Engaging. Empowering. Essential.
- Support your staff's professional development by bringing Bright Ideas Continuing Education's high-quality continuing education programs to your workplace. We currently offer 2 or 3-hour in person or virtual programs - as well as a 1-hour Lunch & Learn option.
- Effectively connect with your target audience by sponsoring an in person or virtual event for social workers while promoting your business, organization, or service.
We have presented for:
- Amedisys
- Atrium Village
- Baltimore County DSS
- Brightstar Care
- Brightview Annapolis
- Brightview Bel Air
- Brightview Carroll
- Brightview Catonsville
- Brightview Columbia
- Brightview Crofton
- Brightview Mays Chapel Ridge
- Brightview Perry Hall
- Brightview Pennsylvania
- Brightview Rolling Hills
- Brightview South River
- Brightview Towson
- Brightview Westminster
- Brightview White Marsh
- Charlestown Retirement Community
- Coordinating Center
- Edenton Retirement Community
- Franklin Square Hospital
- Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital
- Lifebridge Health
- Northwest Hospital
- Option Group
- Right at Home
- SilverStay
- Sinai Hospital
- Sunrise of Pikesville
- Tudor Heights
- University of Maryland Midtown
Speakers and Topics:
Bracha Poliakoff, LCSW-C
Tova Jussim, LCSW-C
Marina Nellius, LCSW-C
Ruth Kershner, LCSW-C
Candace Oglesby, LCPC
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., LCPC
Staci Martin, Ph.D.
Shoshana Lewin, Psy.D
Kate Morris, LICSW
If there are other topics or speakers you are interested in, please reach out to us as we may be able to create a personalized program for your organization.
* These programs may qualify for specific requirements including ethics, cultural competency, anti-oppressive social work practice, and/or implicit bias.
Bracha Poliakoff, LCSW-C
- Empowerment and Ethics for New Social Workers*
- The Ethics of Trauma-Informed Care*
- Understanding Trauma-Informed Care
- Impact of Trauma Throughout the Lifespan
- Older Adults and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- What COVID-19 Taught Us about Grief and Loss
- Understanding Impostor Syndrome
- Understanding Resilience
Tova Jussim, LCSW-C
- The Art and Ethics of Talking about Death and Dying*
- The Ethics of Documenting your Wishes*
- Demystifying Advanced Directives and MOLST
- Navigating Courageous Conversations
- Strategies for Supporting Caregivers
- Aging Well: A Toolkit for Organizing One's Affairs
- Aging Well: A Toolkit for Medical Health
- Understanding Grief and Bereavement
Marina Nellius, LCSW-C
- Ethics, Empathy, and Compassion: A Complicated Relationship*
- Suicide and Older Adults: Facts, Myths, and Intervention
- The Impact of Care. An In-Depth Discussion on Caring for the Caregiver
- Reason and Emotion in Practice: Working with Complex Clients and Families
- Deep Dive: Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults
- The Tale of Two Cities: Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Older Adults
- The Complicated Good-Bye. A focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and other related dementias
Ruth Kershner, LCSW-C
- Ethical Issues and Dementia Care
- Dementia, Sexuality, and Intimacy in Older Adults
- Introduction to LGBTQ+ and Aging: What You Need to Know about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults
- Navigating Dementia- how to assist the caregivers (family, friends and professionals)
- Substance Use and Abuse in Older Adults
- Older Adults and Mental Illness
Candace Oglesby, LCPC
- Navigating and Helping Heal Racial Trauma*
- Embodying Cultural Humility as Mental Health Practitioners*
- Working with BIPOC clients: specifically black and brown populations*
- Introduction to Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
- Self-care for Therapists: Identifying Tools as a Means of Working our own Recovery Programs
- Introduction to Internal Family Systems
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., LCPC
- Helping Clients Through Grief and Loss
- The Healing Power of Grieving
- Remaking a Life After Loss
Staci Martin, Ph.D.
- Mindful Ethics: An Acceptance-based Approach to Ethics*
- Helping People with Medical Conditions Thrive: An ACTive Approach
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- ACT for Children and Adolescents
- ACT for Anxiety
Shoshana Lewin, Psy.D
- Ethics in Small Communities*
- Ethical Dilemmas with Older Adults*
- Social Media: Ethical Considerations*
- Boundaries and Gifts: Ethical Considerations*
- Clinical Considerations with Psychosis
Kate Morris, LICSW
- Working Through Implicit Bias to Practice with Size Inclusivity and Social Justice*
If there are other topics or speakers you are interested in, please reach out to us as we may be able to create a personalized program for your organization.
* These programs may qualify for specific requirements including ethics, cultural competency, anti-oppressive social work practice, and/or implicit bias.
Bright Ideas Continuing Education is an approved sponsor of continuing education for licensed social workers (LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-C) in the U.S. and Canada.
Bright Ideas Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program, New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work, and the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.
Some programs may also be individually approved for certified case managers through the Commission for Case Management.
Please email us for more information. We look forward to working with you
Bright Ideas Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program, New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work, and the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.
Some programs may also be individually approved for certified case managers through the Commission for Case Management.
Please email us for more information. We look forward to working with you