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NAPD 2024 We The Defenders - Detroit
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This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886791803-9268) for 18 continuing education contact hours.
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Strategies to Impact Vicarious Trauma
Wednesday August 14, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
Goals: • To understand how Vicarious Trauma impacts us • Understand why it is so prevalent in our industry and how to treat it • Identify why is it so difficult to protect our emotional stability • How to stay healthy (emotionally, physically and intellectually) and client centered Objectives: • Overview: Need for this conversation • What is Vicarious Trauma: In general, and specifically • How do we recognize it? • How does it manifest in our lives Define Vicarious Trauma vs. Burn-Out? • Understand why it’s unethical not to address vicarious trauma and self-care? • What can we do now that we know?
*NASW CE Eligible
Speakers
avatar for Megan Leschak

Megan Leschak

Investigator, Capital Habeas Unit at the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles
Megan is an investigator in the Capital Habeas Unit at the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles. She began her forensic social work and mitigation career at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore City where she was awarded a Soros Open Society Institute Fellowship... Read More →
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Denise Smith

Mitigation Specialist, Smith Consulting Group, LLC
Denise established Smith Consulting Group, LLC in 2011, offering a distinctive approachto Forensic Social Work and Mitigation services. Her focus on defense-based advocacynot only gives a voice to truth but also restores dignity to the accused. Embracing theconcept of second chances... Read More →
Wednesday August 14, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am EDT

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