areas staff have developed a soon-to-be-launched then click on on-line courses. where medical/surgical benefits are offered. toolkit and a comprehensive website will be The law does not require that insurers offer launched in Spring 2011. mental health or addiction coverage, but if In addition, project staff provides case as- offered, the above standards apply. sistance to consumers, providers and fam- The no more restrictive requirements in- ilies who feel they are not receiving the clude both financial restrictions and treat- benefits to which they are entitled. They ment limitations. For example, if two- are available to evaluate complaints and thirds of the medical/surgical benefits of a walk consumers and providers through the plan are subject to 20 percent co-insurance process of appealing an insurer’s decision requirement, then mental health or addic- and, if appropriate, assist in filing a com- tion treatment benefits may NOT be sub- plaint with the proper government author- ject to more than 20 percent. ity. If you or your clients are not receiv- The regulations also establish standards ing proper treatment or reimbursement, governing Non-Quantifiable Treatment please contact the staff. You can also re- Limitations or NQTLs. These require- quest the soon-to-be released parity tool- ments prevent insurers from managing kit or request a presentation for your or- mental health care or psychiatric medica- ganization by contacting Adrienne Ellis, tions more stringently or creating more re- Maryland Parity Project Director, 410- strictive hurdles for providers seeking to 235-1178 ext. 206, or visit www.Maryland participate on an insurance plan’s provider Parity.org for more information.

Members of the Chapter Ethics Committee are seeking ethics questions that members are interested in having answered in the Chapter newspaper. Please send your non-time sensitive ethics questions to [email protected]. The questions which appear to apply to the most members will be answered in a new regular column in DO YOU our newspaper. HAVE AN You may also receive ethics consultation by ETHICS calling National NASW at QUESTION? 202-336-8259, Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., ext. 231, and on Fridays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., ext 394.