Tracy Gay, LCSW is Manager of Social Services
with Alacare Home Health and Hospice. While
employed with Alacare, she has provided direct
case management services and has served as a
regional clinical supervisor to Alacare’s medical
social workers since 2006. She has also worked
with diverse populations in various settings
including mental health, adoption and foster care
as well as home health and hospice. Ms. Gay
earned her BS from Troy University and her
MSW from Florida State University.
Jennifer J. Savage, Ph.D., LCSW is an Associate
Professor at Jacksonville State University in
Social Work. She has taught social work at the
University of Louisiana at Monroe, Grambling
State University and is currently a field instructor
for University of New England. Practice settings
include medical social work, child and family
services, mental health and private practice.
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Adrienne Duke, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in
Human Development and Family Studies at
Auburn University and is the Adolescent
Development
Specialist
for
Alabama’s
Cooperative Extension System. She is leading a
state-wide bullying prevention initiative that
focuses on helping adults become allies and
advocates for creating safe and affirming
environments for all youth as they develop into
adulthood.
Attention: Anne Shaw, LCSW, PIP
Alabama Society for Clinical Social Work
1037 22nd Street South, Suite 200
352Birmingham, Alabam05
2015 Presenters
Alabama Society for
Clinical Social Work
2015 Spring Conference
Gulf Shores, Alabama
February 27-28, 2015
Enhancing
the
Conversations:
 Cultural
Differences
 Bullying
 End of Life
Issues
Participants may arrive as early as 4 PM on
Thursday, February 26. The beach house sleeps
20 people. Rooms are not assigned; rooms are
available on a “first come” basis when you arrive
at the beach.
Friday, February 27, 2015:
8:00: Registration and Breakfast
9:00-11:00 “Consider the Conversation: End of
Life Issues” Tracy Gay, LCSW
1) To gain knowledge of how our views of death
have been shaped with western medical
advancement.
2) To empower professionals to initiate
discussions related to death, dying and end of life
choices.
3) To develop skills and specific tools to help
make educated decisions based on prognosis and
health care options.
11:00-11:15: BREAK
11:15-12:15: “Bullying” Dr. Adrienne Duke
1) Explore our beliefs and the culture of bullying
in our communities.
2) Understand how adults influence bullying
behaviors.
3) Clarify the difference between normal peer
conflict and bullying.
4) Develop therapeutic responses to help youth
cope when bullied.
12:15-1:30: LUNCH: provided
1:30-3:00: “Bullying” - Continued
3:00-3:15: BREAK
3:15-4:45: “Bullying” - Continued
4:45: Adjournment: DINNER on your own.
Conference Contact:
Margie Gaulden Gilbert, LCSW, PIP
ASCSW President
205-823-8449 (work) or
205-915-4968 (cell)
Saturday, February 28, 2015:
8:00: Breakfast
9:00-10:30: “Diversity in Clinical Practice”
Jennifer J. Savage, Ph.D., LCSW
1) Review NASW Standards for Cultural
Competence in Social Work Practice.
2) Identify one’s own cultural bias.
3) Increase cross cultural competency and
develop strategies to reduce barriers in treatment.
10:30-10:45: BREAK
10:45-12:15: “Diversity in Clinical Practice”Continued
12:15-1:30: LUNCH: provided
1:30: OPEN BOARD MEETING for the Alabama
Society for Clinical Social Work with ASCSW
President, Margie Gaulden Gilbert, LCSW, PIP,
presiding.
Continuing Education Contact Hours:
Nine (9) contact hours will be provided to
those attending the conference.
Registration Form:
Name: ____________________________________
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________________
Phone: ____________________________________
Email:_____________________________________
Conference Fees:
Members: $90.00_________
Non-Members: $150.00_________
Room Rental Fee per night:
$75.00_________
How many nights?
_______________
Which nights?______________________
Registration fees include two breakfasts, two
lunches, conference materials and 9 Contact
Hours. Dinner is on your own Friday night.
Please send completed registration form to:
Anne Shaw, ASCSW
1037 22nd Street South, Suite 200
Birmingham, AL 35205
*****Make Checks Payable to: ASCSW*****
Conference Site: Clarin’s Blue Heaven
915 Chewning Lane
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
Directions: Follow Route 59 South over the
Intracoastal Waterway in Gulf Shores. Turn
right onto Route 180 West (Fort Morgan Road).
Go approximately 11.4 miles. Just past the
Martinique development (on left), turn left onto
Veteran’s road. Go to the very end and turn left
onto Chewning Lane. Clarin’s Blue Heaven is the
third cottage on the left (blue house with a pool).
DO NOT PARK IN THE SAND.