3b:April 25, 2025: Ethical Frameworks for Use in Harm Reduction & for Fostering Client Self-Determination: Applications with Substance Use, Human Trafficking, Intimate Partner Violence, & Homelessness

Friday, April 25, 2025
1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Pre-register by April 18, 2025

This course will be in-person on SLU Campus

3 CEHs

$45.00 SLU Alumni and pre-registered SLU practicum instructors

$65.00 All others

Course Description
Presenter: Libby Trammell, LCSW

Title: Ethical Frameworks for Use in Harm Reduction and for Fostering Client Self-Determination: Applications with Substance Use, Human Trafficking, Intimate Partner Violence, & Homelessness
*Meets Ethic Requirements

Learning Objectives:
  • Define harm reduction and provide 3 examples of harm reduction in the field of social work. 
  • Describe new ways to encourage self-determination in their clients/in their work. 
  • Apply the NASW Code of Ethics using case studies and discussing dilemmas with other   attendees. 

Course Description: This CE course will describe two ethical decision-making frameworks and examine best practices for their use in harm reduction practices and for fostering client self-determination. First, the ethics of the two frameworks will be reviewed, compared, and contrasted. Second, this CE will use clinical case studies and ethical dilemmas to apply the frameworks to common situations clinical practitioners may face in direct practice settings. The selected cases will be drawn from topics and/or clinical practice settings that include substance use, human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and homelessness. 

Bio: Libby Trammell, LCSW (She/Her) is an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University. She teaches 'Approaches to Trauma Care' for MSW students and 'Dismantling Oppression' to undergraduate students. She serves as the Volunteer Service Link Director at Healing Action Network, a non-profit dedicated to serving survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. In her free time, you can find Libby volunteering at clinics to help injured wildlife or walking her corgi Watson. 
 

Price:

$65.00