31st Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS 

 Pre-Conference Institutes 

Cost: $100.00 ( Pre-registration required) 

 May 22, 2019, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Topic: The Bridge to Hope & Healing®: Building Bridges Interactive Workshop

Building bridges are about creating connections, establishing relationships, and obtaining resources.This unique program actively engages participants in a supportive, open environment through storytelling and experiential learning. Individuals, caregivers, social workers and mental health professionals, crisis advocates, and peer support leaders receive the framework and techniques to guide them through a moment of crisis. Participants acquire and strengthen skills, knowledge, and abilities to build and support their bridge to hope and healing.

Learning Objectives: Participants will…

• Learn 9 Principles* to help you and your clients through a life-changing moment. 

• Understand how to incorporate hope and healing techniques into your own self-care and resilience. 

• Walk through confidential, personal, and client scenarios while focusing on the person-in-environment to enhance clinical effectiveness within diverse culture

*The Bridge to Hope & Healing® Principles: 

Principle #1 – Hope…The fog will lift 

Principle #2 – Show strength and courage…Build your bridge 

Principle #3 – Maintain a positive outlook…Apply a strengths-based perspective 

Principle #4 – Communicate…Keep talking 

Principle #5 – Seek resources…Invest in the relationships that sustain you 

Principle #6 – Heal…Take care of you 

Principle #7 – Accept, affirm, and adjust…Life moves forward 

Principle #8 – Forgive…Let go 

Principle #9 – Express gratitude…Count your blessings

CE Credit Hours: 3.5

Collaborative Solutions, Inc. (ACE Approval #1548) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Collaborative Solutions maintains responsibility for the program.  ASWB Approval Period:  04/15/2018-04/15/2021). Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.  

Social Workers participating in this course will received 3.5 clinical continuing education clock hours.