Towards a Detection of Bullying and other forms of Maltreatment during a Social Work Clinical Assessment

This training will be based on the contents of Dr. Srabstein’s recently published book “Bullying, Impact on Health and Beyond” Oxford University Press, 2024. The goal is to promote an understanding of the wide range of health risks associated with bullying, a multifaceted form of psychosocial stressor that can be prevalent along the lifespan, crossing social, cultural, and geographic boundaries. This session intends to highlight bullying as a form of victimization, while advancing the notion of a spectrum of maltreatment. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. 

Learning Objectives:

•Understand the notion of bullying as a toxic psychosocial stressor prevalent across social settings and along the lifespan

•Know the spectrum of maltreatment and the occurrence of poly-victimization

•Identify morbidity and psychosocial risks associated with bullying and other forms of maltreatment

•Promote the detection of current exposure to bullying and other forms of maltreatment during a social work clinical assessment

Upon completion of this course attendees will earn 3 Category I Contact Hours.

PLEASE NOTE:

Arrival time is 2:50pm; Training is 3:00-6:00pm EST

This is a live virtual training. A link will be sent to registrants by 1:00pm the day prior to the training.

Presenter

Jorge C. Srabstein, MD

Jorge Srabstein, MD has been an attending psychiatrist at Children’s National Hospital since 1988. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Distinguished Life Fellow of The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Dr. Srabstein obtained his medical degree from University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, in 1966. His postgraduate education and training included a Residency in Pediatrics at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and at Baltimore City Hospitals (presently known as Hopkins Bayview Hospital), followed by a fellowship in Neonatology at McMaster University School of Medicine and at George Hospital University Hospital and a residency in General Psychiatry and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

From 1974 to 1977, Dr Srabstein was the Director of Neonatology at George Washington University Hospital, and during this time he developed his interest on the effects of stress during pregnancy as well as the quality of mother infant interaction He also contributed to the field of  Perinatal Medicine with a seminal article, published in 1974 in the Journal of Pediatrics, raising awareness about the notion of a  “Congenital Varicella Syndrome”.

During the period of 1977 to 1988, Dr Srabstein has served on active duty, as a United States Army Medical Officer reaching the rank of Colonel in 1988. During his military service he advocated for the mental health needs of military dependent youth and families, by developing and chairing the Committee on Military Child Psychiatry within the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The United States Department of the Army has recognized Dr. Srabstein’s contribution to the education and training of military psychiatrists, as a Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, by awarding him the Meritorious Service Medal.

For the past twenty years Dr, Srabstein has been involved, at Children’s National Hospital, in clinical and advocacy work to prevent, detect and treat the health problems associated with bullying and other forms of maltreatment occurring across social settings and along the life span. Dr Srabstein has developed efforts to raise national and international awareness about the nature, toxicity of bullying and other forms of maltreatment, and the need for its prevention and detection, through legislative testimonies, conferences, and publications, including a book entitled “Bullying, Impact on Health, and Beyond: Exploring the Spectrum of Maltreatment” published in May 2024 by Oxford University Press.

Registration Fees- includes CE certificate (emailed after training)

NASW Member    $60

Non-Member       $78

LOCATION:

This will be alive virtual training.A link will be sent to registrants by 1:00pm the day prior to the training.

Registration deadline: November 19, 2024

REGISTER HERE.