The Hidden Cost of Service: Exploring Military Cultural Competency to Support Veterans and Their Families
2 Hours, 0 Minutes
Thursday, July 11th, 2024 10:00 AM EDT -12:00 PM EDT Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C
Thursday, July 11th, 2024 10:00 AM EDT -12:00 PM EDT Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C
2 CEs
Price
Paid
$39.99
Yahoo!
Webinar Description
This Class Counts Towards the Veteran Mental Health Training Requirement for Connecticut and West Virginia licensees.
Gain invaluable insights into understanding and serving the veteran population in this upcoming webinar with Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C. Delve into the complexities of military culture, deployment, combat, and personal trauma, gaining a deeper understanding of the psychological impact of serving in war zones. Explore cultural and mental health-based risk factors associated with military service, and discover effective tools to build resilience for veterans and their families facing unique challenges. With Jacqueline Garrick's extensive background in social work, policy, and program management, participants will benefit from her wealth of experience in improving quality of life programs and benefits for veterans. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding and support for those who have served.
Qualifications:
Jacqueline Garrick is social worker by background, she entered the policy and program management realm upon her discharge from the US Army where she had specialized in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recovery and transition services. She has used her clinical experiences to improve quality of life programs and benefits for veterans, their families and employees.
She has served in executive positions at the American Legion and the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DoD) and with Congress. She is a recognized public servant advocate with awards from several distinguished organizations. She is known for her work on organizational and professional development, strategic planning, programming and budgeting, legislation, oversight and investigations, personnel matters, and resilience and prevention approaches in the workplace. When she left government, she founded Whistleblowers of America (www.whistleblowersofamerica.org) to provide peer support to those suffering the impacts of retaliation and advocate for mediation and continuous process improvement. She developed the Whistleblower Retaliation Checklist© to identify retaliation and its psychosocial impacts on employees in relation to the traumatic stressor of identity disruption. She has coined the term Workplace Traumatic Stress and penned a Whistleblower Peer Mentor Code of Ethics and Workplace Promise campaign available on the WoA website.
She is a master’s graduate from Temple University with additional training at Johns Hopkins and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Although a NY native, she resides in MD and FL.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will gain enhanced insight surrounding:
- Gain deeper insight around military culture and other exposures that may result from deployment, combat or personal trauma
- Consider the psychological impact of having served in war zones
- Evaluate cultural and mental health-based risk factors associated with military service, as well as tools to build resiliency for veterans and families facing these unique challenges
Certificates Provider -This Webinar Offers 2 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
- CE You LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0437
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an introductory level ,and is beneficial for a beginner level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Official information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a Thrapy Express seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform Thrapy Express ahead of time by emailing support@thrapyexpress.com or by calling or texting (631) 202-1010 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
- Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
- Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.